This week, InSight Crime published a report from the ground in Venezuela, where the arrest of at least seven people posing as corrupt officials from the justice system, police, and administrative bodies highlights how entrenched corruption has turned public administration into an opportunity for organized crime.
Also this week, the spike in fuel theft in Ecuador, amid security forces’ efforts to confront a growing front in the country’s crime war, could be further exacerbated by recent diesel subsidy cuts; and the weaponization of artificial intelligence by Brazilian criminal groups is driving high-tech financial fraud and exploiting gaps in a fast-growing digital ecosystem that authorities struggle to contain.
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