Weekly InSight
The eternal tug-of-war for legitimacy between gangs and governments was being played out across the region this week. Could Haiti's G9 alliance grow more influential than the country's embattled president? Do the MS13 really deserve to be called terrorists by the White House? How does the PCC control the chaos inside Brazilian prisons when authorities cannot?

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Is Haiti’s G9 Gang Alliance a Ticking Time Bomb?

The architect of a new gang alliance in Haiti has quite a reputation for human rights abuses.

Jimmy Chérizier, alias “Barbecue,” was first implicated in a massacre during his time as a police officer in the Caribbean nation in November 2017. What began as an anti-gang operation turned into the extrajudicial execution of at least 14 innocent civilians in the Grand Ravine neighborhood of the capital Port-au-Prince.

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NewsAnalysis

US Indictment of MS13 Leader More (Political) Smoke Than (Terrorist) Fire


Last week, with great fanfare, the US government for the first time levied terrorism charges against...

“PCC and Brazil Government Engaged in Game of Chess,” says Expert


The PCC has become one of the most complex and important criminal organizations within Latin America...
Coronavirus Unrest Sparks Surge in Riots in Latin America’s Prisons
New Revelations Confirm Impunity for Colorado Party Members in Paraguay
Massively Overpriced Contracts Hamper Honduras’ Pandemic Response
Guatemala’s New Anti-Corruption Body: a Mere Smokescreen?
Nicaragua Police Seizing Record Drug Money While Cocaine Seizures Fall

Criminal Actors
Profiles of some of the notable criminal personalities and groups that have marked this week.

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MS13

The Mara Salvatrucha, or MS13, is perhaps the most notorious street gang in the Western Hemisphere. While it has its..

Jalisco Cartel New Generation

The Jalisco Cartel New Generation (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación – CJNG) is a criminal group that...

Media Mentions
JULY 22, 2020
TIME
"(Criminal governance) tends to take hold in poor or remote areas where the state presence is weak; that is, where the government has failed to provide effective law enforcement, public services, and economic opportunity."
 

Impact

Disrupting Environmental Crime in Colombia
InSight Crime, in partnership with the World Wildlife Fund, has launched an investigation into the four principal criminal activities driving deforestation in Colombia: illegal mining, timber trafficking, land grabbing and wildlife trafficking. The project -- funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) -- will map supply chains, track criminal actors, and home in on corruption risks to provide actionable recommendations to combat the destruction of Colombia’s biodiversity.

Explore our in-depth coverage of Eco-trafficking >

How COVID-19 Breeds Criminal Governance
Mundo Sostenible, a network of academics, officials and civil society leaders in Spain and Latin America who focus on security and development, featured InSight Crime Co-director Steven Dudley in a July 16 panel discussion. Dudley spoke on criminal governance in the time of coronavirus, emphasizing that the pandemic will force governments to partner with criminal groups in ways they never thought they would.

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