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Weekly InSight · September 6, 2019
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Ex-FARC Mafia: Colombia’s Criminal Army Settling Down in Venezuela ([link removed])

The announcement in late August that three important former leaders of the demobilized FARC were returning to war ...READ MORE ([link removed])

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Criminal Allegations Unravel Honduras President’s Crime Fighting Facade ([link removed])

Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández assumed the presidency as a so-called “crime fighter” that the United States could ...READ MORE ([link removed])


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5 Takeaways from CICIG, Guatemala’s Anti-Corruption Experiment ([link removed])

After 12 years, the mandate of a widely heralded international anti-corruption commission has come to an end in Guatemala ...READ MORE ([link removed])

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Lack of US Gun Control Provokes Record Bloodshed in Mexico ([link removed])

US firearms have flowed into the hands of corrupt security forces and criminal organizations in Mexico for years, yet the United States ...READ MORE ([link removed])

* Duque Doubles Down on Colombia’s FARC Dissidents After Call to Arms ([link removed])
* Paraguay Currency Exchanges Launder Vast Amounts of Brazil Drug Money ([link removed])
* China Fentanyl Ban Yet to Hamper Mexico’s Crime Groups ([link removed])
* Peru, Ecuador Police Divers Target Drugs Hidden on Ship Hulls ([link removed])
* Colombia’s ‘Gota a Gota’ Loan Sharks Exploit Chile Market ([link removed])
* Gold Smugglers Innovating Along Colombia-Panama Route ([link removed])
* Urabeños Leadership Under Mounting Pressure in Colombia ([link removed])
* Irapuato, Symbol of Rising Violence in Mexico’s Mid-Sized Cities ([link removed])

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"What we find here in Colombia is gold is a massive criminal economy. There is violence, there is blood and there is illegality," said InSight Crime Co-director Jeremy McDermott.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES ([link removed])
SEPTEMBER 1, 2019
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According to crime monitoring organization InSight Crime, ELN has managed to establish itself in Venezuela to engage in criminal activities related to cattle, gasoline smuggling, and even extortion. It currently has a presence in at least 12 states in Venezuela and acts in cooperation with members of the Venezuelan Armed Forces.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
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InSight Crime has joined forces with the renowned National University of Rosario to launch the Colombian Observatory of Organized Crime - the most innovative investigative platform focusing on criminal dynamics in post-conflict Colombia

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