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With InSight Crime marking its 10th anniversary, the news this week reflected just how broad our scope has become in a decade. This week we cover, among other things, the ongoing dance between Washington and Central America over institutionalized malfeasance; eye-watering corruption by the family of Brazil’s president; the lucrative, global billion-dollar illicit economy of illegal fishing; and how crime groups are using Honduras as a testing ground for coca cultivation. And, of course, President Donald Trump -- and his mercurial approach to organized crime over the last four years.
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A new report suggests the Chinese fishing fleet that mass trawled just off Ecuador’s Galápagos Islands in recent months was fishing illegally in the country’s territorial waters, sparking a renewed search for regional solutions to reel in such illegal fishing practices.
Below, InSight Crime details key elements to take away from this complex case.
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Our 10th Anniversary: Join Us
To celebrate our 10th anniversary, we asked for comments about how InSight Crime has impacted you, and you came through. Òscar Parés, who first subscribed to our news bulletin several years ago, calls InSight Crime the outlet that “best specializes” in transnational drug trafficking. Meanwhile, reader Antonio Preciado says our work “opens a window on the reality” of Latin American nations. Auro Fraser, regional coordinator for the Caribbean for the Open Society Foundations (our first sponsor!), writes that InSight Crime provides a wide audience with “uniquely deep and informed coverage” that “sheds light on the defining security issues that shape the region.”
We appreciate all the emails we’ve received, and we’d still like to hear more from readers, especially what you’d like to see from us going forward. Please send your comments and suggestions to [email protected].
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And don’t forget to join us on Facebook or YouTube for our live 10th anniversary conference November 18, where our co-directors, Jeremy McDermott and Steven Dudley, will discuss the organization’s beginnings and most important work over the last decade with Juanita León, the founder and director of La Silla Vacía, and Robert Muggah, co-founder of the Igarapé Institute.
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In early 2009, Steven Dudley was in Medellín, Colombia. His assignment: speak to a jailed paramilitary...
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When it comes to combating organized crime and drug trafficking, US President Donald Trump...
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Profiles of some of the notable criminal personalities and groups that have marked this week.
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The Mara Salvatrucha, or MS13, is perhaps the most notorious street gang in the Western Hemisphere. While it has its...
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The Jalisco Cartel is a criminal group that has evolved...
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"InSight Crime reports on recent evidence the CJNG is moving into Mexico City. They are doing so by allying themselves with many of the capital’s smaller gangs, supplying drugs to nine of Mexico City’s boroughs."
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Three Big Questions in Two Regional Hotspots
InSight Crime has launched a multi-year investigation delving into three different facets of organized crime in the Americas: the role of gender, the reconfiguration of the State to serve criminal organizations, and the way crime groups influence peace processes. These big questions will form the backbone of research and field work in the Central American countries of Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua, and in the South American countries of Venezuela and Colombia. As part of the project, funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, InSight Crime will publish longform articles on our website, hold workshops with local journalists, and conduct closed-door briefings with policymakers to share knowledge on these three key, but little studied, themes.
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