This week, InSight Crime looked at how longstanding criminal issues have continued to flourish in spite of government programs established

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This week, InSight Crime looked at how longstanding criminal issues have continued to flourish in spite of government programs established to target them. Successive Mexican administrations have swept rampant child recruitment under the rug. Brazil’s Dirty List, supposed to name and shame companies engaging in modern slavery, has been hobbled by the country’s slow judicial system. And Guatemalan police officers continue to successfully moonlight as criminals, years after this practice was revealed.

Elsewhere, we delved into submarines-for-hire in Colombia and the evolution of digital piracy in Brazil.


** Featured
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** Brazil’s Dirty List – Not Making a Dent in Modern Slavery ([link removed])
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A government raid on an illegal gold mine in northern Brazil freed 39 people working in conditions of slavery and revealed once again the challenges that the country’s anti-slavery mechanisms must overcome.

In early November, authorities raided ([link removed]) a gold mine in the northern state of Pará, where workers lived in conditions that meet Brazil’s definition of slavery ([link removed]) as well as having little access to potable water, food, or protective gear.

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** Third Conference
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On December 3, InSight Crime held its third annual conference, “Covid and Crime: the Evolution of Organized Crime in the Americas in 2020,” in partnership with Rosario University. Academics, journalists, civil society leaders and security officials gathered (virtually) to discuss how organized crime adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic, a serious increase in environmental crimes and the growing complexity of criminality in Venezuela.

If you missed it, all the panels are available online.
Panels 1 and 2: Venezuela and Criminal Fiefdoms / ([link removed]) ([link removed]) Environmental Crimes and Eco-trafficking ([link removed])
Panel 3: ([link removed]) ([link removed]) Adjusting to the Virus: Criminal Mutation ([link removed]) ([link removed])


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** Submarines for Rent – The Best Option for Traffickers in Colombia ([link removed])
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In November, the Attorney General’s Office, the Colombian Navy and the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)...

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** Mexico Lacks Will, Means to Prevent Child Recruitment: Interview ([link removed])
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Between 35,000 and 45,000 children are currently trapped and exploited by criminal groups in Mexico...

Drug Trafficking Case Involving Police Stirs up Dark Memories in Guatemala ([link removed])
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Mako Sharks Gutted and Tossed on a Chilean Landfill ([link removed])
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Bolivia Dealing with Contraband Surge During Pandemic ([link removed])
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Brazil Hits Enter on Digital Piracy Crackdown ([link removed])


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

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** ‘Chepe Diablo ([link removed]) ’
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José Adán Salazar Umaña, alias “Chepe Diablo,” does not fit the normal profile of a criminal leader. As the former president...
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** ELN ([link removed])
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The National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional – ELN) is one of the two main guerrilla armies...


** Impact
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In 2017, the US Congress established a special commission to study and recommend what one congressman would call a "far better path" on counter-narcotics strategy. The so-called Western Hemisphere Drug Commission drew heavily from InSight Crime's work, citing our publications 24 times over the latest 100-page report ([link removed]) issued December 1. (For comparison’s sake, the New York Times was cited 20 times.) The report recommended a more "data driven" and "whole-of-government" approach, both of which overlap with our own philosophy towards countering narcotics trafficking and violence in the region. (Read our previous work on drug policy ([link removed]) and coca production ([link removed]) .)


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