Coming Next Week
It should come as news to no one that the ongoing coronavirus outbreak was this year’s biggest story. Next week, our 2020 Criminal GameChangers series launches with a look at the many ways the pandemic forced crime groups to adapt as well as provided them with fresh opportunities. Subsequent reports highlight how border shutdowns and mobility restrictions forced drug traffickers to the skies and turned a range of products -- medicine, water, oil, food -- into lucrative contraband. We explore the three factors that decided whether a crime group survived or thrived in the pandemic, and we look at how US President-elect Joe Biden promises a return to past approaches when it comes to combatting corruption and drug trafficking in the Americas. And once again, we give our criminal winner: This year it’s Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua, the country’s most powerful “megabanda.” Finally, the series wraps up with a look to the future, with an overview of five criminal consequences brought on by COVID-19.
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As this will be our last newsletter until the New Year, we want to thank you, our readers and supporters. It has been a hard year for all, and while we still have difficult times ahead, we look forward to vaccines becoming widely available in the future. Their availability will give us health and hasten our return to the field, where we do some of our finest work.
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