This week, InSight Crime traces a massive transatlantic cocaine smuggling network with operatives on three continents...

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This week, InSight Crime traces a massive transatlantic cocaine smuggling network with operatives on three continents. The ring, which had its command center in Dubai, concealed drugs in container shipments dispatched from Brazil to ports in Europe, where at least eight tons of cocaine and millions in cash were seized. The lucrative cocaine trade in Europe was also touched upon in an interview with Spanish journalist Javier Romero, who wrote a new book reconstructing the voyage of the first-known drug submarine to cross the Atlantic.

Other notable reports include Guatemala’s Attorney General’s Office mounting aggressive legal attacks against its own prosecutors investigating high-level graft; cocaine flowing from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico; and the CJNG cartel holding the Mexico resort town of Puerto Vallarta hostage.


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** Paraguay, Brazil and Dubai Figure into Massive Transatlantic Cocaine Ring ([link removed])
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Law enforcement in Latin America and Europe have disrupted a cocaine smuggling network that reached from Bolivia to Dubai, resulting in the arrests of a Paraguay-based dealer of armored vehicles and a racehorse owner in Brazil.

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** Crackdown on Guatemala Prosecutors Intensifies Amid Presidential Corruption Claims ([link removed])
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With cries of corruption mounting against Guatemala’s president, the...

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** Booming Mexico Resort Town of Puerto Vallarta is Hostage to CJNG ([link removed])
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Recent US sanctions against an alleged Jalisco Cartel operative have revealed that the powerful Mexican group is using the resort town of...

Operation Black Tide: The Voyage of a Drug Sub Across the Atlantic ([link removed])
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Despite Peace Agreement, Child Recruitment Plagues Colombia ([link removed])
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Top Ex-Colombian Officers' Trafficking Case Recalls Past Abuses ([link removed])
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Cocaine Flows from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico ([link removed])
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Argentina Redraws Marijuana Maps After Massive Seizure ([link removed])
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The Perpetual Cocaine War of Colombia's Putumayo ([link removed])


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

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** Urabeños ([link removed])
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The Urabeños, also known as the Gulf Clan (Clan del Golfo) and the Gaitanist Self-Defense Forces of Colombia...
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** CJNG ([link removed])
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The Jalisco Cartel New Generation (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación - CJNG) is a criminal group that has evolved as a...


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"According to InSight Crime, rival gangs seeking control over the drug trade have fueled the violence in Guayaquil. The Chone Killers gang, led by Benjamín Camacho, known as Ben 10, were an armed wing of the Choneros gang until they turned on the group in 2021."
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InSight Crime continues to strengthen its collaboration with academic institutions around the region. One of our longest-standing partnerships is with Bogotá-based Universidad del Rosario ([link removed]) on the Colombian Organized Crime Observatory ([link removed]) , which just released a comprehensive report ([link removed]) on child recruitment by armed groups.

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We’ve also long partnered with the Tecnológico de Monterrey ([link removed]) , one of Mexico’s top universities. The latest phase of this partnership is a five-week course, where Colombia investigator Sara Garcia and Mexico project director Victoria Dittmar are holding workshops with students, looking to understand our methodologies and how we conduct field investigations.

Both projects contribute to InSight Crime’s mission of not only interacting with leading academics, but with the students who will form the next generation of organized crime investigators and civil society leaders.


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