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This week, InSight Crime analyzes whether the introduction of new firearms regulation ([link removed]) s ([link removed]) in the United States will help stem the flow of weapons to criminal gangs in Latin America and the Caribbean, which feeds record homicide rates.

One of the nations where US-sourced weapons are proliferating is Haiti, where the G9 and G-PEP gangs have enacted campaigns of mass sexual violence ([link removed]) in one of the poorest parts of Port-au-Prince, the country’s capital.

And crossing the Atlantic, we find that Portugal ([link removed]) is moving up the charts as a favored entry point for the cocaine pipeline to Europe.


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** Can New US Regulations Stem Firearms Flowing to Latin America? ([link removed])
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New legislation in the United States seeks to close several loopholes that have helped arms trafficking to proliferate. But can it really help reduce the number of illegal weapons flowing south to Mexico and the rest of Latin America and the Caribbean?

The Frame or Receiver Final Rule will take effect in the United States on August 24. Announced in April, the executive action seeks to crack down on "ghost guns," and its implementation will begin on the heels of the more expansive and binding Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. US President Joe Biden signed it into law in June, expressing hope that it would limit gun violence by addressing a loophole that allowed cracking down on unregulated private sales and targeting straw buyers, a term referring to individuals who buy weapons legally and then send them to Mexico.

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** Haiti's Gangs Engage in Campaigns of Mass Sexual Violence ([link removed])
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Over fifty women and girls have come forward with harrowing accounts of rape and beatings at the hands of Haiti’s largest gang...

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** Portugal Fighting Back Against Rising Tide of Cocaine ([link removed])
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Portugal has seized records amount of cocaine from South America in recent months, underscoring how the country is regaining its place...

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** Colombia’s Fragile Path to Peace Begins to Take Shape
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InSight Crime is charting the progress of President Gustavo Petro’s agenda as he looks to revolutionize Colombia’s security policy ([link removed]) , opening dialogue with guerrillas, reforming the military and police, and putting human rights at the center of an anti-narcotics strategy.

The profiles of two major criminal groups -- National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional - ELN ([link removed]) ) and Urabeños ([link removed]) , also known as the Gulf Clan (Clan del Golfo) or the Gaitanista Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia - AGC) -- were among our most popular articles this week. The two groups just broke a non-aggression pact in northern Colombia ([link removed]) despite their stated commitment to move towards peace talks ([link removed]) .

Colombia’s road to peace ([link removed]) will clearly be troubled and InSight Crime is striving to cover this process from a variety of angles, including how to ensure the voices of victims of the country's armed conflict -- including women and LGBTQ persons ([link removed]) -- can be heard.
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Profiles of some of the notable criminal personalities and groups that have marked this week.

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The “G9 and Family” (G9 an fanmi – G9) is a criminal federation of nine of the strongest gangs in Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince.
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The National Liberation Army (Ejército de Liberación Nacional - ELN) is one of the two main guerrilla...


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"Most Europe-bound cocaine is smuggled in shipping containers, and “when the seizure rates hit 20 to 25 per cent, the drug traffickers tend to switch routes,” said Jeremy McDermott, executive director of InSight Crime."
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