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August 9, 2024 at 4:29 AM

Weekly InSight | Colombia’s Long Road to ‘Total Peace’

Weekly InSight | Colombia’s Long Road to ‘Total Peace’ What the expiration of the ceasefire between the Colombian government and the ELN means for President Gustavo Petro’s Total Peace policy. Weekly InSightAugust 9, 2024View in your browserThis week, we analyzed what the expiration of …
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August 3, 2024 at 3:00 PM

SummerInSights · Our special selection for this summer

SummerInSights · Our special selection for this summer Specially chosen by our editorial team for their high-quality, from-the-field reporting and engaging writing. View this email in your browser*Summer InSights 2024Welcome to Summer InSights, our seasonal special where we share a sele…
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August 2, 2024 at 4:30 AM

Weekly InSight | Latin America’s Predatory Organ Industry

Weekly InSight | Latin America’s Predatory Organ Industry Latin America’s predatory organ industry is fueled by corruption and desperation with licit medical professionals wielding the knife. Weekly InSightAugust 2, 2024View in your browserThis week, we investigated Latin America’s pred…
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July 26, 2024 at 4:29 AM

Weekly InSight | The Role of Organized Crime in Venezuela’s Elections

Weekly InSight | The Role of Organized Crime in Venezuela’s Elections Venezuela prepares for its upcoming presidential elections on Sunday, July 28 Weekly InSightJuly 26, 2024View in your browserThis week, as Venezuela prepares for its upcoming presidential elections on Sunday, July 28,…
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July 19, 2024 at 4:34 AM

Weekly InSight | Tren de Aragua and Chile’s Kidnapping Spike 

Weekly InSight | Tren de Aragua and Chile’s Kidnapping Spike   A rapid rise in kidnapping cases in Chile coincides with the arrival of the Venezuelan criminal group Tren de Aragua. Weekly InSightJuly 19, 2024View in your browserThis week, InSight Crime explored criminal dynamics in Chil…
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July 12, 2024 at 4:34 AM

Weekly InSight | The Human Cost of Venezuela’s Operation Trueno

Weekly InSight | The Human Cost of Venezuela’s Operation Trueno We publish a special illustrated investigation revealing human rights violations committed by Venezuelan security forces.  Weekly InSightJuly 12, 2024View in your browserThis week, we published a special illustrated investi…
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July 10, 2024 at 9:59 PM

NEW INVESTIGATION | When Terror Swept Through Guárico, Venezuela

NEW INVESTIGATION | When Terror Swept Through Guárico, Venezuela InSight Crime is proud to present a groundbreaking new collaboration with Defiende Venezuela #OperationTruenoDear Reader,InSight Crime is proud to present a groundbreaking new collaboration with Defiende Venezuela that vis…
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July 5, 2024 at 4:34 AM

Weekly InSight | Ecuador’s Vanishing Albanian Narco

Weekly InSight | Ecuador’s Vanishing Albanian Narco InSight Crime tells the story of Dritan Gjika, an Albanian drug trafficker.  Weekly InSightJuly 5, 2024View in your browserThis week, InSight Crime tells the story of Dritan Gjika, an Albanian drug trafficker who allegedly rose to the …
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June 28, 2024 at 4:34 AM

Weekly InSight | The End of the Road for Juan Orlando Hernández  

Weekly InSight | The End of the Road for Juan Orlando Hernández   How the 45-year sentence handed down by the United States to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández could affect drug trafficking dynamics. Weekly InSightJune 28, 2024View in your browserThis week, InSight Crime…
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June 21, 2024 at 1:29 PM

Weekly InSight | Tapachula’s Criminal Tapestry  

Weekly InSight | Tapachula’s Criminal Tapestry   InSight Crime investigates the increasing violence in Tapachula, Mexico Weekly InSightJune 20, 2024View in your browserThis week, InSight Crime investigates the increasing violence in Tapachula, a Mexican city on the border with Guatemala…
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June 14, 2024 at 1:29 PM

Weekly InSight | Abuse Rife in Ecuador’s Gang Crackdown 

Weekly InSight | Abuse Rife in Ecuador’s Gang Crackdown  InSight Crime investigates the human cost of Ecuador’s crackdown on gangs Weekly InSightJune 14, 2024View in your browserThis week, InSight Crime investigates the human cost of Ecuador’s crackdown on gangs,  uncovering torture and…
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June 7, 2024 at 4:34 AM

Weekly InSight | Stemming the Precursor Chemical Tide 

Weekly InSight | Stemming the Precursor Chemical Tide  InSight Crime published the newest installment of its two-year investigation into the supply chain of precursor chemicals. Weekly InSightJune 7, 2024View in your browserThis week, InSight Crime published the newest installment of it…
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June 4, 2024 at 6:00 PM

NEW INVESTIGATION | The Flow of Precursor Chemical for Synthetic Drug Production in Mexico

NEW INVESTIGATION | The Flow of Precursor Chemical for Synthetic Drug Production in Mexico InSight Crime is pleased to share the latest chapter of our multi-year investigation. Dear Reader,Over the last five months, we have published a series of chapters complementing our in-depth study…
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May 31, 2024 at 4:34 AM

Weekly InSight | The Challenges Facing Mexico’s Next Leader 

Weekly InSight | The Challenges Facing Mexico’s Next Leader  InSight Crime takes an in-depth look at how Mexico’s presidential candidates aim to tackle organized crime ahead of the June 2 election Weekly InSightMay 31, 2024View in your browserThis week, InSight Crime takes an in-depth l…
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May 24, 2024 at 1:29 PM

Weekly InSight | Illegal Mining Impacts Colombia’s Chocó

Weekly InSight | Illegal Mining Impacts Colombia’s Chocó InSight Crime takes you on a journey to uncover the impacts of illegal gold mining in Colombia’s Chocó. Weekly InSightMay 24, 2024View in your browserThis week, InSight Crime takes you on a journey to uncover the impacts of illega…
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May 17, 2024 at 1:29 PM

Weekly InSight | The Rise of Women in Mexican Organized Crime

Weekly InSight | The Rise of Women in Mexican Organized Crime InSight Crime analyzes the nuances behind the rise in women imprisoned for organized crime in Mexico. Weekly InSightMay 17, 2024View in your browserThis week, InSight Crime analyzes the nuances behind the rise in women impris…
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May 10, 2024 at 1:29 PM

Weekly InSight | Crypto, Cash, and Precursor Chemicals

Weekly InSight | Crypto, Cash, and Precursor Chemicals In Mexico, authorities are struggling to tackle illicit money flows linked to the synthetic drug boom. Weekly InSightMay 10, 2024View in your browserThis week, InSight Crime published an investigation from Mexico, where authorities …
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May 6, 2024 at 8:59 PM

Conference | The Challenges Facing Mexico’s New Government Regarding Synthetic Drugs

Conference | The Challenges Facing Mexico’s New Government Regarding Synthetic Drugs Join our livestream this wednesday Dear Reader,InSight Crime and Universidad Iberoamericana invites you join the livestream of our event, “The Challenges Facing Mexico’s New Government Regarding Synthet…
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May 3, 2024 at 1:29 PM

Weekly InSight | The Criminal Dynamics Destroying Bolivia’s Amazon

Weekly InSight | The Criminal Dynamics Destroying Bolivia’s Amazon Our investigation into the criminal economies fueling the destruction of Bolivia’s Amazon. Weekly InSightMay 03, 2024View in your browserThis week, InSight Crime publishes an investigation into the criminal economies fue…
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May 2, 2024 at 9:59 PM

NEW INVESTIGATION | Stolen Amazon:The Roots of Environmental Crime in Bolivia

NEW INVESTIGATION | Stolen Amazon:The Roots of Environmental Crime in Bolivia New investigation by InSight Crime and the Igarapé Institute New Investigation Stolen Amazon: The Roots of Environmental Crime in Bolivia …
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April 26, 2024 at 1:29 PM

Weekly InSight | Recruitment of Informants Fuels Colombia Femicide Crisis

Weekly InSight | Recruitment of Informants Fuels Colombia Femicide Crisis The recruitment of women as informants by Colombia’s state security forces in the northeastern edge of the country led to a spike in femicides. Weekly InSightApril 26, 2024View in your browserThis week, InSight Cr…
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April 24, 2024 at 6:59 PM

NEW INVESTIGATION | The Informants of Tibú: How the Colombian State Unleashed a Wave of Femicides

NEW INVESTIGATION | The Informants of Tibú: How the Colombian State Unleashed a Wave of Femicides InSight Crime is pleased to announce the launch of our latest investigation. New investigationThe Informants of Tibú: How the Colombian State Unleashed a Wave of Femicides#TheInformantsDear…
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April 19, 2024 at 4:34 AM

Weekly InSight | Extortion Reaches Venezuelan Schools

Weekly InSight | Extortion Reaches Venezuelan Schools Criminal groups are demanding extortion payments from parents who want to send their children to school.   Weekly InSightApril 19, 2024View in your browserThis week, InSight Crime finalized preparations for its in-person conference i…
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April 12, 2024 at 4:34 AM

Weekly InSight | Inside China’s Precursor Pipeline

Weekly InSight | Inside China’s Precursor Pipeline Chinese vendors are using the dark web to hawk highly controlled chemicals used to manufacture fentanyl. Weekly InSightApril 12, 2024View in your browserThis week, InSight Crime investigates China’s precursor supply chain. Chinese vendo…
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April 5, 2024 at 4:34 AM

Weekly InSight | The Global Market for Mexican Methamphetamine

Weekly InSight | The Global Market for Mexican Methamphetamine InSight Crime presents two investigative stories based on extensive field work. Weekly InSightApril 5, 2024View in your browserThis week, InSight Crime presents two investigative stories based on extensive field work.We repo…
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March 29, 2024 at 1:29 PM

Weekly InSight | Ecuador’s Gangs Target Public Officials

Weekly InSight | Ecuador’s Gangs Target Public Officials Criminal groups are targeting violence against defiant public officials who refuse their bribes, undermining the country’s fight against corruption. Weekly InSightMarch 29, 2024View in your browserThis week, InSight Crime continue…
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March 22, 2024 at 4:34 AM

Weekly InSight | Bumper Cocaine Seizures

Weekly InSight | Bumper Cocaine Seizures This week, InSight Crime published the 2023 Cocaine Seizure Round-Up. Weekly InSightMarch 22, 2024View in your browserThis week, InSight Crime published the 2023 Cocaine Seizure Round-Up, our highly anticipated annual report. Over 1,260 tons of c…
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March 21, 2024 at 2:00 PM

📊 2023 Cocaine Seizure Round-Up | InSight Crime

📊 2023 Cocaine Seizure Round-Up | InSight Crime Record cocaine production and high demand for the drug contributed to criminal violence across Latin America and the Caribbean in 2023 Record cocaine production and sky-high demand for the drug contributed to criminal violence across Latin…
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March 15, 2024 at 1:29 PM

Weekly InSight | Suriname's Elusive Drug Lord

Weekly InSight | Suriname's Elusive Drug Lord Brian Blue, a notorious drug trafficker, continues to evade capture in Suriname Weekly InSightMarch 15, 2024View in your browserThis week, InSight Crime revisits the case of Brian Blue, a notorious drug trafficker who continues to evade capt…
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March 8, 2024 at 2:34 PM

Weekly InSight | The Foreign Crime Groups in Ecuador

Weekly InSight | The Foreign Crime Groups in Ecuador Weekly InSightMarch 8, 2024View in your browserThis week, InSight Crime reports from Ecuador, where the government continues its war against domestic drug trafficking gangs. We examine the foreign criminal groups operating in the count…
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March 1, 2024 at 2:34 PM

Weekly InSight | Inside the Global Precursor Supply Chain

Weekly InSight | Inside the Global Precursor Supply Chain Weekly InSightMarch 1, 2024View in your browserThis week, InSight Crime published the latest chapter of our investigation into precursor chemicals for the production of fentanyl. We explore the role of countries including India, T…
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February 23, 2024 at 8:59 PM

Annual Special | InSight Crime’s 2023 Homicide Round-Up

Annual Special | InSight Crime’s 2023 Homicide Round-Up InSight Crime is pleased to announce the launch of one of its most anticipated publications of the year. 22 . 02 . 2024View in your browserDear: ReaderInSight Crime is pleased to announce the launch of one of its most anticipated p…
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February 23, 2024 at 1:29 PM

Murder Rates Around the Region

Murder Rates Around the Region Weekly InSightFebruary 23, 2024View in your browserThis week, InSight Crime published its 2023 Homicide Round-Up. More than 117,000 people were murdered in Latin America last year, though there was much diversity in homicide rates between countries. Ecuador…
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February 16, 2024 at 4:04 AM

Weekly InSight | What Durán’s Gang Conflict Tells Us About Ecuador’s Crime War

Weekly InSight | What Durán’s Gang Conflict Tells Us About Ecuador’s Crime War Weekly InSightFebruary 16, 2024View in your browserThis week, InSight Crime reports from Durán in Ecuador, where state security forces continue to grapple with alarming homicide rates resulting from a conflict…
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February 9, 2024 at 4:05 PM

Weekly InSight | Lawfare: The Weaponization of Guatemala’s Justice System

Weekly InSight | Lawfare: The Weaponization of Guatemala’s Justice System Weekly InSightFebruary 9, 2024View in your browserThis week, InSight Crime profiles Ricardo Méndez Ruiz, a conservative judicial activist whose elite allies tried to prevent new President Bernardo Arévalo from taki…
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February 8, 2024 at 6:01 PM

NEW INVESTIGATION | Ricardo Méndez Ruiz and the Art of Lawfare in Guatemala

NEW INVESTIGATION | Ricardo Méndez Ruiz and the Art of Lawfare in Guatemala InSight Crime is pleased to announce the launch of our latest investigation. New InvestigationRicardo Méndez Ruiz and the Art of Lawfare in Guatemala#MendezRuizDear Reader,InSight Crime is pleased to announce th…
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February 6, 2024 at 2:00 PM

NEW INVESTIGATION | Brokers: The Lynchpin of The Precursor Chemical Flow to Mexico

NEW INVESTIGATION | Brokers: The Lynchpin of The Precursor Chemical Flow to Mexico InSight Crime is pleased to share the latest chapter of our multi-year investigation. New ChapterBrokers: Lynchpins of the Precursor Chemical Flow to Mexico#fentanylDear ReaderInSight Crime is pleased to …
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February 2, 2024 at 2:45 PM

Weekly InSight | Why the DEA Investigated the Mexican President

Weekly InSight | Why the DEA Investigated the Mexican President Weekly InSightFebruary 2, 2024View in your browserThis week, we publish a groundbreaking report on how the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) investigated links between Mexico’s Beltrán Leyva Organization (BLO) crimina…
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January 31, 2024 at 7:15 PM

NEW INVESTIGATION | ‘Operation Polanco’: How the DEA Investigated AMLO’s 2006-Presidential Campaign

NEW INVESTIGATION | ‘Operation Polanco’: How the DEA Investigated AMLO’s 2006-Presidential Campaign InSight Crime is pleased to announce the launch of our latest investigation. New Investigation‘Operation Polanco’: How the DEA Investigated AMLO’s 2006-Presidential Campaign#AMLODear Read…
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January 30, 2024 at 4:00 AM

GameChangers 2023 | The biggest stories shaping this year's criminal landscape

GameChangers 2023 | The biggest stories shaping this year's criminal landscape Explore last year's most impactful criminal trends and what may lay ahead for security in the Americas in 2024 Annual Series #GameChangersDear Reader, In our annual Criminal GameChangers series our investigat…
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January 26, 2024 at 1:30 PM

Weekly InSight | Ecuador's Militarised War Against Gangs

Weekly InSight | Ecuador's Militarised War Against Gangs Weekly InSightJanuary 26, 2023View in your browserThis week, InSight Crime looks at Ecuador’s evolving security crisis, where violence has subsided following President Daniel Noboa’s declaration of war against gangs. How long can t…
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January 19, 2024 at 1:57 PM

InSight Weekly | No Such Thing as a ‘Safe Route’ for Smuggled Migrants

InSight Weekly | No Such Thing as a ‘Safe Route’ for Smuggled Migrants This week, InSight Crime tells the story of Jose Gregorio Roa, a Venezuelan migrant whose wife and daughter disappeared after setting sail in a boat. Weekly InSightJanuary 19, 2024View in your browserThis week, InSig…
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January 12, 2024 at 1:56 PM

Weekly InSight | Ecuador’s Security Spiral Worsens

Weekly InSight | Ecuador’s Security Spiral Worsens Weekly InSightJanuary 12, 2023View in your browserThis week, we cover how a gang leader’s escape from prison in Ecuador and the subsequent state response sparked a massive show of force by the country’s criminal groups. We analyze how Pr…
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December 26, 2023 at 8:39 PM

GameChangers 2023 | Latin American Crime Groups Seize on Political Chaos

GameChangers 2023 | Latin American Crime Groups Seize on Political Chaos Explore the year's most impactful criminal trends and what may lay ahead for security in the Americas in 2024 Annual Series #GameChangersDear Reader, The last year has seen criminal groups turn political chaos to t…
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December 22, 2023 at 3:01 PM

🎇 Special | Year's best 2023

🎇 Special | Year's best 2023 Explore our most read investigations of the year. View email in browserInSight Crime Year’s Best 2023Top 5from the field investigationsDear Reader, Welcome to our year-end special where we highlight InSight Crime’s most-read investigations of 2023. From the …
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December 15, 2023 at 3:00 PM

Weekly InSight | From Violence to Money Laundering: Factors in the Fight Against Organized Crime

Weekly InSight | From Violence to Money Laundering: Factors in the Fight Against Organized Crime This week, InSight Crime breaks down the numbers of violent deaths in Bahia, a Brazilian state that is bleeding amid the territorial disputes between Weekly InSightDecember 15, 2023View in y…
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December 8, 2023 at 2:37 PM

Weekly InSight | Pulling Back the Curtain on El Salvador’s State of Emergency

Weekly InSight | Pulling Back the Curtain on El Salvador’s State of Emergency Weekly InSightDecember 8, 2023View in your browserThis week, we released a new investigation on El Salvador’s state of emergency, under which 77,000 people, or about 1% of the country’s population, have been im…
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December 6, 2023 at 7:00 PM

NEW INVESTIGATION | How Bukele’s Government Overpowered Gangs

NEW INVESTIGATION | How Bukele’s Government Overpowered Gangs InSight Crime is pleased to announce the launch of our latest investigation. New InvestigationEl Salvador’s (Perpetual) State of Emergency: How Bukele’s Government Overpowered Gangs#regimendeexcepciónDear ReaderInSight Crime …
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December 1, 2023 at 1:29 PM

Weekly InSight | The Moskitia: The Honduran Jungle Drowning in Cocaine

Weekly InSight | The Moskitia: The Honduran Jungle Drowning in Cocaine This week, InSight Crime travels deep into the wilds of the Moskitia, a tropical rainforest on the border between Honduras and Nicaragua Weekly InSightDecember 1, 2023View in your browserThis week, InSight Crime trav…
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November 27, 2023 at 8:00 PM

Help us uncover the region's biggest threat to citizen security

Help us uncover the region's biggest threat to citizen security View this email in your browser#GivingTuesdayOrganized crime is the biggest threat to citizen security in the Americas.Help us uncover it.Donate today Reader,For 13 years we have been informing on the criminal actors, dynam…