Calls for tougher actions to halt cattle trafficking are growing amid concerns over the spread of the screwworm parasite in ...

The regime of President Nicolás Maduro used recent municipal elections to consolidate its control over key criminal ...

Repeated and widely publicized government actions against illegal miners in Amazonas state have only deepened the trade's ...

An international manhunt is underway to capture a former state security chief for allegedly colluding with a Jalisco Cartel ...

Honduras is among the most dangerous places in the world to defend the land and natural resources. This report analyzes several cases in which corrupt-criminal blocs led by local politicians backed ...

A trend of Ecuadorian criminal leaders turning up in neighboring Colombia underscores the country's role as both a refuge and ...

Extortion is rising and contract killings are up, but Peru’s lawmakers are making matters worse with new laws, says a new ...

What we can learn from the war of words between Mexico’s president and the lawyer for Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán.

An alleged cattle fraud in Uruguay underlines the financial damage these organized criminal networks can inflict.

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The Colombian Cocaine Shift to Europe: the Business No-Brainer In 1989, Los Angeles police transformed Europe’s cocaine trade when they broke open a padlock guarding a Californian warehouse.