The Dominican Republic's Uphill Battle to Root Out Corruption
WebSep 7, 2022 · The Dominican Republic’s Uphill Battle to Root Out Corruption. Santo Domingo’s imposing courthouse, the Palacio de Justicia de Ciudad Nuevo, buzzes with activity and urgent conversation. Attorneys and judges stride through the halls in spotless black robes and bobble-headed caps, while defendants shuffle past with heads bowed, guided by police.
Why Are Trinidad and Tobago's Gangs Becoming More Violent?
WebMay 31, 2022 · Three factors help to explain the complex criminal landscape and rise in violence in Trinidad and Tobago. First, it appears that gangs are splintering and, in the process, becoming more vicious. In March 2022, Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds told Parliament that the 2021 killing of a gang leader had generated “deep ramifications in the ...
Why One of Mexico’s Smallest States Is Also Its Most Violent
WebJun 24, 2020 · A series of assassinations of high-profile public figures in Colima marks the latest manifestation of violence in one of Mexico’s smallest yet deadliest states — a dubious honor attributable to Colima’s location along the territorial fault lines dividing Mexico’s most powerful cartels. Colima, with a population of less than one million ...
InSight Crime - Investigation and Analysis of Organized Crime
WebWe go into the field to interview, report, and investigate. We then verify, write, and edit, providing the tools to generate real impact. Our work is costly and high risk. Please support our mission investigating organized crime. InSight Crime is a media organization and think tank dedicated to the study of organized crime in the Americas.
Colombia Profile - InSight Crime
WebJan 21, 2021 · Colombia Profile. by Edgar Gutiérrez 21 Jan 2021. While Colombia's situation has improved since the FARC demobilized, it faces significant challenges from a more fragmented organized crime landscape. After more than half a century of civil war and the rise and fall of drug trafficking empires, Colombia remains beset by guerrilla rebels and ...
Peru organized crime news - InSight Crime
WebPeru. Violence in Peru has been relatively low since the end of its civil conflict in the late 1990s. Although it remains the world’s second-largest coca producer behind Colombia, illicit cultivations in the country are increasing. Read full profile.
El Salvador organized crime news - InSight Crime
WebEl Salvador is a relatively small but growing player in the drug trafficking business. It serves as a drug receiving and storage point along the Pacific Coast and a transport route via the Pan-American Highway, the Fonseca Gulf, and roads from Honduras that cut through relatively unpopulated areas. R ead full profile.
InSight Crime's 2022 Homicide Round-Up
WebFeb 8, 2023 · The 501 homicides registered in 2022 represent an 8.9% drop in the number of murders compared to 2021, when 550 homicides took place, according to the country’s Attorney General’s Office. Prior to 2022, the country’s homicide rate had been slowly rising, from 9.6 per 100,000 in 2018 to 12.8 per 100,000 in 2021.
What Lies Behind Jamaica's Perpetual Loop of States of Emergency?
WebDec 8, 2022 · What Lies Behind Jamaica’s Perpetual Loop of States of Emergency? by Chris Dalby 8 Dec 2022. Jamaican soldiers deployed on a street in Kingston as part of a state of emergency. A broad state of emergency announced across Jamaica in order to rein in rising violence has been met with scorn, as it is …
honduras organized crime news - InSight Crime
WebFeb 15, 2021 · Honduras, long one of the poorest countries in Latin America, is now also among the most violent and crime-ridden. The violence is carried out by local drug trafficking groups, gangs, corrupt security forces and transnational criminal organizations mainly from Mexico and Colombia. In recent years, Honduras has become a strategic transit nation for drugs moving north to the United States ...
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