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Venezuela Gang Muscles Into Trinidad and Tobago, Others May Follow
A Venezuelan criminal gang has migrated to the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago -- sounding alarms about the expansion of organized crime elements to the islands amid Venezuela's... Read more
Cartel Extortion Getting Worse for Businesses in Mexico City
Petty extortion has plagued business in Mexico City for years, but the recent killing of a local...
Op-Ed: Organized Crime Tightens its Grip on Venezuela
Juan Guaidó tried to bluff Nicólas Maduro at the Venezuelan political poker table, pretending he...
ELN Still Receiving Payments from Companies in Colombia
The recent arrest of an Argentine businessman, accused of financing the ELN in Colombia between...
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Kamilo Rivera was a cop, an executioner and government minister. He is now on the run. Kamilo Rivera arrived shortly before 6 a.m. at his office in the colonial palace, an old, greenish-grey buil... Read more
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Authorities in El Salvador are keen to expand a much-praised local policing model believed to have helped two rural communities tackle bloody gang control. But a visit to the areas revealed a m... Read more
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Widespread fear of street gangs in the Northern Triangle countries is being exploited by copycat groups who pose as gang members to extort victims. These criminal operators are now an important p... Read more
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Honduras’ private sector, under the banner of regional chambers of commerce, joined forces with the country’s elite anti-extortion unit in what was a fruitful collaboration. But the collabora... Read more
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In Panama, women in the sex trade are exposed to monetary and sexual extortion by corrupt police officers. But a new prosecution system has gone some way to reducing this abuse of power.... Read more
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