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US Corruption List Highlights Northern Triangle Presidents’ Criminal Ties
A new US list of corruption suspects in Central America includes officials with ties to sitting presidents -- an important step in recognizing how deeply corruption has penetrated these countries'... Read more
'La Línea' Gang Takes Deadly Hold on Colombia-Venezuela Border
A violent criminal gang known as "La Línea" has triggered several deadly shootouts in battles with...
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...
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...
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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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