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We can already identify some of the trends that are likely to mark the evolution of organized crime...
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Organized Crime in the Americas: What to Expect in 2014
In an unsolicited response to what is a typical portrayal of violence in Mexico, Mexican security...
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Reality Check: What Kind of Violence Kills Mexicans?
Welcome to InSight Crime's 2013 Game Changers, where we have sought to highlight some of the year's...
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InSight Crime’s Game Changers: 2013
InSight Crime presents "Game Changers 2012," an overview of the developments in organized crime in...
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InSight Crime’s Game Changers: 2012
In 2013, the UN confirmed Peru had overtaken Colombia as the world's number one coca and cocaine...
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4 Reasons Why Peru Became World’s Top Cocaine Producer
The command structure of the brutal Zetas gang appears to have suffered existential blows under...
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Mexico 2013 Target List: Many Zetas, Little Impact
Honduras' lame duck president has announced the removal of controversial national police commander...
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Outgoing Honduras President Removes Controversial Police Chief
Maritime drug trafficking along the Pacific coast from Mexico to the United States has risen...
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Mexico Official Points to Rise in Pacific Smuggling Route
Paraguay's top anti-drugs official has said Uruguay's legalization of marijuana will spur an...
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Uruguay Marijuana Law Will Drive Paraguay Production: Anti-Drug Chief
While Chicago battles a heroin epidemic, US law enforcement has focused its efforts on attacking...
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The Choke Point: The DEA Attacks ‘El Chapo’ in Chicago
Homicides have fallen 65 percent in the Rio de Janeiro favelas where Police Pacification Units...
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Do Falling Murders in Rio Mean Success for Brazil’s UPPs?
The so-called mega-commission investigating the pay-for-pardons scandal in Peru says it...
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