Katie Jones
Recent interceptions linked to the illicit smuggling of migrants at Nicaragua’s border with Costa...
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Human Smuggling Thrives Between Costa Rica and Nicaragua
A string of recent arrests connecting judicial officials to drug trafficking organizations in Costa...
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Why Courtroom Corruption Has Costa Rica Concerned
As another Christmas passes us by, drug traffickers have been embracing the season to be jolly with...
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’Tis The Season: How Drug Traffickers Get Creative At Christmas
“Plata o Plomo” is an overused phrase to describe the way criminals threaten officials and...
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Intercepts Show How Brazil Police Extort PCC
On June 10, 2016, Jorge Rafaat was driving his armored Hummer when he pulled up to a stop light in...
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While Taking Paraguay-Brazil Border, PCC Tries to Control Its Own
It was a Tuesday night, January 14, 2020, after “free time” when prison authorities found his...
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PCC: A Prison from Which There Is No Escape
A spate of recent operations targeting wildlife trafficking rings in Brazil have highlighted the...
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Social Media Used to Sell Exotic Animals in Brazil
Officials in Argentina have been discussing how DNA testing may be used to curb cattle rustling and...
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Argentina Turns to DNA to Fight Cattle Rustling
Officials in Mexico City have launched a new program which will seek to impede criminal networks...
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Going Door to Door: Mexico City’s Response To Child Recruitment
A recent string of high-profile interceptions targeting international drug trafficking operations...
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Corruption, Containers, Cocaine: Guyana’s Role In Transnational Drug Trafficking
La Fuerza Anti-Unión (FAU) is a criminal organization that has grown rapidly since its inception...
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Fuerza Anti-Unión
A sizeable seizure of adulterated rum shipped to Honduras from Europe reveals the extent to which...
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