Investigations
Nearly eight months after the wiretaps were installed, the conversations on the phones suddenly...
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Peru’s Patrones and Their Patrons
Chihuahua is Mexico’s biggest state, and more than a fifth of its 25,000 hectares is forested,...
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How Drug Cartels Moved into Illegal Logging in Mexico
Catacamas is the largest municipality in Central America, home to thousands of square kilometers of...
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The Logging Barons of Catacamas, Honduras
In Santander, Colombia, timber traders corrupted regulatory, police and judicial systems on their...
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How Colombia Regulators Became Purveyors of Illegal Wood
As has been reiterated throughout this report, the participation of women in organized criminal...
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Conclusions and Recommendations
Women’s participation in organized crime groups is not uniform. The diverse roles that women play...
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Female Criminal Leadership and Differing Use of Violence
This section will discuss the main roles that women play in drug trafficking, human trafficking and...
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Roles of Women in Organized Crime
In Latin America, the participation of women in organized crime has been in the shadow of academic...
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Introduction to Gender and Organized Crime
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Women and Organized Crime in Latin America: Beyond Victims and Victimizers
The Ghost, a paramilitary drug lord, has moved to Madrid with his millions of drug dollars. He has...
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The Ghost Lives the High Life in Madrid
“The Ghost” had fled Medellín, tied off loose ends in the underworld and perhaps suspended his...
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Tracking the Ghost: Follow the Money
After the demobilization of the AUC in 2006, the paramilitary high command was behind bars. All...
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