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How Narcos Use World Cup Mania to Smuggle Cocaine
The use of World Cup merchandise to smuggle cocaine around the world points to a longstanding relationship between drug trafficking and soccer, one of the world’s...
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Colombia Law Letting Crime Groups Surrender May Be Too Little Too Late
A new law in Colombia allowing for the collective surrender of criminal groups may have little success, since the country’s fragmented underworld doesn't...
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Could Nicaragua ‘Parapolice’ Groups Turn Criminal?
Armed "parapolice" groups have played a central role in the violent repression of opposition protesters in Nicaragua over the past several weeks, but it remains to...
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Ecuador Zeros In on Powerful FARC Dissident as Others Lurk in Shadows
Ecuadorean authorities have identified new players from the ex-FARC mafia network headed by alias “El Guacho.” But while authorities edge closer to Colombia’s...
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How Honduras’ MACCIH Loses, Even When It Wins
A new report says that the OAS-backed international judicial mission in Honduras has survived, even succeeded at times, despite numerous efforts by its enemies and...
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Trump’s Border Policies Strengthen Organized Crime. Here’s How.
The Trump administration’s stated purpose of “zero tolerance” of illegal immigration on US borders is to lower crime rates, but research shows that the net...
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5 Organized Crime Challenges for Colombia President-Elect Duque
The election of conservative Iván Duque as Colombia's next president has raised questions on how the country will tackle some of the many challenges it faces...
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Red Command Arrests in Bolivia Point to Group’s Likely Expansion
Police in Bolivia have captured three alleged members of one of Brazil's most powerful criminal groups after a brazen armed assault on a military base, raising...
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New Panama Law Small Stride Towards Shrugging Dirty Money Stigma
Panama is seeking to clean up its image as a financial crimes haven by passing new regulations but the process has been tarnished by its failure to address certain...
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Mexico Elections: Candidates’ Security Proposals Lack Long-Term Focus
Mexico’s next president will have the opportunity to revamp the country's security policy framework. But just weeks before the election, the leading candidates...
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Honduras Anti-Corruption Probe Implicates President, Opposition
Authorities in Honduras have accused dozens of officials and collaborators of diverting millions of dollars of public funds for political purposes. But the...
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Decision to Dissolve Guatemala President’s Party Rocks Government
The resolution issued by Guatemala’s electoral court to begin the suspension of the governing FCN-Nación party will be a litmus test for the country’s weakened...
