Heroin
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GameChangers 2018: As Opioids and Cocaine Boom, the Americas Wilt
While traditional criminal organizations have widened their portfolios dramatically in recent years, drug trafficking remains the most important earner in the...
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LatAm Crime Groups Adapting to Meet Growing US Drug Demand
As the opioid crisis continues to ravage the United States, with a record number of overdose deaths, crime groups in Latin America have taken advantage of the...
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US Fentanyl Seizure Suggests Evolving Mexican-Dominican Links
US authorities arrested two Dominican citizens in connection to a multimillion-dollar fentanyl shipment delivered from Mexico, suggesting that relations between...
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Who Controls Colombia’s Enduring Heroin Trade
Reports have emerged that guerrilla group the ELN has taken control of the heroin business in the south of Colombia, which, if confirmed, would represent a huge...
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Documentary Series Examines Role of Mexico’s Crime Groups in US Opioid Crisis
A new documentary series exploring the opioid epidemic ravaging cities across the United States underscores the role of Mexican organized crime groups in the...
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New US Opioid Measures Undermined by Lack of Funding, Personnel
New measures to fight the US opioid crisis demonstrate the White House’s interest in using the issue as a political cudgel, rather than attacking its...
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Weekly InSight: The DEA and the Heroin Crisis in the United States
In our October 26 Facebook Live session, InSight Crime Co-director Steven Dudley and "Dreamland" author Sam Quinones discussed the homegrown opioid and heroin...
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Greatest Drug Threat to the United States Is Homegrown: DEA
The homegrown problem of prescription painkiller abuse continues to be the biggest, deadliest drug threat to the United States, according to the DEA's latest...
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The FARC’s Riches: Up to $580 Million in Annual Income
The former rebels of what was once Latin America's oldest insurgency, the FARC, continually claimed to have barely any money. And while they did have a lot of...
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Can Trump’s Tough Approach ‘Win’ Fight Against US Opioid Crisis?
US President Donald Trump pledged to ramp up enforcement efforts against the opioid crisis gripping the nation, but the long-awaited announcement on a strategy to...
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New US Opioid Task Force Lacks Focus on Treatment, Prevention
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has announced a specialized opioid detection unit to address the drug abuse crisis afflicting the country, one of the first major...
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Europe Feeling Effects of Cocaine and Opioid Crises: Report
A new report indicates that the availability of cocaine and synthetic opioids is on the rise in Europe, a sign that the continent is feeling the effects of...
