Criminal organizations showed this past year that they pose a growing threat to democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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InSight Crime examines the most important criminal developments in Latin America and the Caribbean over the past year. Explore our annual roundups to learn what homicides and cocaine seizures tell us ...

Fact is often stranger than fiction, as our list of the five most-read stories of 2024 shows.

Chilean authorities gave details about the growing sophistication and violence of transnational organized crime.

The crisis in Ecuador’s prisons has escaped the confines of the penitentiary system to sow violence, corruption, and chaos around the country. The political assassinations, terrorist-style attacks, ...

The last year has seen criminal governance thrive in Latin America and the Caribbean as resistance erodes. InSight Crime’s investigators break down the year’s biggest stories from across the region.