InSight Crime
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14 years of research and analysis on organized crime and corruption in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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📍 In a year marked by tensions between Venezuela and the United States, one key actor has strengthened its position and expanded its control over the Colombia-Venezuela border: the National Liberation Army (ELN). Learn more in our latest investigation: https://bit.ly/44L0wJo
#GameChangers2025 | With criminal groups increasingly consolidated and reduced support from the US, Colombia is heading for presidential elections in 2026. Explore the implications and possible scenarios at our donor-only event on January 9:
A Decade of Tectonic Shifts in Criminal Markets —And What to Expect in 2026
To attend and participate live, you can make a donation as small as $15. Your generosity also supports our work in the coming year.
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December 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
#GameChangers2025 | With criminal groups increasingly consolidated and reduced support from the US, Colombia is heading for presidential elections in 2026. Explore the implications and possible scenarios at our donor-only event on January 9:
💡 Make an annual donation and become part of our Partners Investigating Crime. Attend exclusive events on organized crime in Latin America and with Silver or Gold plans, schedule private sessions with our experts. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/46CDiFv
December 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
💡 Make an annual donation and become part of our Partners Investigating Crime. Attend exclusive events on organized crime in Latin America and with Silver or Gold plans, schedule private sessions with our experts. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/46CDiFv
📑 Fentanyl trafficking continues to reshape public health and security dynamics in the Americas. Our analysis aims to provide clear and factual insights into this evolving market. Support our work with a donation today: https://bit.ly/47z7xw2
December 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
📑 Fentanyl trafficking continues to reshape public health and security dynamics in the Americas. Our analysis aims to provide clear and factual insights into this evolving market. Support our work with a donation today: https://bit.ly/47z7xw2
Throughout 2025, InSight Crime reported on the U.S. designations targeting actors linked to organized crime and corruption across Latin America. If you value our work, support our fundraising campaign. Your contribution will ensure we can continue this research in 2026: https://bit.ly/47z7xw2
December 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Throughout 2025, InSight Crime reported on the U.S. designations targeting actors linked to organized crime and corruption across Latin America. If you value our work, support our fundraising campaign. Your contribution will ensure we can continue this research in 2026: https://bit.ly/47z7xw2
In our GameChangers series, we outline how criminal groups adapted to external pressures, reorganized their structures, and redefined strategies in 2025. Explore our findings here: https://bit.ly/3L0qIZP👉
December 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
In our GameChangers series, we outline how criminal groups adapted to external pressures, reorganized their structures, and redefined strategies in 2025. Explore our findings here: https://bit.ly/3L0qIZP👉
🇺🇸 In 2025, InSight Crime examined how U.S. policy is increasingly linking immigration and gang enforcement. Our reporting shows how this approach shapes policing, prosecutions, and deportations. Support our work — donate today: https://bit.ly/47z7xw2
December 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
🇺🇸 In 2025, InSight Crime examined how U.S. policy is increasingly linking immigration and gang enforcement. Our reporting shows how this approach shapes policing, prosecutions, and deportations. Support our work — donate today: https://bit.ly/47z7xw2
When the US reframed organized crime as a national security threat in 2025, did it weaken criminal networks — or push them to evolve? Listen to the opening chapter of GameChangers 2025: https://bit.ly/4qnpRSi
December 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
When the US reframed organized crime as a national security threat in 2025, did it weaken criminal networks — or push them to evolve? Listen to the opening chapter of GameChangers 2025: https://bit.ly/4qnpRSi
🇭🇳 #JOH | In 2012, Juan Orlando Hernández supported a constitutional reform that allowed Hondurans to be extradited for drug trafficking. A decade later, that same reform led to his arrest and conviction. Now he benefited from a presidential pardon. More here: https://bit.ly/4b26h7b
December 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🇭🇳 #JOH | In 2012, Juan Orlando Hernández supported a constitutional reform that allowed Hondurans to be extradited for drug trafficking. A decade later, that same reform led to his arrest and conviction. Now he benefited from a presidential pardon. More here: https://bit.ly/4b26h7b
Barrio 18, another of our most-read profiles this year, has been all but extinguished in El Salvador though it remains strong in Guatemala. It was designated a terrorist group by the Trump administration. Learn more: https://bit.ly/46Vi4Uz
December 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Barrio 18, another of our most-read profiles this year, has been all but extinguished in El Salvador though it remains strong in Guatemala. It was designated a terrorist group by the Trump administration. Learn more: https://bit.ly/46Vi4Uz
🎙️ Segovia’s informal miners accuse the government of favoring multinational corporations over local mining. So why did one of those corporations sue the government for $700 million? Find out in our Spanish language podcast, La sombra de El Dorado 👉 https://bit.ly/4pSEVaT
December 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🎙️ Segovia’s informal miners accuse the government of favoring multinational corporations over local mining. So why did one of those corporations sue the government for $700 million? Find out in our Spanish language podcast, La sombra de El Dorado 👉 https://bit.ly/4pSEVaT
📆Our January 9 donor-only briefing brings together Jeremy McDermott, Steven Dudley, Deborah Bonello, and Mike LaSusa to discuss the major organized crime trends shaping 2026.
Access is available with an annual donation or a one-time $15 contribution.
Access is available with an annual donation or a one-time $15 contribution.
A Decade of Tectonic Shifts in Criminal Markets —And What to Expect in 2026
To attend and participate live, you can make a donation as small as $15. Your generosity also supports our work in the coming year.
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December 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
📆Our January 9 donor-only briefing brings together Jeremy McDermott, Steven Dudley, Deborah Bonello, and Mike LaSusa to discuss the major organized crime trends shaping 2026.
Access is available with an annual donation or a one-time $15 contribution.
Access is available with an annual donation or a one-time $15 contribution.
📈 Cocaine seizures continued to reveal evolving trafficking patterns in 2025. At InSight Crime, we analyze the data behind these trends to understand their regional impact. Your support makes this work possible: https://bit.ly/47z7xw2
December 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
📈 Cocaine seizures continued to reveal evolving trafficking patterns in 2025. At InSight Crime, we analyze the data behind these trends to understand their regional impact. Your support makes this work possible: https://bit.ly/47z7xw2
The ELN has consolidated its presence in Venezuela’s Táchira state, along the border with Colombia, after years of deep cooperation and complicity with local authorities. How do communities live under its criminal rule? Read here: https://bit.ly/496CN84
December 24, 2025 at 2:02 AM
The ELN has consolidated its presence in Venezuela’s Táchira state, along the border with Colombia, after years of deep cooperation and complicity with local authorities. How do communities live under its criminal rule? Read here: https://bit.ly/496CN84
In 2025, criminal groups across the region redefined their alliances and operations. Donors can learn more and gain insights for 2026 during our exclusive January 9 event: https://bit.ly/4rQ4RoN
December 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM
In 2025, criminal groups across the region redefined their alliances and operations. Donors can learn more and gain insights for 2026 during our exclusive January 9 event: https://bit.ly/4rQ4RoN
🇺🇸Did the US crackdown on migration and drugs dismantle criminal groups — or push them to adapt? #GameChangers2025 examines how Trump’s 2025 policies shifted criminal power balances across the region — and what this signals for 2026. https://bit.ly/4qdjW1R
December 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
🇺🇸Did the US crackdown on migration and drugs dismantle criminal groups — or push them to adapt? #GameChangers2025 examines how Trump’s 2025 policies shifted criminal power balances across the region — and what this signals for 2026. https://bit.ly/4qdjW1R
💡 Make an annual donation and become part of our Partners Investigating Crime. Attend exclusive events on organized crime in Latin America and with Silver or Gold plans, schedule private sessions with our experts. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/46CDiFv
December 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
💡 Make an annual donation and become part of our Partners Investigating Crime. Attend exclusive events on organized crime in Latin America and with Silver or Gold plans, schedule private sessions with our experts. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/46CDiFv
🌳 Illegal mining is not only driving deforestation and contamination of the rainforest, it is also threatening uncontacted Indigenous communities. Find out how in our latest story on organized crime in the Amazon: https://bit.ly/4j1gmWc
December 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
🌳 Illegal mining is not only driving deforestation and contamination of the rainforest, it is also threatening uncontacted Indigenous communities. Find out how in our latest story on organized crime in the Amazon: https://bit.ly/4j1gmWc
📰 U.S. terrorist designations remain one of Washington’s main tools against organized crime. Our 2025 analysis examined their impact across Latin America. Support independent research — consider donating today: https://bit.ly/47z7xw2
December 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
📰 U.S. terrorist designations remain one of Washington’s main tools against organized crime. Our 2025 analysis examined their impact across Latin America. Support independent research — consider donating today: https://bit.ly/47z7xw2
The MS13 street gang in Central America continued to be battered by a hardline crackdown in El Salvador, and was designated a terrorist group by the Trump administration. Explore one of our most-read profiles in 2025 here: https://bit.ly/4lTO6px
December 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The MS13 street gang in Central America continued to be battered by a hardline crackdown in El Salvador, and was designated a terrorist group by the Trump administration. Explore one of our most-read profiles in 2025 here: https://bit.ly/4lTO6px
📍 The fentanyl market continued to evolve in 2025, with new routes, precursors, and emerging actors. InSight Crime documented these changes. Your support will help us continue this coverage in 2026. Donate today: https://bit.ly/47z7xw2
December 23, 2025 at 5:03 PM
📍 The fentanyl market continued to evolve in 2025, with new routes, precursors, and emerging actors. InSight Crime documented these changes. Your support will help us continue this coverage in 2026. Donate today: https://bit.ly/47z7xw2
👉In our GameChangers series, we outline how criminal groups adapted to external pressures, reorganized their structures, and redefined strategies in 2025. Explore our findings here:
GameChangers 2025: Top Criminal Newsmakers This Year
This year saw a dramatic reset to the fight against organized crime in the Americas, and these criminal groups were constantly in the news.
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December 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
👉In our GameChangers series, we outline how criminal groups adapted to external pressures, reorganized their structures, and redefined strategies in 2025. Explore our findings here:
🇭🇳 #JOH | Trump’s pardon to Juan Orlando Hernández raises new questions about the role of the US in regional anti-drug policy. Revisit how Hernández built political power while allegedly collaborating with networks that moved tons of cocaine through Honduras. Read the series.
Special Series: The Rise and Fall of Honduras Ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández
Juan Orlando Hernández, was the first Central American president to be accused, tried, and convicted of drug trafficking in the United States
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December 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🇭🇳 #JOH | Trump’s pardon to Juan Orlando Hernández raises new questions about the role of the US in regional anti-drug policy. Revisit how Hernández built political power while allegedly collaborating with networks that moved tons of cocaine through Honduras. Read the series.
👉InSight Crime’s GameChangers 2025 series examines key shifts across the Americas — from human smuggling and synthetic drugs to environmental crime and US military action in the Caribbean. Learn more here.
GameChangers 2025
This is the 10th edition of our GameChanger series, and this year we are looking back not just at 2025 but over the last decade.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
👉InSight Crime’s GameChangers 2025 series examines key shifts across the Americas — from human smuggling and synthetic drugs to environmental crime and US military action in the Caribbean. Learn more here.
🇻🇪An unusual clash between security forces and the ELN in Táchira, Venezuela, once again put the group’s presence under scrutiny. However, due to its paramilitary nature on this side of the border, authorities dismissed the case.
Guerrilla Governance: The ELN’s Social Control in Táchira
The ELN’s impunity in Táchira is the result of years of complicity and cooperation with local security forces and pro-government leaders.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:31 AM
🇻🇪An unusual clash between security forces and the ELN in Táchira, Venezuela, once again put the group’s presence under scrutiny. However, due to its paramilitary nature on this side of the border, authorities dismissed the case.
📆Our January 9 donor-only briefing brings together Jeremy McDermott, Steven Dudley, Deborah Bonello, and Mike LaSusa to discuss the major organized crime trends shaping 2026.
Access is available with an annual donation or a one-time $15 contribution.
Access is available with an annual donation or a one-time $15 contribution.
A Decade of Tectonic Shifts in Criminal Markets —And What to Expect in 2026
To attend and participate live, you can make a donation as small as $15. Your generosity also supports our work in the coming year.
bit.ly
December 23, 2025 at 1:01 AM
📆Our January 9 donor-only briefing brings together Jeremy McDermott, Steven Dudley, Deborah Bonello, and Mike LaSusa to discuss the major organized crime trends shaping 2026.
Access is available with an annual donation or a one-time $15 contribution.
Access is available with an annual donation or a one-time $15 contribution.