Latin America
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A new report from the US Congressional Research Service details the importance of trade-based money laundering for criminal networks in Latin America and outlines some of the ways the region’s governments are attempting to combat illicit financial flows… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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Recent clashes between armed groups on the home turf of captured Sinaloa Cartel kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán illustrate how the fragmentation of Mexico‘s underworld is changing the dynamics of criminal violence in the country… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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Much of the South American cocaine destined for global markets flows through Brazil according a UN report, and there are a number of factors that make the former Portuguese colony an ideal launching point for the drug’s international distribution… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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Officials say Costa Rica is experiencing an increase in irregular migration from Africa, signaling the growth of new human smuggling networks and raising a number of questions for policymakers to consider when handling this complex issue… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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A two-month old police reform commission in Honduras has already made significant progress toward cleaning up the country’s notoriously troubled law enforcement institutions, commission members say… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
Mike LaSusa 