Published
-
As a journalist who has covered both the drug trade and immigration for most of my career, I’ve been struck by the parallels in how the [Trump] administration has handled these two issues. Read this article in its entirety at InSight Crime.
-
Over the past several years, I’ve seen so many headlines about “record cocaine seizures” in countries around the world that they barely register anymore. Read this article in its entirety at InSight Crime.
-
The arrest of Nicolás Maduro marks a new chapter for organized crime in Venezuela. The country’s slew of criminal groups will have to adjust their operations and alliances amid a political shakeup that is certain to have impacts across the underworld… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
-
In a year that saw a dramatic reset to the fight against the drug trade and organized crime in the Americas by the administration of US President Donald Trump, the following Latin American criminal groups were rarely out of the headlines… This piece was co-authored with Deborah Bonello. Read it in its entirety at InSight…
-
US President Donald Trump has designated the synthetic drug fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, putting the drug on par with nuclear bombs and weaponized biological agents, and further propelling the war on drugs to the forefront of his national security agenda… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
Mike LaSusa 