Extortion is rising and contract killings are up, but Peru’s lawmakers are making matters worse with new laws, says a new ...

What we can learn from the war of words between Mexico’s president and the lawyer for Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán.

A trend of Ecuadorian criminal leaders turning up in neighboring Colombia underscores the country's role as both a refuge and ...

An alleged cattle fraud in Uruguay underlines the financial damage these organized criminal networks can inflict.

The K-drugs market keeps booming in Brazil despite alleged attempts by the First Capital Command (Primeiro Comando da Capital – PCC) to ban it, and the nature of the K-drugs business means that the ...

The recent arrest of Costa Rica’s former security minister and the revelations in his case have shed light on the corruption and drug trafficking networks engulfing the government in what may be the ...

Investigator Parker Asmann participated in the annual North American Forum, co-hosted by the Institute of the Americas in San ...

A wave of violence against traffic authorities in Ecuador shows how criminal groups look to deepen their control over the country’s streets.

Ongoing killings in marginalized areas of Rosario, Argentina suggest recent security initiatives have merely contained gang ...

Director Jeremy McDermott participated in the annual El PAcCTO 2.0 summit in Lima, offering perspectives on the role of civil ...

Ten years ago, Tren de Aragua was a little more than a prison gang, confined to the walls of the Tocorón penitentiary and largely unheard of outside its home state of Aragua in Venezuela. Today, it is ...