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InSight Crime
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15 years of research and analysis on organized crime and corruption in Latin America and the Caribbean.
- #NewInvestigation | ‘Operation Polanco’: How the DEA Investigated #AMLO’s 2006-Presidential Campaign bit.ly/47WW9K9
- #Cocaine | Turkey, with a foot in both Europe and Asia, has become an essential hub for cocaine being trafficked from Latin America to emerging cocaine markets. Find out how: bit.ly/40BU0Af
- #Cocaine | With most cocaine leaving Ecuador by ocean, corrupting navy soldiers has become highly useful for drug traffickers. ⬇️ bit.ly/3wwXJC5
- 🇬🇹 | Guatemala's top prosecutor, Consuelo Porras, is sanctioned for corruption by 42 countries. She has subverted anti-graft efforts by gutting the Attorney General's Office of competent prosecutors while using corruption claims to hound President #Arévalo bit.ly/4jj953F
- 🇲🇽 | Mexico will be the first country in the world to elect all of its judges by popular vote. Experts warned that the new system could politicize judges and undermine their legitimacy, which will not improve accountability in organized crime-related prosecutions.
- The number of current or former Latin American presidents under investigation, or condemned, on charges of corruption is staggering (just see the illustration below). bit.ly/2M3TbuU
- #Exclusive: Narco Video Shows Traffickers Discussing Bribes With Honduras President’s Brother-in-Law. bit.ly/3MxmZjJ
- An estimated 160,000 chemical companies are currently operating either legally or illegally in China, and amid poor industrial regulation, the country has become the main exporter of fentanyl.
- When it comes to links between organized crime and Honduras’ National Party, Tony Hernández is the most recognizable figure. Our latest investigation, however, reveals organized crimes tentacles reached well beyond the president’s brother. bit.ly/3bf5jGo #BorderCrime
- Colombia’s Vice President Marta Lucía Ramírez has announced that she will be withdrawing the criminal complaint filed against InSight Crime Co-director Jeremy McDermott related to a two-year investigation into #MemoFantasma. #PressFreedom
- #ElitesAndCrime | In Guatemala, corrupt elites are doing their utmost to derail the presidential elections that delivered shocking results in the first round.
