InSight Crime
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14 years of research and analysis on organized crime and corruption in Latin America and the Caribbean.
🇨🇴 | Are cryptocurrencies replacing dollars as currency in the criminal world? La Oficina, a mafia federation in Colombia, is reportedly using this means of payment to collect ransoms. Learn more about this dynamic here: https://bit.ly/45t7ovn
February 17, 2026 at 10:30 PM
🇨🇴 | Are cryptocurrencies replacing dollars as currency in the criminal world? La Oficina, a mafia federation in Colombia, is reportedly using this means of payment to collect ransoms. Learn more about this dynamic here: https://bit.ly/45t7ovn
🇭🇳 | Honduran authorities eradicated 16,000 coca plants in the coastal department of Colón. In recent years, efforts to grow coca, the raw ingrediente needed to produce cocaine, have expanded in this largely rural, key drug trafficking corridor. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4ks0iwS
February 17, 2026 at 10:11 PM
🇭🇳 | Honduran authorities eradicated 16,000 coca plants in the coastal department of Colón. In recent years, efforts to grow coca, the raw ingrediente needed to produce cocaine, have expanded in this largely rural, key drug trafficking corridor. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4ks0iwS
🇨🇴 | A narco sub shipyard linked to the Gulf Clan that was allegedly used to make the semi-submersibles used for drug trafficking was dismantled in La Guajira, Colombia by the armed forces. Find out more: https://bit.ly/3OldlVs
February 17, 2026 at 9:01 PM
🇨🇴 | A narco sub shipyard linked to the Gulf Clan that was allegedly used to make the semi-submersibles used for drug trafficking was dismantled in La Guajira, Colombia by the armed forces. Find out more: https://bit.ly/3OldlVs
🇨🇴 | Putting up banners, demanding ID cards from the population, and forcing people to drive with their windows down: this is how the EMC, a dissident faction of the FARC, imposes social control in southwestern Colombia. What is the EMC looking for in this area? Find out here: https://bit.ly/4kCErDI
February 17, 2026 at 8:01 PM
🇨🇴 | Putting up banners, demanding ID cards from the population, and forcing people to drive with their windows down: this is how the EMC, a dissident faction of the FARC, imposes social control in southwestern Colombia. What is the EMC looking for in this area? Find out here: https://bit.ly/4kCErDI
🌎 | Anti-drug cooperation between Latin American countries and the United States is far from static. Find out the state of play today in our interactive map: https://bit.ly/4aFsKrb
February 17, 2026 at 7:08 PM
🌎 | Anti-drug cooperation between Latin American countries and the United States is far from static. Find out the state of play today in our interactive map: https://bit.ly/4aFsKrb
🌎 | Anti-drug cooperation between Latin American countries and the United States is far from static. Find out the state of play today in our interactive map: https://bit.ly/4aFsKrb
February 17, 2026 at 6:30 PM
🌎 | Anti-drug cooperation between Latin American countries and the United States is far from static. Find out the state of play today in our interactive map: https://bit.ly/4aFsKrb
🇺🇸 | InSight Crime’s investigators have traveled across Venezuela and interviewed hundreds of sources nationwide for years. Join our exclusive donor panel, where they’ll break down the reality behind the Cartel of the Suns. Get access here:
February 17, 2026 at 5:03 PM
🇺🇸 | InSight Crime’s investigators have traveled across Venezuela and interviewed hundreds of sources nationwide for years. Join our exclusive donor panel, where they’ll break down the reality behind the Cartel of the Suns. Get access here:
🇻🇪 | Because former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro made alliances with criminal groups, the latter took control of communities, prisons, and strategic areas for illicit economies. Find out more about his allies and enemies in the profile: https://bit.ly/4085xJd
February 17, 2026 at 3:30 PM
🇻🇪 | Because former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro made alliances with criminal groups, the latter took control of communities, prisons, and strategic areas for illicit economies. Find out more about his allies and enemies in the profile: https://bit.ly/4085xJd
🇨🇴 🇪🇨 | The Colombian Border Command is involved in illegal gold mining and drug trafficking in Ecuador’s Amazon region. What is the history of this group and what awaits it going forward? Find out here: https://bit.ly/4csjXv6
February 17, 2026 at 2:03 PM
🇨🇴 🇪🇨 | The Colombian Border Command is involved in illegal gold mining and drug trafficking in Ecuador’s Amazon region. What is the history of this group and what awaits it going forward? Find out here: https://bit.ly/4csjXv6
🇨🇴 | Narco subs and clandestine shipyards have typically been found along Colombia’s Pacific coast. But a shipyard in the Caribbean department of La Guajira was recently discovered by the authorities. Read all you need to know about narco-subs here: https://bit.ly/3OldlVs
February 16, 2026 at 11:31 PM
🇨🇴 | Narco subs and clandestine shipyards have typically been found along Colombia’s Pacific coast. But a shipyard in the Caribbean department of La Guajira was recently discovered by the authorities. Read all you need to know about narco-subs here: https://bit.ly/3OldlVs
🇧🇷 | In Brazil, São Paulo’s First Capital Command (PCC) once enforced rules in the favelas, banning the robbery of residents and providing social services to the communities. But its “Robin Hood” days are over. Read our analysis to learn more: https://bit.ly/3Ze6Wh3
February 16, 2026 at 9:02 PM
🇧🇷 | In Brazil, São Paulo’s First Capital Command (PCC) once enforced rules in the favelas, banning the robbery of residents and providing social services to the communities. But its “Robin Hood” days are over. Read our analysis to learn more: https://bit.ly/3Ze6Wh3
🇨🇴 | The use of cryptocurrencies is expanding in Colombia, and being used in predatory illicit economies. Most recently, La Oficina, a mafia federation, is reportedly collecting ransoms in cryptocurrencies. Read more here: https://bit.ly/45t7ovn
February 16, 2026 at 8:02 PM
🇨🇴 | The use of cryptocurrencies is expanding in Colombia, and being used in predatory illicit economies. Most recently, La Oficina, a mafia federation, is reportedly collecting ransoms in cryptocurrencies. Read more here: https://bit.ly/45t7ovn
#NewAnalysis | The State of Play: US Anti-Drug Cooperation in Latin America.
The State of Play: US Anti-Drug Cooperation in Latin America
Which Latin American countries collaborate with the US on anti-narcotics? Consult this map for a look at the ever-evolving web of alliances in the region.
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February 16, 2026 at 7:30 PM
#NewAnalysis | The State of Play: US Anti-Drug Cooperation in Latin America.
🇪🇨 | Ecuadorian authorities hailed the arrest of alias "Chuky" as a blow to the Choneros. But the criminal group has proven adept at converting prisons into operations centers. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3YcI7BR
February 16, 2026 at 6:31 PM
🇪🇨 | Ecuadorian authorities hailed the arrest of alias "Chuky" as a blow to the Choneros. But the criminal group has proven adept at converting prisons into operations centers. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3YcI7BR
🇻🇪 | The Cartel of the Suns - network of corruption tied to drug trafficking in Venezuela — operated under the impunity that sustained the Chavista regime. What has changed since Maduro’s capture? Find out at our upcoming exclusive event. Get access here: https://bit.ly/45Q26dA
February 16, 2026 at 3:03 PM
🇻🇪 | The Cartel of the Suns - network of corruption tied to drug trafficking in Venezuela — operated under the impunity that sustained the Chavista regime. What has changed since Maduro’s capture? Find out at our upcoming exclusive event. Get access here: https://bit.ly/45Q26dA
🇨🇴 | “What Total Peace are you talking about? People are killed here every day.” This is what a resident of Cauca, in southwestern Colombia, said about the violence they suffer in the department. Learn how organized crime affects communities in that part of the country: https://bit.ly/4kCErDI
February 16, 2026 at 2:03 PM
🇨🇴 | “What Total Peace are you talking about? People are killed here every day.” This is what a resident of Cauca, in southwestern Colombia, said about the violence they suffer in the department. Learn how organized crime affects communities in that part of the country: https://bit.ly/4kCErDI
🇻🇪 | Since 2013, Nicolás Maduro has consolidated his power by building a hybrid criminal system that has allowed organized crime to thrive, as long as it serves his interests. Read more in the profile: https://bit.ly/4085xJd
February 15, 2026 at 11:02 PM
🇻🇪 | Since 2013, Nicolás Maduro has consolidated his power by building a hybrid criminal system that has allowed organized crime to thrive, as long as it serves his interests. Read more in the profile: https://bit.ly/4085xJd
👉 From global manhunts to quiet investigations, some of the world’s most-wanted organized crime bosses were taken down in 2025. Here’s our roundup of the year’s biggest cases: https://bit.ly/4a081PJ
February 15, 2026 at 9:02 PM
👉 From global manhunts to quiet investigations, some of the world’s most-wanted organized crime bosses were taken down in 2025. Here’s our roundup of the year’s biggest cases: https://bit.ly/4a081PJ
🇭🇳 | Do you know the story behind the narco video published by InSight Crime in 2024 that rocked Honduras? Read all about it in our criminal thread 🧵
February 15, 2026 at 5:02 PM
🇭🇳 | Do you know the story behind the narco video published by InSight Crime in 2024 that rocked Honduras? Read all about it in our criminal thread 🧵
🇵🇪 | New laws and regulations in Peru seek to reduce extortion, including by punishing those who illegally install the communication systems in prisons that enable these schemes. Can the wave of extortion be contained? https://bit.ly/424ppNW
February 15, 2026 at 12:02 PM
🇵🇪 | New laws and regulations in Peru seek to reduce extortion, including by punishing those who illegally install the communication systems in prisons that enable these schemes. Can the wave of extortion be contained? https://bit.ly/424ppNW
🇨🇴 | While Gustavo Petro’s government seeks to negotiate peace with criminal groups in Colombia, in the southwest of the country, the dissident FARC faction EMC is burying those efforts under bursts of gunfire. Discover InSight Crime’s findings here: https://bit.ly/4kCErDI
February 15, 2026 at 12:31 AM
🇨🇴 | While Gustavo Petro’s government seeks to negotiate peace with criminal groups in Colombia, in the southwest of the country, the dissident FARC faction EMC is burying those efforts under bursts of gunfire. Discover InSight Crime’s findings here: https://bit.ly/4kCErDI
🇻🇪 | Find out what lies ahead for organized crime in Venezuela after Nicolás Maduro’s removal from power at our exclusive donor event on February 27. Get access by donating: https://bit.ly/45Q26dA
February 14, 2026 at 10:01 PM
🇻🇪 | Find out what lies ahead for organized crime in Venezuela after Nicolás Maduro’s removal from power at our exclusive donor event on February 27. Get access by donating: https://bit.ly/45Q26dA
🇨🇴 🇪🇨 | Colombia’s Border Command is a major criminal player in the key border department and coca hotspot, Putumayo. It has also extended its reach into neighboring Ecuador. Read more about the history of the group here: https://bit.ly/4csjXv6
February 14, 2026 at 8:02 PM
🇨🇴 🇪🇨 | Colombia’s Border Command is a major criminal player in the key border department and coca hotspot, Putumayo. It has also extended its reach into neighboring Ecuador. Read more about the history of the group here: https://bit.ly/4csjXv6
🇪🇨 | Ecuadorian authorities arrested high-ranking Choneros member alias "Chuky," who escaped from prison last year. How significant a criminal force are the Choneros? https://bit.ly/3YcI7BR
February 14, 2026 at 4:03 PM
🇪🇨 | Ecuadorian authorities arrested high-ranking Choneros member alias "Chuky," who escaped from prison last year. How significant a criminal force are the Choneros? https://bit.ly/3YcI7BR
🇧🇷 | The global cocaine expansion of Brazil’s First Capital Command (PCC) has reshaped the gang as well as the São Paulo’s neighborhoods it once controlled. Residents there are now in the incapable hands of smaller, less organized groups. Read more: https://bit.ly/3Ze6Wh3
February 14, 2026 at 2:31 PM
🇧🇷 | The global cocaine expansion of Brazil’s First Capital Command (PCC) has reshaped the gang as well as the São Paulo’s neighborhoods it once controlled. Residents there are now in the incapable hands of smaller, less organized groups. Read more: https://bit.ly/3Ze6Wh3