A new Netflix series centered on two pilots traveling aboard a cocaine-laden airplane has revived a Latin America-to-Europe trafficking case.

The US issued new sanctions against some leaders of the Jalisco Cartel, singling out one member for their alleged role in a ...

The debate over the effectiveness of anti-money laundering policies in Argentina has intensified in recent years.

Peru doubled the bounty for crime boss “El Monstruo”, making him its most wanted criminal and highlighting growing extortion ...

Theories abound around the attempted assassination of presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay — none supported by solid ...

Punitive measures are unlikely to advance efforts to undercut the organized crime groups trafficking illicit fentanyl from ...

In Ecuador, recent cases again highlight the criminal infiltration of the police and military, part of a long-standing ...

The recent arrest of Albanian cocaine trafficker Dritan Gjika in the United Arab Emirates after more than a decade of ...

A new constitutional amendment allows the extradition of Costa Rican nationals for international drug trafficking and ...

The CJNG is headed by alias "El Mencho," a feared but mysterious leader. The Jalisco Cartel New Generation (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación – CJNG) is a transnational criminal group that emerged from ...

Record cocaine production and high demand for the drug contributed to criminal violence across Latin America and the Caribbean in 2023, as traffickers established new routes to bypass increasing ...

“Tour operators” offering trips to Bogotá, Medellín, and even as far afield as Ecuador and Peru, swarm anyone stepping off the Simón Bolívar International Bridge connecting Venezuela with Colombia.