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April 23, 2021 at 2:17 PM

Weekly InSight | The Ghost Returns

Weekly InSight | The Ghost Returns This week, InSight Crime’s investigation into elusive drug trafficker Memo Fantasma made waves once again in Colombia Weekly InSight April 23, 2021   View  in your browser …
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April 16, 2021 at 2:44 PM

Weekly InSight | A New Generation of Child Soldiers in Colombia

Weekly InSight | A New Generation of Child Soldiers in Colombia This week, InSight Crime goes inside a Colombian school where teachers risk their lives to protect students from recruitment by criminal... Weekly InSight April 16…
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April 9, 2021 at 1:32 PM

Weekly InSight | Unlocking Child Soldiers' Secrets in Colombia

Weekly InSight | Unlocking Child Soldiers' Secrets in Colombia This week, InSight Crime provides firsthand accounts from child soldiers in Colombia about how they were recruited and the wide range of roles they... Weekly InSight …
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April 2, 2021 at 1:59 PM

Weekly InSight | Stories From Forced Recruits in Colombia

Weekly InSight | Stories From Forced Recruits in Colombia This week, InSight Crime reports from the ground in Colombia on a new generation of minors being co-opted by criminal groups –  Weekly InSight April 2, 2021 View…
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March 26, 2021 at 3:07 PM

Weekly InSight | MS13 Run Cocaine, JOH Under Fire

Weekly InSight | MS13 Run Cocaine, JOH Under Fire This week, InSight Crime’s on-the-ground investigation revealed how a cell of El Salvador’s MS13 street gang came to rule a coastal cocaine... Weekly InSight March 26, 2021   …
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March 22, 2021 at 8:05 PM

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Special Invitation A Deep Dive Into El Salvador’s Criminal Dynamics and Its Borders JOIN US TOMORROW Special invitation from InSight Crime View this email in yo…
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March 19, 2021 at 3:42 PM

Weekly InSight | The Itatí Network, JOH’s Drug Ties

Weekly InSight | The Itatí Network, JOH’s Drug Ties This week, InSight Crime goes inside the Argentine border town of Itatí, unraveling how police and government officials, including the town’s mayor... Weekly InSight March 19,…
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March 15, 2021 at 9:52 PM

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Special Invitation A Deep Dive Into Argentina’s Criminal Dynamics and Its Borders JOIN US TOMORROW Special invitation from InSight Crime View this email in your…
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March 12, 2021 at 3:18 PM

Weekly InSight | An Illegal Gold Rush

Weekly InSight | An Illegal Gold Rush This week, InSight Crime digs into illegal gold mining -- which has come to rival the drug trade for profits -- in some parts of Colombia and Brazil. Weekly InSight March 12, 2021   …
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February 26, 2021 at 3:07 PM

Weekly InSight | The Paraguay Connection

Weekly InSight | The Paraguay Connection This week, InSight Crime investigates a Paraguay congressman who provided protection to a Lamborghini-driving drug trafficker... Weekly InSight February 26, 2021   View  in your …
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February 24, 2021 at 10:28 PM

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Special Invitation A Deep Dive Into Paraguay’s Criminal Dynamics and Its Borders JOIN US TOMORROW Special invitation from InSight Crime View this email in your …
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February 19, 2021 at 3:16 PM

Weekly InSight | The Marriage of Politics and Organized Crime in Honduras

Weekly InSight | The Marriage of Politics and Organized Crime in Honduras This week, InSight Crime published an exposé on the criminal networks embedded in Honduras’ ruling party,from politicians at the local level  Weekly InSight …
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February 15, 2021 at 8:24 PM

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Special Invitation Special invitation from InSight Crime View this email in your browser A Deep Dive Into Honduras’ Criminal Dynamics and Its Borders JOIN US TOMORROW …
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February 12, 2021 at 5:28 PM

Weekly InSight | Exploring the New Cocaine Pipeline

Weekly InSight | Exploring the New Cocaine Pipeline This week, InSight Crime launched a major investigation into how cocaine traffickers have come to prefer Europe as their principal market.  Weekly InSight February 12, 2021 …
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February 5, 2021 at 8:28 PM

Weekly InSight | Corrupt Cops and Border Crime

Weekly InSight | Corrupt Cops and Border Crime This week, InSight Crime takes readers to a town on Guatemala’s Pacific coast whose bloody politics is fueled by the cocaine trade. Weekly InSight February 5, 2021 View  in…
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February 1, 2021 at 7:24 PM

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Special Invitation Special invitation from InSight Crime View this email in your browser A Deep Dive Into Guatemala’s Criminal Dynamics and Its Borders JOIN US TOMORROW …
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January 29, 2021 at 4:12 PM

Weekly InSight | Bloodshed and Borders

Weekly InSight | Bloodshed and Borders This week, Insight Crime published its annual homicide roundup, which provides a breakdown of murder rates and trends by country  Weekly InSight January 29, 2021 View  in your brow…
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January 22, 2021 at 2:55 PM

Weekly InSight | Biden’s Approach to a Region Beset by Crime

Weekly InSight | Biden’s Approach to a Region Beset by Crime This week, the world welcomed Joe Biden as US president, and we looked at security challenges facing his administration in Central America... Weekly InSight January 2…
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January 15, 2021 at 2:02 PM

Weekly InSight | JOH’s Narco-State

Weekly InSight | JOH’s Narco-State This week, the big news in organized crime: US prosecutors allege that Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández Weekly InSight January 15, 2021   View  in your browser …
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January 8, 2021 at 3:50 PM

Weekly InSight | Organized Crime Survives COVID-19

Weekly InSight | Organized Crime Survives COVID-19 As 2021 begins, InSight Crime’s GameChangers provides the five lasting consequences the pandemic will have on the criminal landscape... Weekly InSight January 08, 2021   …
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December 18, 2020 at 3:02 PM

Weekly InSight | A Year in Organized Crime

Weekly InSight | A Year in Organized Crime The last time InSight Crime held an in-person conference was March 5, in Argentina. The topic: the PCC, the Southern Cone’s premier criminal group.  Weekly InSight December 18, 2020 …
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December 11, 2020 at 6:11 PM

Weekly InSight | Rise of the PCC

Weekly InSight | Rise of the PCC Today, InSight Crime launches its investigation into the rise and spread of South America’s largest and perhaps most ambitious criminal gang... Weekly InSight December 11, 2020   View  i…
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December 4, 2020 at 4:27 PM

Weekly Insight | When Crime Proves Stubborn

Weekly Insight | When Crime Proves Stubborn This week, InSight Crime looked at how longstanding criminal issues have continued to flourish in spite of government programs established Weekly InSight December 4, 2020   Vi…
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December 2, 2020 at 5:48 PM

Special invitation | Third International Conference Covid and Crime

Special invitation | Third International Conference Covid and Crime Carefully selected panels of academics, journalists, civil society leaders and security officials will gather (virtually) to discuss issues such... Third In…
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November 27, 2020 at 3:39 PM

Weekly InSight | Governments Under Fire

Weekly InSight | Governments Under Fire Violent protests in Guatemala. Rising assassinations of politicians in Brazil. A troubling investigation in El Salvador... Weekly InSight November 27, 2020   View  in your browser…
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November 20, 2020 at 4:06 PM

Weekly InSight | Shockwaves in US and Mexico

Weekly InSight | Shockwaves in US and Mexico This week, InSight Crime goes behind the dynamics of a shocking about-face, as US prosecutors drop a high-profile drug case against Mexico’s former... Weekly InSight November 20, 202…
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November 17, 2020 at 5:16 PM

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Special Invitation A Decade of Covering Organized Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean JOIN US TOMORROW Special invitation from InSight Crime View this email in your br…
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November 6, 2020 at 2:56 PM

Weekly InSight | The Full Spectrum of Organized Crime

Weekly InSight | The Full Spectrum of Organized Crime With InSight Crime marking its 10th anniversary, the news this week reflected just how broad our coverage has become over that time...  Weekly InSight November 6, 2020 …
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October 30, 2020 at 2:55 PM

Weekly InSight | Success or Failure?

Weekly InSight | Success or Failure? This week, InSight Crime delves deep into government claims of success against organized crime  Weekly InSight October 30, 2020   View  in your browser This week, In…
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October 23, 2020 at 1:55 PM

Weekly InSight | Mexico Shaken

Weekly InSight | Mexico Shaken The Jalisco Cartel moving in on Mexico City. The trauma still felt a year on from the Battle of Culiacán. The never-ending list of criminal threats... Weekly InSight October 23, 2020   Vie…
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October 16, 2020 at 5:47 PM

Weekly InSight | Outwitting Covid-19 Security

Weekly InSight | Outwitting Covid-19 Security An unusual zoo was perched atop the pristine Roatán coral reef in Honduras, filled with illegally obtained jaguars, tigers and lions.  Weekly InSight October 16, 2020   View…
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October 9, 2020 at 2:49 PM

Weekly InSight | Trading Favors

Weekly InSight | Trading Favors InSight Crime's investigation into the web of connections tying gangs to politics in downtown San Salvador, published last week Weekly InSight October 9, 2020   View  in your browser …
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October 2, 2020 at 4:24 PM

Weekly InSight | Negotiating With Gangs

Weekly InSight | Negotiating With Gangs In San Salvador’s bustling Historic Center, nothing gets done without approval from the murderous street gangs... Weekly InSight October 2, 2020   View  in your browser …
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September 25, 2020 at 4:05 PM

Weekly InSight | Covering Environmental Crime On All Fronts

Weekly InSight | Covering Environmental Crime On All Fronts This week, InSight Crime goes inside the trafficking of jaguar body parts, a trade that starts deep in Suriname’s jungle interior and ends in China Weekly InSight Sept…
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September 18, 2020 at 5:31 PM

Weekly InSight | Timber Mafias

Weekly InSight | Timber Mafias InSight Crime proudly presents the result of a two-year investigation into timber trafficking... Weekly InSight September 18, 2020 View  in your browser InSight Crime prou…
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September 4, 2020 at 2:16 PM

Weekly InSight | Turning COVID-19 into Criminal Opportunity

Weekly InSight | Turning COVID-19 into Criminal Opportunity More than five months into the coronavirus pandemic in Latin America, we can begin to see how effectively resulting criminal opportunities... Weekly InSight September …
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August 28, 2020 at 3:45 PM

Weekly InSight | Organized Crime From Many Angles

Weekly InSight | Organized Crime From Many Angles This week, InSight Crime goes beyond the headlines and scours court records to discover the true presence of the MS13 street gang Weekly InSight August 28, 2020   View  …
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August 21, 2020 at 5:01 PM

Weekly InSight – Anti-Corruption Efforts Struggle to Take Hold

Weekly InSight – Anti-Corruption Efforts Struggle to Take Hold This week, we’ve seen mixed signals on corruption across Latin America. Brazil’s Dario Messer, one of the region’s biggest money launderers, may... Weekly InSight A…
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August 14, 2020 at 4:52 PM

Weekly InSight – El Salvador Homicide Drop

Weekly InSight – El Salvador Homicide Drop This week, InSight Crime delves deep into El Salvador and its violent street gangs, probing why the MS13 has failed at large-scale drug...  Weekly InSight August 14, 2020   Vie…
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August 7, 2020 at 4:09 PM

Weekly InSight – Big Arrests

Weekly InSight – Big Arrests This week, InSight Crime delved into how courts hold politicians to account in the region as Colombia's Supreme Court placed former president...  Weekly InSight August 7, 2020   View  in you…
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July 31, 2020 at 3:14 PM

Weekly InSight | In Defense of Press Freedoms

Weekly InSight | In Defense of Press Freedoms This week, the fallout from InSight Crime’s investigation into Memo Fantasma continues more than four months on; we looked at how Venezuela is... Weekly InSight July 31, 2020   …
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July 24, 2020 at 3:10 PM

Weekly InSight | Gangs and Governments

Weekly InSight | Gangs and Governments The eternal tug-of-war for legitimacy between gangs and governments was being played out across the region this week. Could Haiti's G9 alliance...  Weekly InSight July 24, 2020   V…
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July 17, 2020 at 3:55 PM

Weekly InSight | Countries on the Brink

Weekly InSight | Countries on the Brink There was plenty of news out of Venezuela this week, including how a known fugitive was able to organize shipments of luxury cars from Miami to... Weekly InSight July 17, 2020   V…
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July 10, 2020 at 3:06 PM

Weekly InSight | An Assault

Weekly InSight | An Assault Three separate massacres, each revealing its own piece of Mexico’s layered criminal puzzle. Entrenched networks of corrupt political elites trying...  Weekly InSight July 10, 2020   View in y…
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July 3, 2020 at 4:40 PM

InSight Crime - Security Policy Stumbles Across the Region

InSight Crime - Security Policy Stumbles Across the Region This week, we highlight the grim security failings across the region, as Honduras essentially legalized impunity, police in São Paulo became more ...  Weekly InSight Ju…
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June 26, 2020 at 7:38 PM

Weekly Insight | A Dirty Business

Weekly Insight | A Dirty Business This week, InSight Crime took readers beyond the headlines of the guilty plea by a noted Miami professor and organized crime expert – revealing how... Weekly InSight June 26, 2020   Vie…
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June 19, 2020 at 6:25 PM

Weekly Insight – Fallout of the Investigation into Memo Fantasma

Weekly Insight – Fallout of the Investigation into Memo Fantasma This week, InSight Crime looked at a number of significant advances in the United States’ ongoing attempts to bring down transnational criminal... Weekly InSight …
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June 12, 2020 at 11:51 PM

Weekly InSight | An expanded weekly newsletter

Weekly InSight | An expanded weekly newsletter Weekly InSight June 12, 2020   View this email in your browser In its newly expanded weekly newsletter, InSight Crime presents a deeper view of its activitie…
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June 5, 2020 at 5:04 PM

Weekly InSight

Weekly InSight InSight Crime's top weekly news View this email in your browser Weekly InSight · June 5, 2020 FEATURED Venezuela Relies on Gold as Othe…
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May 29, 2020 at 5:52 PM

Weekly InSight

Weekly InSight InSight Crime's top weekly news View this email in your browser Weekly InSight  · May 29, 2020 FEATURED  Colombia Attorney General Confirms Identity o…