Jalisco Cartel New Generation (CJNG) - InSight Crime
May 27, 2024 · The Jalisco Cartel New Generation (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación – CJNG) is a transnational criminal group that emerged from the Milenio Cartel following a series of …
How El Salvador’s Crackdown Succeeded Where Others Failed
Dec 6, 2023 · Sources: Emergency decree enacted by El Salvador legislative assembly, March 26 2022; El Salvador legislative assembly; confidential police intelligence reports; interviews with …
How Bukele’s Government Overpowered Gangs: Major Findings
Dec 6, 2023 · In March 2022, the government of El Salvador launched one of the most relentless security crackdowns in its history in its latest attempt to debilitate the country’s three main …
Tren de Aragua - InSight Crime
Jul 12, 2024 · Tren de Aragua is Venezuela’s most powerful homegrown criminal actor and the only Venezuelan gang that has successfully projected its power abroad. It has grown from a …
InSight Crime - Investigation and Analysis of Organized Crime
3 days ago · InSight Crime is a media organization and think tank dedicated to the study of organized crime in the Americas.
Sinaloa Cartel - InSight Crime
Mar 15, 2024 · The Sinaloa Cartel, considered the largest and most powerful drug trafficking organization in the Western Hemisphere, is a network of some of Mexico’s most important …
How Mexico’s Cartels Have Learned Military Tactics - InSight Crime
Sep 2, 2021 · As violence has continued to rise in Mexico year after year, criminal groups have adopted an increasingly militarized approach to their tactics, weaponry and training.
Making Synthetic Drugs: A Primer* - InSight Crime
May 8, 2023 · The process of making synthetic drugs involves various steps, but it must include a key ingredient called a precursor. For methamphetamine, these precursors are 1-phenyl-2 …
Tusi: The Pink Drug Cocktail That Tricked Latin America - InSight …
Jul 6, 2022 · A string of seizures across Latin America have revealed how “tusi,” a pink synthetic drug powder, is expanding into new countries and increasing its share of the region’s …
Confidential Informants: a ‘Double Edged Sword’ for Law …
Apr 24, 2023 · The use of confidential informants by US law enforcement has led to the recent arrests of several high-level actors in the international drug trade, but these successes may be …