4 days ago · InSight Crime is a media organization and think tank dedicated to the study of organized crime in the Americas.

Jan 8, 2025 · Data plays an increasingly vital role in our lives, and at InSight Crime, it is no exception. Whether building proprietary databases or sending hundreds of public information requests, we constantly collect, refine, and analyze data on organized crime to better monitor and understand the evolving criminal dynamics in the region.

Jan 30, 2021 · Featured News Analysis Q&As Interviews with experts on the latest organized crime trends in Latin America Special Series In our special series, InSight Crime looks at trends in organized crime […]

Dec 23, 2024 · Welcome to GameChangers 2024, where we chronicle the major stories and trend lines of the last 12 months and preview the year to come. This year, state resistance to organized crime in the Americas faded, as criminal organizations became more entrenched in governments across the region.

Jan 31, 2025 · InSight Crime co-director Steven Dudley appeared on the popular Mexican TV show Largo Aliento to discuss fentanyl and precursor chemicals — an issue our organization has spent nearly a decade researching, from Chinese chemical wholesalers to the US-Mexico border.. Earlier in January, we published the latest chapter of our investigation into synthetic drugs and precursors, revealing how ...

Mar 13, 2024 · InSight Crime’s 2023 Homicide Round-Up is a key resource used widely by academics, policymakers, and journalists to understand organized crime dynamics in Latin America. For the first time, online readers […]

Jan 29, 2025 · Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) The discovery of new evidence linked to a deceased witness in the case of Marcelo Pecci, a prominent Paraguayan anti-mafia prosecutor, has shed light on ...

Our Mission. InSight Crime is a think tank and media organization that seeks to deepen and inform the debate about organized crime and citizen security in the Americas by providing regular reporting, analysis, data, investigation, and policy suggestions on how to tackle the multiple challenges they present.

Dec 20, 2024 · In 2024, we didn’t just investigate organized crime. We exposed it. An explosive video, first published by InSight Crime, showed President Xiomara Castro’s brother-in-law apparently negotiating bribes with major drug traffickers.

#Honduras #Barrio18 #Prisons. Through the story of Desafío, a boy who grew up on the streets of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, InSight Crime delves into the internal workings that make Barrio 18 tick, the constant state of paranoia that its members are kept under, and the brutal response to anyone who dares to dream of a different life.