Crime & Justice 2025-01-14

Chinese mafias have expanded their influence in Latin America by engaging in drug trafficking and the illegal smuggling of migrants for labor and sexual exploitation.

Crime & Justice 2024-12-04

China is the key source of chemicals driving the US overdose epidemic, with components shipped to Latin America for production and smuggling across the border.

Crime & Justice 2024-11-20

A Chinese scam is tricking users into downloading fake apps via counterfeit websites, bypassing security measures and stealing banking details once installed.

Crime & Justice 2024-11-07

The recent dismantling of a trafficking network in Colombia highlights the weak controls over sex trafficking in China, where prostitution is illegal but still occurs covertly in karaoke bars and hair salons.

Crime & Justice 2024-10-28

Organized crime in Peru has risen sharply, driven by Venezuela's migration crisis, gun trafficking and the arrival of gangs like Venezuela's Tren de Aragua.

Crime & Justice 2024-10-24

Pacific islands such as Fiji and Tonga sit at the crossroads of largely unpatrolled ocean-trafficking routes used to shift cocaine from Latin America and methamphetamine and opioids from Asia.

Crime & Justice 2023-10-23

Police seized more than 6,800 wild animals in 2022 and nearly 6,000 in 2021 in Ecuador. The phenomenon is a relatively new one that coincides with the rise of an underground drug industry.

Crime & Justice 2023-10-16

The recent rise in insecurity in Ecuador is now the key issue that newly elected President Daniel Noboa aims to tackle swiftly.

Crime & Justice 2023-10-12

Hamas narratives of violence and mayhem have enjoyed amplification online, as they are 'systematically spread by Iranian and Russian trolls, and boosted by state media.'

Crime & Justice 2023-10-11

A Chinese government-linked group has expanded operations from traditional targets in the United States, Europe and Asia and begun focusing on Latin America.