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.

Crime & Justice 2023-10-04

The Colombian Missing Persons Unit (UBPD) approximates that over 100,000 individuals, primarily civilians, were forcefully disappeared during Colombia's decades-long conflict.

Crime & Justice 2023-10-02

Since 2017 there has been a 'illegal mining bonanza' across the country, where criminal groups -- including Colombian guerrillas -- run most operations, sowing terror in local communities.