Global Crime Tracker

Kazakhstan's arbitration against major energy firms alleges corruption tainted $10.7 billion in Kashagan contracts, exposing raw tensions over who...

Regime change alone won't dismantle Venezuela's organized crime because criminal economies have become deeply embedded in political institutions,...

Conflating counter-terrorism measures with efforts against transnational organized crime risks ineffective strategies in the Americas, where such crime accounts for around 75% of registered homicides through illegal trafficking.

Kazakhstan alleges the NCOC consortium awarded $10.7 billion in tainted contracts at Kashagan through bribery, self-dealing and inflated costs during...

In Coahuila, cartel-connected officials like Undersecretary Sonia Villarreal and aide Jose Hermelo Castillon retain high posts even as the US...

Russia has shifted from sending trained spies to recruiting gangsters like Vadim Krasikov for state hits, as shown by the 2019 Berlin park murder...

Eleven companies tied to Bashar al-Assad’s regime received roughly $10 million in 2025 following opaque deals and seizures that reshaped their...

OCCRP's new investigation reveals Albania's 'AI Minister' has a corruption problem, spotlighting high-level government graft in the Balkans.

In February 2025, the U.S. designated six Mexican cartels—including Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation—along with MS-13 and Tren de Aragua as...

The Movimiento del Sombrero continues its struggle for justice in Michoacán, according to an interview with Juan Carlos Venegas.

What can the new A3C coalition actually achieve, and do CJNG's European arrests reveal true weakness or adaptability?

• A3C shortfalls: 17-nation...

Colombia has abandoned peace negotiations in favor of military action against groups like the ELN.

• US land attacks planned: Expanding beyond boat...

Governments region-wide are adopting megaprisons, mass arrests, and states of emergency modeled on El Salvador's approach, though results and sustainability are uncertain.

Localized violence tests Taliban grip five years after takeover, despite near-complete national control.

• Badakhshan saw rare opposition seizures of...

In business magnate Yorgen Fenech’s trial, a middleman’s secret recordings and auto-deleting texts revealed the chilling mechanics of the 2017 car bombing that killed Daphne Caruana Galizia—and the political leaks that shielded the killers.

Three standout organized crime developments from the latest Stashhouse episode:

• Wagner remnants now dominate a tramadol smuggling network across...

Bishop Joseph Gontrand Décoste warned that Haitian gangs are deliberately targeting the Church because it stands as the nation's last remaining...

Transnational and local gangs are escalating extortion and violence across Peru and Ecuador.

• Tren de Aragua arrival in Lima pushed sex-worker...

Daniel Kinahan's extradition from Dubai to Ireland shows how international pressure can dismantle long-standing protections for major crime bosses, advancing enforcement against transnational organized crime.

Italy's Tamburello case exposes how the global financial system enables drug traffickers to defy international rules and launder proceeds.