Global Crime Tracker

Brady Scott describes in personal testimony his 15-year-old daughter's drug addiction and exploitation, her flight from rehab, and his subsequent...

The death of Jean Massillon, Kenscoff's outspoken mayor who publicly condemned gang attacks and backed police operations, reveals how escalating violence is silencing critical civic voices in Haiti's insecure zones.

An alleged arms dealer is reportedly arming both sides of a deadly conflict between rival criminal empires in Brazil, profiting as the violence escalates.

• Security tool in action: Since 2022 emergency powers, laws enable grouping defendants by alleged gang ties for single trials, producing mass...

Two serving police officers were among 21 arrested in the joint Ecuador-Spain-Europol bust of a cocaine network.

• Export cover: At least 15 fruit,...

• Foreign interventions like the Brazil-led MINUSTAH mission after Aristide's 2004 removal helped shape Haiti's armed groups and state weakness.
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• US sanctions on In House Espectáculos, linked to Los Mayos leader Mayito Flaco, reveal laundering of drug proceeds through concerts in Tijuana and...

ICIJ's #ChinaCapital investigation questions how the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China operates and what its millions of confidential records reveal about transparency and accountability gaps.

• Federal prosecutors allege Maduro authorized and oversaw a state repression system using torture, military detention, and violence against political...

The expanded indictment merges torture charges with the existing drug-trafficking conspiracy, portraying repression as a tool to secure power and...

Cambodia's decades of conflict turned temple looting into big business for cash-strapped factions, with many stolen antiquities reaching the...

Tren de Aragua exploits victims in sex trafficking and extorts individuals in commercial sex across Peru to finance criminal activities and exert coercive control.

A new paper examines whether a formally authorized, Mexican-consented U.S. campaign can deter fentanyl-producing cartels.

Mexican cartel-linked individuals were arrested in nearly all recent African methamphetamine lab busts, revealing expanding transcontinental...

Do Belot's recapture and FRG strikes signal expanding state authority—or fleeting tactical wins?

• PNH operation: Retook Belot in Kenscoff Oct 6...

Are U.S. military strikes on alleged drug vessels risking summary executions?

• Pentagon forces have carried out 71 strikes killing 239 people since...

The US has barred a Fiji-based Chinese state agency official from entering the country, accusing him of paying bribes to advance Beijing's government,...

The Bishnoi gang says it is taking over Canada while its leader runs operations from an Indian prison, with threats that sound cinematic until matched by the body count.

InSightCrime reports that social media platforms act as fertile ground for illegal mining players in Peru.

Otabek Umarov, son-in-law of Uzbekistan's leader, covertly acquired Emirati citizenship while serving as deputy head of presidential security—an...