Global Crime Tracker

Cartel Expansion and Military Responses

• 🔥 Mexican Cartels in South Africa: US officials warned that Mexican cartels may be shifting from...

US Africa Command head General Dagvin Anderson warned lawmakers that Mexican cartels are shifting from drug transit to sophisticated manufacturing in...

• US commission accuses Nigerian government of tolerating religious violence and failing to prosecute killers, directly implicating officials.
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The ICC's November 30 start for Duterte's trial is a major gain for drug war victims' families, rejecting defense pushes for a 2028 delay and...

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Conflict Zone Casualties

• 🔥 Israeli Airstrike in Gaza: An Israeli drone strike killed at least five Palestinians confronting an anti-Hamas...

An Israeli drone strike killed at least five Palestinians who confronted an Israeli-backed militia storming a central Gaza refugee camp. The attack,...

Belgrade's top police official is among 10 suspects facing charges for covering up a deadly restaurant shootout, revealing organized crime's deep infiltration of Serbian law enforcement.

Three Mexican nationals were detained during a major meth lab bust in Nigeria, highlighting a growing nexus between Latin American and West African...

Thailand's 2022 cannabis decriminalization created a legal vacuum now exploited by organized crime for large-scale exports.

• Seizures jumped from...

Mexican cartels are turning distant regions into production and transit hubs.

• South Africa: Fourth meth lab tied to Mexican nationals uncovered in...

A May 21 terrorist raid on Kurmin Bongo outstation killed five people and abducted ten others, the latest in a string of assaults on Catholic...

Jalisco has become a cartel killing ground with graves discovered around Guadalajara.

• CJNG operated an extermination and forced labor camp for...

US authorities track Chinese brokers supplying Mexican cartels with fentanyl precursors via crypto, shipping, and front companies.

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Myanmar's forced conscription law has spawned a rampant human trafficking market, with officials abducting and selling young people to meet military...

Colombia's president alleged Kinahan sat on the board of a multinational cartel buying cocaine from Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador, laundering...

Brazil's First Capital Command (PCC) allegedly used a transport company as a financial arm to move and conceal illicit funds in a scheme linked to a Brazilian influencer. This case reveals how major gangs embed laundering in legitimate businesses.

Leaked Russian documents outline cognitive strikes on Western audiences to deepen elite rifts and spark protests without overt pro-Russian messaging....

Operation Casablanca was a daring undercover financial sting targeting Mexican cartel money laundering at its core. The operation exposed banking...