Global Crime Tracker

Major catch in anti-coup push: Alexandre Ramagem, ex-Brazilian intelligence director under Bolsonaro facing 16-year sentence for coup involvement,...

Corporate terror financing exposed in Syria war:

• French cement giant Lafarge guilty of paying $6.5M to jihadists including ISIS (2013-14) for plant...

Armed gangs are driving killings and kidnappings in Nigeria, heightening the nation's security crisis.

• Fiji's largest-ever meth bust: Over 4 tonnes from Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, stored in Amine's Denarau warehouse, destined for Australia/NZ markets.
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Guadalupe Valencia Fernández rose from a street-level dealer in California to chief financial officer of the Sinaloa Cartel, becoming its highest-ranking woman.

Former Lafarge executives face prison time and millions in fines for paying the Islamic State group to keep their Syrian plant operational during the civil war. Stark case of corporate complicity in terrorism financing.

War Spillover and Mass Casualties

• 🔥 Haiti Fuel Crisis: Rising fuel prices from the Iran conflict have doubled transportation costs in Haiti,...

• Gangs control 90% of Haiti's fuel, hiking prices 25-30% above government rates and blocking roads.
• Fuel up 29% gasoline, 37% diesel; workers walk...

Lebanon's origins as Christian haven turned Shiite base:

• 1948 War: Lebanon invaded Israel alongside Arab states, captured villages briefly, then...

Sudan's war has left Khartoum scarred by mass graves, evidencing brutal atrocities:

• Makeshift burials everywhere: Schools, mosques, backyards, and...

Key expose on cross-border laundering sustaining Mexican cartels:

• Gabriel Arturo Castillo, 52 from Monterrey, pleaded guilty to a two-year...

Escalating bandit-jihadist alliances fuel northwest Nigeria's violence:

• 21 killed in Zamfara's Bunkasau village shootout after residents refused...

Sinaloa Cartel Developments

• 🔥 Ryan Wedding's Downfall: Reporting details the fall of Ryan Wedding and the Sinaloa Cartel's billion dollars.
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• Erick Valencia-Salazar, 49, known as El 85, California CJNG co-founder admits role in massive cocaine conspiracy to flood US.
• Bay Area man...

Ryan Wedding, ex-Canadian athlete turned Sinaloa-backed cocaine kingpin supplying his country, ran a network shipping 60 tons yearly laundered via...

Synthetic drugs like fentanyl, kush, and meth have grown faster than any other illicit trade since 2021, according to the Organized Crime Index—reshaping global organized crime dynamics.

Guadalupe Valencia Fernández's ascent reveals Sinaloa Cartel internal power dynamics:

• From street-level dealer to highest-ranking woman
• Built power from the ground up

A rare glimpse into female leadership in Mexico's top cartel.

As Hungary approaches elections with persistent Russian interference warnings, OCCRP experts expose Viktor Orbán's grip on media and its dire implications for democracy.

US-Latin America Organized Crime Risks

• 🔥 Venezuela Gold Supply Chains: US companies eyeing Venezuela’s mineral wealth risk entering supply...

Key risks for US companies eyeing Venezuela's gold amid post-Maduro thaw:

• Opaque supply chains ruled by gangs, guerrillas (ELN, FARC), and corrupt...