Global Crime Tracker

Two recent cases expose a clear pattern of local officials embedding with CJNG in Michoacán.

• Uruapan mayor Grecia Quiroz hosted Samuel, the...

Can governments match cartel drone adaptation?

• Mexico deal: US signed Aug 17 declaration giving Mexico access to Pentagon drone and counter-drone...

Sinaloa and CJNG cartels are sending Mexican meth cooks to industrial labs in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya and Mozambique under a franchise model.
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The US issued a travel alert for Mexicali over risks of armed attacks by organized crime.

Haiti's government faces mounting pressure after a gang raid in Kenscoff killed about 50 people, injured over 20, and kidnapped more than 50....

Latin American governments are embracing tougher anti-crime policies, yet questions remain about what happens when they try to replicate El Salvador's approach.

A US strike on a semi-submersible in the eastern Pacific killed two people accused of transporting drugs, prompting questions over whether deadly strikes at sea will again become routine.

A Pacific island president bypassed the official selection process to award an Indian company rights to reopen a multi-billion dollar mine. The firm's...

The green energy boom has quadrupled silver prices, triggering a new wave of armed organized crime at Cerro Rico as cartels seize mines across Latin...

Tighter security at the Port of Santos is forcing the First Capital Command and Red Command to redirect international drug trafficking to other...

Megaprisons are designed to contain criminal groups, yet corruption, poverty, weak institutions, and illicit economies keep fueling organized crime both inside and beyond their walls.

Tren de Aragua built its power in Lima by extorting sex workers, using those profits as its financial backbone while eliminating refusers with lethal violence.

Dozens killed in a gang coalition attack on the Kenscoff farming community southeast of Port-au-Prince, part of over 3,000 gang violence deaths across Haiti in 2026 alone.

Four years of war have transformed Ukraine’s organized crime, corruption and drug trafficking landscape. UNODC now backs efforts targeting synthetic...

Viv Ansanm's raid on the Kenscoff farming community killed multiple residents, torched homes, and struck targets including a church and a doctor's...

• 47 killed and 22 injured in overnight gang raid on Kenscoff, a strategic hillside near Port-au-Prince
• Residents accuse local police of failing to...

Organized crime networks across Latin America are shifting into high-value natural resource crimes, inflicting severe environmental damage and...

Colombia's drug gangs and rebels are increasingly recruiting children to pilot explosives-laden drones, according to a new Human Rights Watch...

Mexican cartels are stretching operations from Asia to Africa even as internal power struggles intensify.

• Asia foothold: Sinaloa network dismantled...

The Cartel of the Suns persists after Maduro’s arrest through illegal gold, corruption, armed groups, and state protection that sustain the network beyond cocaine.