Peru

Hundreds of Venezuelan women have become victims of human trafficking networks in recent years. But Lismar’s story shows how these networks are adapting new strategies, like increasingly recruiting victims beyond the Colombian border and a rise in women recruiters.

Peru is one of the world’s major coca-cultivating nations. The presence of international criminal groups appears to be expanding there.

The Shining Path or the Militarized Communist Party (Militarizado Partido Comunista – MPC) is the last remnant of Peru’s guerrilla movement from the end of the 20th Century. Although the group is in decline, it still maintains influence in the …