InSight Crime’s 2022 Homicide Round-Up covers more countries than ever before, with a major expansion into nations of the Caribbean.
Puerto Rico
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Smugglers Leave Haitian Migrants Marooned on Desert Islands Off Puerto Rico
by Mia Meyerby Mia MeyerHuman smugglers are leaving Haitian migrants stranded on desert islands in the channel between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
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Poorly equipped human smugglers have cost the lives of 17 Haitian migrants after their boat capsized near the Bahamas.
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Dominican authorities recently intercepted a cocaine-laden speedboat destined for Puerto Rico – the latest in a series of maritime seizures showing a flourishing drug trade between the Dominican Republic and …
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In 2021, most countries in Latin America and the Caribbean experienced a marked increase in murders. Resurgent violence was to be expected after some of the world’s strictest COVID-19 lockdowns …
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Criminal News
Pins and Needles – How Credit Card Fraud Works in Latin America
by Mason Garciaby Mason GarciaA recent study of credit card cloning around the world revealed some startling disparities in the risks customers face across Latin America and the price of buying this stolen information.
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A major operation against one of Puerto Rico’s foremost criminal gangs has revealed how this group’s control of prisons helped to create a method of criminal governance that swept the …
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The US Coast Guard unloaded 27 tons of cocaine after a three-month operation in the Pacific and Caribbean, a massive haul that underscores maritime drug flows and cocaine production remain …
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Puerto Rico is seeing a surge in cocaine seizures, indicating that drug flows are being reactivated after months of dormancy amid pandemic lockdowns and that the island is on track …
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Drug traffickers engage in a creative game of hide and seek with coast guards and other security forces that board their ships at sea.