👉Join InSight Crime experts Sept. 29–Oct. 2 for three events on fentanyl, Venezuela after Maduro, and data-driven investigations. The Week Pass includes all three events, live Q&As, and a PDF on synthetic drugs.  bit.ly/4ibqhdy

🇭🇹 | Gangs in Haiti are defying international forces. An attack in Croix-des-Bouquets, a stronghold of the 400 Mawozo gang, left four Salvadoran soldiers missing. Which criminal groups are operating in Haiti? Read our profile: bit.ly/3CMLacG

A Guardian investigation highlights the expansion of Latin American organized crime in Europe. Groups such as the PCC have found European countries to be an ideal place for laundering money and collaborating with local criminal networks. Read more: bit.ly/40yU4Cq

🇨🇱 | A member of the Tren de Aragua was sentenced to 20 years in prison in Chile for his involvement in the kidnapping and murder of former Venezuelan military officer Ronald Ojeda in 2024. Read more about the case and the Tren de Aragua gang: bit.ly/3U1NOE8

An operation in Rosario, Argentina, led to the arrest of six people suspected of belonging to a retail drug trafficking network linked to Los Monos. Violence has declined, but criminal groups remain active in outlying neighborhoods. What’s happening? Read more: bit.ly/4lN7WCe

🇵🇪 🇦🇷 | A triple femicide in Argentina in 2025 exposed a criminal network with unusual ties to Peru. Now, the arrest in Lima of alias “Papá,” the supposed leader of the gang allegedly behind the crime, has once again drawn attention to the case. Read more here: bit.ly/4nCLJrI

🇪🇨 | The alleged leader of a US-designated foreign terrorist organization lives freely in Spain. How did a former prison guard evade extradition after founding one of Ecuador’s most powerful gangs? bit.ly/4yifPoO

🇪🇨 | As of September 2026, the US has designated four criminal groups in Ecuador as foreign terrorist organizations: the Choneros, Lobos, Tiguerones, and Chone Killers. How did Ecuador go from being a peaceful country to a criminal hub? Find out more here: bit.ly/3Sg2Hh0

Chilean courts sentenced one of the individuals involved in the murder of a former Venezuelan military officer, attributed to the Tren de Aragua, to 20 years in prison. Learn more about the case, which also examines the alleged role of Diosdado Cabello: bit.ly/3U1NOE8

Six suspected members of a drug trafficking gang linked to Los Monos, one of Argentina’s best-known criminal groups, were arrested in Rosario. Despite a decline in homicides, organized crime persists in the city. Read our analysis: bit.ly/4lN7WCe

Extortions, disappearances, the constant fight for dignity and for life. These are the stories behind organized crime.  🎧 Listen now on or your favorite platform. tr.ee/4BNW_8_Ait

🇪🇨 | Three years into Ecuador’s “war on gangs,” violence is almost as bad as ever. Why has the government’s strategy backfired? bit.ly/47oeL7X

The US has designated 21 criminal organizations in Latin America as Foreign Terrorist Organizations since February 2025. These designations have implications for companies operating in the region, even when they have no direct ties to criminal groups. Claire McCleskey, a former head of OFAC's compliance division, spoke to InSight Crime’s managing editor Deborah Bonello about that more in this week's InSight Take: bit.ly/4dLJTBX

🇪🇨 | The alleged leader of a US-designated foreign terrorist organization lives freely in Spain. How did a former prison guard evade extradition after founding one of Ecuador’s most powerful gangs? bit.ly/4yifPoO

A Guardian investigation documents the expansion of Latin American organized crime in Europe, driven mostly by drug trafficking. Expanding markets for synthetic drugs are creating business opportunities for Mexican wholesalers. Read more: bit.ly/4icFysE

🇪🇨 | Daniel Salcedo, who has been linked to the Villavicencio murder case, will be extradited to the US on October 29 alongside his former associate Ronal Herrera, Ecuador’s Interior Ministry announced. Learn more about the case: bit.ly/4xgjpiW

Our Co-director  @stevensdudley and researcher @antjevictoria will participate in the Borderland Security Conference held by UTEP and Florida International University on October 20. They will contribute InSight Crime’s expertise during discussions on transnational organized crime, illicit value chains, and US-Mexico relations. Register here to attend: bit.ly/4zxJpaS

🇵🇪 | Peruvian police identified nearly 90 victims of human trafficking. InSight Crime learned the story of one named Isabel, who survived and managed to escape the criminal web of a Tren de Aragua faction that was sexually exploiting her. Read more here: bit.ly/4tarQtU

🇲🇽 | Carlos Alberto Páez Pereda, alias “Carlitos Rugrats,” is alleged to be a key Sinaloa Cartel operative linked to the Mayiza. Does the arrest of several of his relatives mean Mexican authorities are closing in on him? Read more here: bit.ly/3SV1uMK

🇪🇨 | Short-lived victories against organized crime in Ecuador have not translated into long-term success. Learn more about why Ecuador’s criminal landscape is so difficult to deal with: bit.ly/47oeL7X

🇵🇪 | In Peru, authorities arrested nine alleged members of the “Terribles de las Geishas,” a human trafficking network. InSight Crime uncovered the story of Isabel, a survivor of trafficking and sexual exploitation. Read more here: bit.ly/4tarQtU