In Ecuador, recent cases again highlight the criminal infiltration of the police and military, part of a long-standing history.

The recent arrest of Albanian cocaine trafficker Dritan Gjika in the United Arab Emirates after more than a decade of ...

A new constitutional amendment allows the extradition of Costa Rican nationals for international drug trafficking and ...

The crisis in Ecuador’s prisons has escaped the confines of the penitentiary system to sow violence, corruption, and chaos around the country. The political assassinations, terrorist-style attacks, ...

A border dispute between Venezuela and Guyana is turning violent after attacks on Guyanese security forces. Could the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro be using criminal gangs to provoke ...

Environmental defenders in Mexico are facing increasingly lethal attacks as organized crime deepens its role in land ...