The gang also delivers sex workers ... worm their way into the Zijin mine from a chain of small houses perched on a mountain ...

The images coming out of Latin America are hard to ignore. Tens of thousands of gang members in Bukele’s El Salvador lined up, shoulder-to-shoulder, waiting to ...

Listen to The Conversation Weekly for an interview with gang expert Dennis Rodgers, and Gaz, a former gang leader from Sierra ...

Violent crime and insecurity remain major barriers to prosperity in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). With just 8 percent of the global population, LAC accounts for a third of the world’s ...

A Brazilian businessman, with ties to one of the country's most powerful criminal groups, has been shot dead at Guarulhos ...

His positions on the economy and illegal immigration, plus a sense that a strong leader was needed are some of the reasons.

Trump’s win signals new possibilities for El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele and Argentina’s Javier Milei, two leaders with bold, controversial visions.

The paper, titled ‘Violent Crime and Insecurity in Latin America and the Caribbean ... “Organised crime is especially costly.

Haiti’s airport is temporarily closing as gangs were attempting to take control of it, the US Embassy reported, the same day ...

Violence and crime absorb almost 3.5% of Latin America and the Caribbean's (LAC) economic output, depleting funds that could be used in education and assisting the vulnerable, a report by the ...

Increased violence highlights how Costa Rica is feeling the tightening grip of cocaine trafficking. But is the nation on a ...

But the Monos and other gangs in the city continue to operate ... Donate today to empower research and analysis about ...