In 2025, environmental crimes spread into corners of the Amazon Basin that had previously mostly escaped the rampant plunder of other areas.

In a year where cocaine and fentanyl garnered international attention, marijuana continued to play a key role in Latin America.

Migration flows through Latin America collapsed in 2025, and criminal groups scrambled to fill the multibillion-dollar hole in their profits.

This year saw a dramatic reset to the fight against organized crime in the Americas, and these criminal groups were constantly in the news.

From drug boat bombings to terrorist designations to WMDs, in 2025, the Trump administration upended the way the United ...

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US President Donald Trump has designated the synthetic drug fentanyl as a WMD, putting the drug on par with nuclear bombs ...

Mexican groups are expanding their local, illicit fuel markets into cross-border smuggling networks that affect the US energy sector.

Tren de Aragua has quickly become one of the most infamous crime groups in Latin America and the Caribbean. Governments across the region have deemed it a top security priority. The United States has ...

A wave of drone strikes has reportedly killed hundreds of alleged gang members in Port-au-Prince and temporarily shaken Haiti’s criminal landscape, but legal concerns and mounting civilian casualties ...

Despite record cocaine seizures in production and transit countries, huge quantities of the drug arrived in consumer markets in 2024. Across the board, cocaine production soared and traffickers ...