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Jalisco Cartel New Generation (CJNG) - InSight Crime
WEBMay 27, 2024 — The CJNG is headed by alias "El Mencho," a feared but mysterious leader. The Jalisco Cartel New Generation (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación – CJNG) is a transnational criminal group that emerged from the Milenio Cartel following a series of killings, arrests, and internal fractures. It is known for its aggressive use of violence and its ...
Tren de Aragua - InSight Crime
WEBJul 12, 2024 — Tren de Aragua is Venezuela’s most powerful homegrown criminal actor and the only Venezuelan gang that has successfully projected its power abroad. It has grown from a prison gang limited to the state of Aragua, to a transnational threat with a wide criminal portfolio. This transnational expansion came …
Sinaloa Cartel - InSight Crime
WEBMar 15, 2024 — The Sinaloa Cartel, considered the largest and most powerful drug trafficking organization in the Western Hemisphere, is a network of some of Mexico’s most important drug lords. Members work together to protect themselves. During its existence, the Sinaloa Cartel has forged connections at the highest levels of Mexico’s federal police and ...
Making Synthetic Drugs: A Primer* - InSight Crime
WEBMay 8, 2023 — Making Synthetic Drugs: A Primer*. by Sara Garcia 8 May 2023. The process of making synthetic drugs involves various steps, but it must include a key ingredient called a precursor. For methamphetamine, these precursors are 1-phenyl-2-propanone (P2P) and methylamine; for fentanyl, these are 4-anilino-N-phenethylpiperidine (ANPP) and …
Special Report: Gangs in Honduras - InSight Crime
WEBOct 24, 2023 — Special Report: Gangs in Honduras. by InSight Crime 9 Dec 2015. In a new report based on extensive field research, InSight Crime and the Asociación para una Sociedad más Justa have traced how Honduras’ two largest gangs, the MS13 and the Barrio 18, are evolving, and how their current modus operandi has resulted in …
What Can Be Learned from Mexico’s Latest Wave of Attacks?
WEBAug 18, 2022 — The northwestern state of Baja California was the next to witnesses widespread disturbances. On the evening of August 12, armed men in Mexicali began setting up narcobloqueos across parts of the city, pulling drivers out of cars, and setting their vehicles alight, Zeta Tijuana reported. Similar attacks soon followed in …
Why Are Trinidad and Tobago’s Gangs Becoming More Violent?
WEBMay 31, 2022 — Three factors help to explain the complex criminal landscape and rise in violence in Trinidad and Tobago. First, it appears that gangs are splintering and, in the process, becoming more vicious. In March 2022, Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds told Parliament that the 2021 killing of a gang leader had generated “deep ramifications in the ...
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WEBAug 20, 2024 — The Gulf Cartel is one of Mexico’s oldest criminal groups. In its heyday, its boss, Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, was considered the country’s most powerful underworld leader. The group has lost territory and influence in recent years as it has splintered into several different rival factions. But those factions still control significant areas ...
Confidential Informants: a ‘Double Edged Sword’ for Law …
WEBApr 24, 2023 — Confidential Informants: a ‘Double Edged Sword’ for Law Enforcement. The use of confidential informants by US law enforcement has led to the recent arrests of several high-level actors in the international drug trade, but these successes may be overshadowing the potential pitfalls of the practice. According to …