Chris Dalby
A government raid on an illegal gold mine in northern Brazil freed 39 people working in conditions...
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Brazil’s Dirty List – Not Making a Dent in Modern Slavery
The discovery of 17 shark carcasses discarded in a landfill in Chile indicates that illegal fishing...
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Mako Sharks Gutted and Tossed on a Chilean Landfill
A flu vaccine in Mexico has become the latest drug to emerge on Latin America’s burgeoning black...
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Stolen Flu Vaccines Show Mexico’s Black Market Adapted to Coronavirus Demand
Political assassinations have marred successive Brazilian elections but the pace of these killings...
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Why Have Political Assassinations More Than Doubled in Brazil?
The staff at InSight Crime was awarded the prestigious Simón Bolívar national journalism prize in...
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InSight Crime’s ‘Memo Fantasma’ Investigation Wins Simón Bolívar National Journalism Prize
A drug kitchen was openly run by inmates inside Paraguay’s biggest prison, Tacumbú, in one of...
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Cooking Cocaine in Full View of Guards at Paraguay’s Largest Prison
Fisherman are denouncing increased piracy around Lake Valencia in northern Venezuela, which is...
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Pirates of the Lake – Gangs Prey on Venezuelan Fishermen
The discovery of a fossil trafficking network in Brazil’s northeastern state of Ceará has shone...
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Stealing an Entire Dinosaur – Thieves Loot Brazil’s Precious Fossils
The charges of embezzlement and money laundering faced by Flávio Bolsonaro may be the first...
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From Sons to Ex-Wife, Corruption Scandals Plague Brazil President’s Family
In early 2009, Steven Dudley was in Medellín, Colombia. His assignment: speak to a jailed...
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InSight Crime – Ten Years of Investigating Organized Crime in the Americas
In what appears to be a show of support from Washington for Guatemala’s anti-corruption fight, US...
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Is Washington Taking Corruption in Guatemala Seriously Again?
Salvadoran authorities recently claimed that an anti-gang campaign has led to thousands of weapons...
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