Criminal organizations showed this past year that they pose a growing threat to democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Fact is often stranger than fiction, as our list of the five most-read stories of 2024 shows.

The last year has seen criminal governance thrive in Latin America and the Caribbean as resistance erodes. InSight Crime’s investigators break down the year’s biggest stories from across the region.

Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) This year saw critical changes within some of the most ...

Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) Extortion appears to be increasing in Honduras as ...

Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) Reports of a chilling massacre in Haiti highlight the ...

Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) Over 3,500 archaeological items have been recovered ...

Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) The Bahamas police force is engulfed in a scandal ...

El último año fue testigo del auge de la gobernanza criminal en América Latina y el Caribe a medida que la resistencia al crimen se debilitó. Los investigadores de InSight Crime analizan las historias ...

Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) This year, several criminal actors stood out for their ...