Organised Crime
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How Drones are Changing Colombia’s Conflict
In this video, Crisis Group expert Bram Ebus explains how drones are reshaping Colombia’s armed conflicts, the human cost of…
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ICC: Court Sends Duterte Case to Trial
Ex-Philippines President to Be Tried on Crimes Against Humanity Charges (The Hague) – The International Criminal Court (ICC)’s confirmation on April…
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New Laws and Hard Justice in El Salvador
El Salvador has introduced new laws to fight serious crime and violence. Fiona Ko Ko The government wants to stop…
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Living in Fear: How Gang Violence Is Reshaping Ecuador
In this video, Crisis Group’s Expert for the Southern Andes, Glaeldys González Calanche, explains why criminal groups in Ecuador have…
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From Ekurhuleni to Hong Kong — Fear, drugs and death in Joburg’s ‘place of peace’
How transnational drug‑trafficking exposes crime, exploitation and systemic failings in Johannesburg’s underworld From streets to borders — fight crime, protect…
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Trump Labels Fentanyl ‘Weapon of Mass Destruction’
Reframing the Opioid Crisis as a National Security Threat “Public health or militarized panic?” In the article “Trump Labels Fentanyl…
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How Turkey Props up Venezuela
Turkey’s Role in Sustaining Venezuela Amid Sanctions and Isolation Turkey has emerged as an unexpected yet significant supporter of Venezuela’s…
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Poverty and Migration in Latin America
Migration in Latin America cannot be understood merely as the movement of individuals seeking economic improvement; it is a deeply…
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When Power Redefines Justice
The pardon of former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández—who was convicted in the United States for helping major narcotrafficking networks—has…
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Nigeria blames jihadist groups for wave of kidnappings but others accuse criminal gangs
This is the first time the government has stated who it believes is responsible for the kidnappings but it has…
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Deadly Rio police raid failed to loosen gang’s iron grip, residents say
One hundred and twenty one people, among them four police officers, were killed in the raid on 28 October in…
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Paradise Lost? Ecuador’s Battle with Organised Crime
No longer. ICG Without a stronger social safety net and a firmer anti-corruption stand, the country will likely continue to…
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Drug War or Regime Change? Trump’s Venezuela and Western Hemisphere Policy
This week on Hold Your Fire!, Richard talks with Crisis Group experts Phil Gunson and Renata Segura about U.S. military…
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The Global War on Drugs as Authoritarian Statecraft and Its Human Rights Costs
The global war on drugs is sold as a common-sense protection of public order (Pansters 2018; Pozen 2024; Regilme 2020)…
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This Mexican city had one of the world’s highest homicide rates — so it fired most of its police
Celaya’s mayor replaced most of the local police force with national guard troops after a wave of cartel violence and…
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A Curse of Gold: Mining and Violence in Venezuela’s South
Curbing this harm is up to the government in Caracas. ICG Foreign capitals should use whatever means they can find…
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