Peru Holds 4 in Murder of Former Congressman Medelius
Peruvian prosecutors detained four suspects, including an alleged gang leader, over the 2025 Medelius murder tied to a land grab...
October 13, 2026Topic
organised crime
Mexico Arrests Mara 18 Leader “El Cabra”
Mexican authorities arrested “El Cabra”, a presumed Mara 18 leader, in Villahermosa, Tabasco. El Salvador wants him over at least...
October 12, 2026
Peru Launches Military-Police Crime Command
Peru's President Keiko Fujimori created a 1,350-member joint military and police command on 7 October to fight organised crime and...
October 7, 2026
Flávio Bolsonaro Vows to Join US Security Pact
Flávio Bolsonaro says Brazil would join the US-led Shield of the Americas if he wins the 25 October runoff, a...
October 7, 2026
Brazil Police Indict 13 in PCC Money-Laundering Probe
Brazil’s Federal Police indicted 13 executives from funds, brokerages and fintechs as it closed Operação Quasar, a probe into PCC...
October 1, 2026
Chihuahua Electoral Reform: Mexico Court Keeps Crime Annulment, Voids Bans
Chihuahua electoral reform: on 29 September Mexico's Supreme Court kept the power to annul crime-tainted elections but struck down automatic...
September 30, 2026
Nigeria Police Say Fake Truckers Stole US$15 Million of Imported Cargo
Nigerian police say a gang posing as truckers stole imported cargo from a Lagos port for 19 years, with losses...
September 27, 2026
Stolen South African Chrome Is Already Inside the World’s Stainless Steel
Illegal chrome mining South Africa costs about 600,000 tonnes a year, roughly 10% of output, and launders into the legal...
September 4, 2026
Two Mexicans, Three Zimbabweans in Court Over Limpopo Meth Lab
A Limpopo meth lab raid near the Zimbabwean border led to five arrests, with drugs and equipment valued by prosecutors...
August 29, 2026