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2021 Homicide Report for Latin America & Caribbean
With the lifting of Covid-19 lockdowns, most countries in Latin America and the Caribbean experienced increases in murders in 2021, as reported here. Jamaica had the highest homicide rate at 49.4 per 100,000 residents, followed by Venezuela and Honduras. Ecuador … Continue reading
Posted in Central America, North America, South America
Tagged Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Venezuela
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Forecasting 2022 in the Americas
This article takes a look at transnational organized crime (TOC) across the Americas going into 2022. While Covid continues to interfere with the travel and shipping that TOC relies on, the pandemic creates opportunities and advantages as well. “Government budgets … Continue reading
Posted in Central America, North America, South America
Tagged Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela
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Homicide down in 2020 in Latin America
Preliminary figures indicate homicide decreases in several Latin American and Caribbean countries in 2020, as reported here. The impact of the pandemic is still being assessed, but there were “significant reductions in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Venezuela, historically some … Continue reading
Posted in Central America, North America, South America
Tagged Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela
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Homicide in Latin America in 2019
This article provides a country-by-country review and analysis of homicide in Latin America in 2019. Venezuela “continues to be the most murderous in Latin America” followed by Jamaica and Honduras. Chile remains the safest, followed by Argentina and Ecuador. Differences … Continue reading
Posted in Central America, North America, South America
Tagged Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela
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Policing in Latin America
This new report summarizes the state of policing throughout Latin America and considers prospects for transformation over the next decade. It cites demilitarization as the main accomplishment so far, but reform overall has been weak — “The result is a police … Continue reading
Posted in Central America, North America, South America
Tagged Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
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2017 homicide rates in Latin America
This article summarizes 2017 homicide data for Latin America and the Caribbean. Venezuela had the highest rate, 89 per 100,000 population, with over 20% of killings attributed to security forces. Chile had the lowest rate at 3.3, followed by Ecuador, … Continue reading
Posted in Central America, North America, South America
Tagged Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Venezuela
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Fear of crime in Central America
Between 1/3 and 1/2 of residents of six Central American countries say that fear of crime, including fear of being murdered, affects their daily lives, according to this article. Crime avoidance behaviors interfere with employment and education opportunities and are … Continue reading
Posted in Central America, North America
Tagged Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, USA
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Best and worst in Latin America
This column from Insight Crime rates police in Latin American countries on public trust and perception of involvement in crime based on data collected in 2012. Police in Chile and Panama rate best, Honduras worst. Nicaragua’s situation is unusual, with … Continue reading
Posted in Central America, North America, South America
Tagged Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama
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Department of Bribery
The Brazilian company Odebrecht had a “Department of Bribery” that paid almost $800 million in bribes over a 15-year period in order to win at least $3.5 billion worth of contracts in 12 countries in South America, Central America, and … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Central America, South America
Tagged Angola, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Mozambique, Panama, Peru, Venezuela
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World Policing 