Latin America

Illegal gold mining – often led and by organized criminal groups – is having a devastating effect on both ecology and local...

Soldiers and police officers raided over the last few days crime hotspots in several cities in Ecuador following a spike in...

In a massive operation that spanned four Brazilian states, authorities cracked down on a sophisticated money laundering...

Illegal mining of Yanomami indigenous land in Brazil has soared in recent years, exposing the tribe to malaria, food...

Janko Jovanović denies having a Swiss bank account, but records show he kept the equivalent of $1.7 million at Credit...

Peruvian authorities arrested a prosecutor for allegedly having requested between US$5,000 and 30,000 in exchange for not...

In the fight against the illegal logging industry, Interpol reported Thursday the arrest of 69 suspects and the recovery of...

Croatian police arrested 10 people suspected of being part of a violent criminal network that brought cocaine from South...

French and Spanish police dismantled a human trafficking ring that was targeting vulnerable South American women in Europe...

Brazil and Paraguay initiated on Tuesday a regional security project that will allow their security forces to quickly...

The insatiable thirst for gold among consumers, investors and tech companies is pushing criminal networks to exploit the...

Some first saw it as a wall of light upon the waves, others a series of blips popping up out of blue on radar screens, while...