Latin America

Spanish National Police, in a joint operation with France's Anti-Drug Office (OFAST) and Colombian National Police,...

Non-governmental organizations dedicated to the protection of wildlife and the environment welcomed the new guidelines that...

Unknown hitmen killed a Paraguayan anti-mafia prosecutor while he and his new wife were laying on a beach in Colombia where...

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who for years has been a principal suspect in a transnational drug...

Cleaning house, Honduras extradited former police chief Juan Carlos Bonilla Valladares, alias El Tigre, to the United States...

Soybean farming, cattle ranching, and land grabs for profit are threatening one of the world’s richest savannas, Brazil’s...

Violence erupted throughout Colombia over the weekend after the government extradited the head of the notorious drug...

The European Parliament has given Europol greater powers, enabling the Union’s law enforcement agency to deal with new...

Tropical rainforests – which are vitally important for carbon storage and biodiversity – are disappearing at a rate of...

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...