Peruvian Ruling Party Hit by New Corruption Scandal
Peruvian police arrested a former government official suspected of being part of a group that illegally sold driver’s...
Latin America
Argentina Sentences Former Officials over Purchase of Scrapped Trains
Following a scandal that shook up the Argentinian elite, a court in Buenos Aires has found two former high-ranking officials...
Report: Venezuela’s Biggest Gang Recruits Children as Soldiers
Venezuela’s biggest organized crime group involved in robbery, murder and drug trafficking has been recruiting children as...
Ecuadorian Official Appears in US Court Over Laundering Odebrecht Bribe
Ecuador's former Comptroller General found himself in a Miami court on Tuesday over his role in a bribery and money...
Honduras to Extradite ex President Suspected of Drug Trafficking to US
About a month after his arrest, the Honduras Supreme Court ratified the extradition of former President Juan Orlando...
El Salvador Declares State of Emergency to Combat Gangs
El Salvador declared a state of emergency on Sunday in order to combat criminal organizations across the country which...
Brazil Charges President with Illicit Enrichment Ahead of Elections
Prosecutors charged Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro with illicit enrichment, in a case related to his former maid in Rio...
Suisse Secrets
The ‘Savage Years’: Credit Suisse and Venezuela’s Toxic Bond Market
The Suisse Secrets leak lays bare the extent of the relationship between Credit Suisse and the politically-connected...
Brazil Sentences Crime Boss for Mass Cattle Theft
A Brazilian court has sentenced prominent cattle rustler Ronaldo Bezerra da Silva to 64 years in prison after he was found...
US Sanctions Guatemalan Gang Leaders with Links to Mexican Drug Cartels
The United States sanctioned seven suspected high-ranking members of the Los Huistas, Guatemala’s prominent criminal gang,...
US Convicts MS-13 Members of Drug Trafficking, Racketeering
After a three-week-long trial, a federal jury found on Friday four Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang members guilty of drug...
Brazil Sentences Three Companies for ‘Timber Laundering’
A Brazilian court found three companies guilty of illegally logging in the Amazon rainforest, fined them US$100,000 each and...