Latin America

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...

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...