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Trumps FTO designation of the Tiguerones lands during a time of fragmentation for the gang in violence-plagued Ecuador.

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1. Four decades into the War on Drugs, drugs are still winning. Global cocaine production has more than quadrupled over the past decade to over 4,000 tons, while methamphetamine seizures are climbing ...

The Northeast Cartel (Cartel del Noreste – CDN) is a Mexican criminal group involved in drug trafficking, extortion, kidnapping, human trafficking, and migrant smuggling. The organization emerged ...

The arrest of several influencers in Brazil shows how social media facilitates money laundering for criminal groups. Dias has over 14 million followers on Instagram and manages MC Ryan SP, one of ...