Activities such as illegal mining, human trafficking and extortion have allowed organized crime to extend its reach over institutions, territory and entire communities, experts say.

This week we look at surges of violence in Haiti, Ecuador and Mexico, where struggles for territorial control are growing evermore intense.

Travel warnings are easy to ignore until a friend calls sobbing from their resort vacation. The U.S. Department of State has ...

The country’s best security minister in years must contend with drug cartels, Donald Trump and assassins’ bullets ...

He explained that while cannabis, cocaine, and heroin were formerly the biggest lines of enterprise for the cartel, the ...

President Trump says U.S. strikes on supposed drug-smuggling boats will save Americans from overdose deaths. But most experts ...

Border Patrol and Phillips County Sheriff's Office investigated illegal reentry case at key corridor from Canadian border ...

Violent competition between drug cartels is increasing the dangers migrants face along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to ...

As the US doubles down on overt interventions, experts warn policymakers may be overlooking a key battlefield: prisons across the region.

The Trump Administration has launched a coordinated, whole‑of‑government strategy to “totally eliminate” transnational ...

Dominican officials said the transformation centered on appointing a tough, results-driven rear admiral to lead the country’s anti-drug agency and granting real independence to the Public Prosecutor’s ...