5 Years Later, How Has the Pandemic Changed Organized Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean?
APR 15, 20259 MIN
5 Years Later, How Has the Pandemic Changed Organized Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean?
APR 15, 20259 MIN
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<p>Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, organized crime in Latin America and the Caribbean has adopted new strategies and strengthened control over territories and illicit economies.</p><p>Drug trafficking supply chains have shifted, criminal syndicates have capitalized on the lack of economic opportunities to recruit new members, and insecurity combined with economic crises has sparked a massive wave of migration that criminal groups have exploited to their advantage.</p><p>InSight Crime analyzes several ways the pandemic has impacted organized crime since it began five years ago. </p><p><a href="https://insightcrime.org/news/five-years-later-how-pandemic-changed-organized-crime-latin-america-caribbean/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">5 Years Later, How Has the Pandemic Changed Organized Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean?</a> | Written and narrated by Henry Shuldiner.</p><p>Visit <a href="https://insightcrime.org" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">insightcrime.org</a> for more information.</p>
