5 Years Later, How Has the Pandemic Changed Organized Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean?

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.

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.

InSight Crime analyzes several ways the pandemic has impacted organized crime since it began five years ago. 

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