DEEP DIVE — When the U.S. intelligence community (IC) declared last week that the greatest danger to American national security is old-fashioned organized crime – mainly […] More
Bottom Line: The dark web has long been a place where stolen personal data is bought and sold in staggering numbers, criminals run lucrative drug […] More
Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly warned against the “real” and increasingly sophisticated threat from the nexus between criminal and terrorist networks as he […] More
Kidnappings in Mexico continue to increase, particularly in the states of Guerrero, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Morelos, Puebla, Zacatecas, and Tabasco. Although the Interior Ministry reported a […] More
Mexico’s homicide rate is surging. Government and independent sources are reporting an up to 18 percent increase for 2016, compared to last year. This comes […] More
Earlier this month, a police truck burned on the side of the road in Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, with meter high flames melting the interior and the […] More
The increase in violence over the last year has spread evenly across Mexico (as shown in Figure 1 below) which compares state-level intentional homicide rates […] More
In 1991, a gram of cocaine sold on U.S. streets for about $225. In 2012, after adjusting for inflation, it sold for $186. Cocaine supply is […] More
South Africa has come a long way since 1994, when the country was on a knife’s edge, and it seemed civil war was imminent. With […] More
CSS Tactical (Pty) Ltd, a security company in Johannesburg, South Africa, takes a community policing approach to crime prevention. CEO Ricky Croock discussed with The […] More
Ambassador John Campbell served as a Foreign Service Officer in South Africa during the transition from apartheid to majority rule. He told The Cipher Brief […] More
Illovo Sugar Limited, Africa’s biggest sugar producer, exports raw and refined sugar globally. After crime and conflict in South Africa over land ownership affected business […] More
Violent crime is rising in Brazil and, if past trends hold true, that could be bad for the business community during a time when the […] More
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