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Organized crime

A worker wearing a yellow safety hat inspects disposable blue gloves at a factory.

US human trafficking report elicits anger from several countries

Human rights

The Biden administration’s first comprehensive annual review of modern slavery is causing shockwaves around the world.

three cars are parked in front of a wall with graffiti

Shopkeepers sue Sicilian Mafia in first-ever migrant-led case

Immigration
Young man crawls through fence with bicycle

Italy’s mafia gets richer as ‘security decree’ strips migrant rights

Business, Economics and Jobs
"El Chapo" in blue uniform stands near police.

‘El Chapo’ trial puts drug lord’s love life, business dealings on full display

Justice
Three police stand inside the courthouse in Brooklyn

Drug lord ‘El Chapo’ from Mexico begins his trial in the US

Justice
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authorities dismantle a meth lab in mexico

Joint US-Mexico effort to focus on drug kingpins’ financial infrastructure

Conflict & Justice

This new joint effort between the US and Mexico also doubles down on the controversial kingpin strategy — the idea that you break up cartels by targeting their leaders.

family members carry the coffin in a murdered political candidate in mexico

Unprecedented wave of political violence rocks Mexico

Media

As Mexico prepares for elections, 113 political candidates and eight journalists have been murdered since the election process began last September. According to a recent report on political violence, 72 percent of the violence targeted opposition candidates.

Shigeharu Shirai (C), a 74-year-old Japanese man accused of a gang murder in Japan 15 years ago attends a news conference at a police station, after being detained by police in Lopburi province, Thailand, Jan. 11, 2018.

Japanese crime boss held in Thailand after ‘yakuza’ tattoos go viral

Justice

A 74-year-old Japanese man accused of a gang murder in Japan 15 years ago has been arrested in Thailand after pictures of his tattoos went viral on social media, Thai police said on Thursday.

Handwritten notations on a school resource officer's police report tagged Lemus as a member of the 18th Street gang.

On Nantucket, a teenage migrant gets swept up in a crackdown on Salvadoran gangs

Conflict

The teen and his advocates insist that he’s being swept up and threatened with deportation because of teenage bravado, rather than actual evidence.

Man in baseball cap, close up, sitting at table with microphone and other panelists.

The US government is targeting MS-13, but a former gang member says arrests alone won’t solve the problem

Justice

Luis Cardona works for Montgomery County in Maryland, walking a fine line to keep trust with young people in gangs and agents who sometimes arrest them.

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