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*Our content is bilingual | Nuestro contenido es bilingüe.Drawing on field research, local sources, and expert voices, InSight Crime tells the human stories behind organized crime in Latin America and the Caribbean, explaining how criminal networks operate, how they impact countries and communities, and why these dynamics continue to shape the region.Visit our web site for more: insightcrime.org

Audio | InSight Crime is a society podcast hosted by InSight Crime, with 134 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  The InSight Take: The Shield of the Americas Grows, But Does it Have a Strategy?

  Aug 18, 202629 min

  Colombia just became the 19th member of the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition — better known as Shield of the Americas — days after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth flew to Panama to declare its new motto: "We do bad things to bad people." On this week's InSight Take, Managing Editor Deborah Bonello and co-director Jeremy McDermott unpack what this fast-growing coalition actually commits its members to, five months after its founding and still without an approved operational plan. With lethal strikes on Caribbean and Pacific boats having killed over 200 people — and no evidence the US drug flow has slowed — they ask whether Shield of the Americas can actually disrupt organized crime.

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  The InSight Take: Abelardo de la Espriella Inherits Colombia's Fractured Criminal Landscape

  Aug 11, 202640 min

  Colombia's new president faces one of the most complicated criminal landscapes in the world. In thisweek's InSight Take, Co-Director Jeremy McDermott and Senior Colombia Analyst Sara Garcia unpack what Abelardo de la Espriella inherits: powerful armed groups like the Gaitanistas and the ELN, record cocaine production, and booming illegal gold mining. They weigh Washington's likely support, whether de la Espriella can match the Uribe-era security gains, and the human rights risks of a harder military push. More at insightcrime.org. Story idea? flagship@insightcrime.org.

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  The InSight Take: Ecuador's Kingpin Strategy Has Tactical Wins, but Strategic Uncertainty

  Aug 4, 202626 min

  The capture of Ecuadorian crime boss Wilmer Chavarría, alias “Pipo,” was a major victory for President Daniel Noboa’s strategy of targeting high-value criminal leaders. But it also raises a larger question: Do arrests of top criminal leaders weaken organized crime, or simply make it more fragmented and violent? In this week's InSight Take, InSight Crime Co-director Steven Dudley and Investigator James Bargent examine what Pipo’s case reveals about Ecuador’s kingpin strategy.

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  The InSight Take: Juan Orlando Hernández, from Indictment to Pardon

  Jul 28, 202630 min

  From the halls of presidential power to a 45-year prison sentence—and then a shocking return to freedom—this week, we take a look at the story of the former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández (JOH). InSight Crime’s Managing Editor Deborah Bonello speaks to Co-director Steven Dudley about JOH’s twisting tale, from indictment to pardon.

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  The InSight Take: After El Mayo's Sentencing, Is the Godfather Era of the Sinaloa Cartel Over?

  Jul 21, 202626 min

  Ismael Zambada Garcia alias El Mayo just got sentened to life without parole, marking the end of a four-decade run as one of Mexico's most powerful traffickers. InSight Crime's Deborah Bonello and Victoria Dittmar break down how his sentencing won't end the war in Sinaloa but signals a new chapter in Mexican organized crime in this week's Insight Take.

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