Operating out of Amazonas in Venezuela, the dissident structure has gained transnational influence. It controls drug trafficking and illegal mining and has the backing of influential state, local and national institutions.| InSight Crime
The government's first operation massively displacing miners from Yapacana lacks transparency and leaves more questions than answers.| InSight Crime
Efforts to reduce illegal gold mining in Yonamami territories by Brazilian president, Lula, appear to have stalled, and the miners are back.| InSight Crime
Seizures of coltan in Colombia have shown the complex networks used by armed groups to smuggle the valuable mineral from illegal mines across the border in Venezuela.| InSight Crime
Essequibo’s long and porous border with Venezuela makes it easy for illegal mining gangs and criminal groups to move in and out.| InSight Crime
Illegal mining is by far the most widespread and insidious environmental crime occurring in the Amazon’s tri-border regions.| InSight Crime
The ex-FARC mafia are a series of criminal structures that emerged from the now demobilized FARC in Colombia.| InSight Crime
The ELN is the last real guerrilla force in Latin America and has transitioned into a real transnational threat in Colombia and Venezuela.| InSight Crime
