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Chinese broker served both sides of Mexico’s cartel war
On 21 May 2026, the US Department of Justice unsealed an indictment against Ruhuan Zhen, a Chinese national charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering on behalf of the Sinaloa Cartel and the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG)...
The Panama Canal: El Niño is coming
The Panama Canal Authority recently issued a press release which sought to reassure shipping companies that no transit restrictions were forecast through 31 December 2026. News had just broken that the climate warming phenomenon El Niño wou...
Caracas deports Maduro’s financial operator to the US
Álex Saab
On 16 May 2026, Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodríguez authorized the transfer of Álex Saab to US custody. Saab had been former president Nicolás Maduro’s principal financial operator, the Colombian businessman who channel...
Guatemalan AG gone after years of corruption
Consuelo Porras
Yesterday, Consuelo Porras stepped down as Guatemala’s Attorney General after eight years in office. More than 40 countries have sanctioned Porras for corruption. The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP)...
How cartels defraud millions from US tourists
Between 2019 and 2023, Mexican cartel timeshare fraud cost some 6,000 American victims around USD300 million. Last week, the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) updated its sanctions listing on one of these many schemes. T...
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