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Colombia has a high crime rate due to being a center for the cultivation and trafficking of cocaine.The Colombian conflict began in the mid-1960s and is a low-intensity conflict between Colombian governments, paramilitary groups, crime syndicates, and left-wing guerrillas such as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), and the National Liberation Army (ELN), fighting each other to ...
RAIDS Online is a free public crime map developed by BAIR Analytics. [1] It aims to reduce information requests and improve trust between law enforcement entities and their public with data accuracy and transparency. The map enables users to view nearby crime activity.
Crime and violence affect the lives of millions of people in Latin America.Some consider social inequality to be a major contributing factor to levels of violence in Latin America, [1] where the state fails to prevent crime and organized crime takes over State control in areas where the State is unable to assist the society such as in impoverished communities.
Colombian press described the 22-year-old as the second-in-command of the "Los de la M" gang, which battles for the control of local drug trafficking.
According to the United Nation Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the area of opium poppy cultivation in Colombia has decreased by 26% between 2019 and 2020, from 3,330 hectares to 2,460 hectares. This decline is a part of a larger regional trend, as the overall area of opium poppy cultivation in Latin America and the Caribbean decreased by 18% ...
The World Economic Forum just released its annual Global Competitiveness Report focusing on crime rates across the world. These are the 20 safest and most crime-free countries in the world Skip to ...
Organised crime in Colombia refers to the activities of various groups of drug cartels, guerilla groups, organised crime syndicates or underworld activities including drug trafficking, contract killing, racketeering and other crimes in Colombia. Colombia has seen the rise and fall of drug empires, crime syndicates and organised guerrilla groups ...
Of the 50 cities on the list, 41 are within Latin America and 21 of those cities are located in Brazil.