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NarcoFiles: The New Criminal Order
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The Big Picture
What Is ‘NarcoFiles: The New Criminal Order’? Everything You Need To Know
NarcoFiles is the largest investigative project on organized crime to originate in Latin America.
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Stories
Cocaine Everywhere All at Once: How Drug Production Is Spreading Into Central America, Europe, and Beyond
Drug traffickers are redrawing the map of the cocaine trade for the 21st century: Cultivation is spreading further north,...
The Rapid Rise of Venezuela’s ‘Tren de Aragua’ Gang Leaves Destruction and Death in Its Wake
After emerging from a Venezuelan prison, the ‘Tren de Aragua’ gang has spread to half a dozen countries, bringing...
Dozens of DEA Agents Exposed in Colombian Prosecutor’s Office Leak
The names of more than 100 agents for the U.S. drug agency and other federal law enforcement entities were revealed in a...
Inside Job: How a Hacker Helped Cocaine Traffickers Infiltrate Europe’s Biggest Ports
Europe’s commercial ports are top entry points for cocaine flooding in at record rates. The work of a Dutch hacker, who was...
Illegal Shark Fin Bust Leads to Company Owned by Colombian Drug Lord’s Son
In 2021, Colombian authorities seized a large shipment of illegal shark fins destined for Hong Kong. A company owned by the...
Colombian Leak Gives Rare Glimpse Into Secretive World of ‘Controlled’ Drug Deliveries
Leaked documents provide a rare window into a little-known program in which U.S. and other foreign law enforcement agencies...
Fishing Boats and Cargo Ships: How Colombian Cocaine Travels the World
Official statistics on busts of drug shipments originating in Colombia — the world’s largest cocaine producer by far — are...
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Opinions and Analysis
The Transnational Public Enemy
Law enforcement has struggled to cope with the globalized nature of drug trafficking. The NarcoFiles collaboration shows how...
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From Our Partners Around the World
Over 40 media partners on three continents spent a year delving into the NarcoFiles. Here are the stories they found.
Criminal Empires
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have spread across the globe — permeating economies, corrupting authorities, and expanding their reach across borders, from the Americas to Northern Europe.
Verdad Abierta
Colombia: Macaco’s Submission to “Justice and Peace” Falters
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have spread across the globe — permeating economies, corrupting authorities, and expanding their reach across borders, from the Americas to Northern Europe.
Vorágine
Medellin: The Old French Mafia Boss Connection to a Foreigner Gone Missing
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have spread across the globe — permeating economies, corrupting authorities, and expanding their reach across borders, from the Americas to Northern Europe.
Vorágine
Colombia: Businessman Paid to Erase His Murky Past
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have spread across the globe — permeating economies, corrupting authorities, and expanding their reach across borders, from the Americas to Northern Europe.
FrontStory.PL
The Polish Criminal Connection With the Murder of Journalist Peter R. de Vries
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have spread across the globe — permeating economies, corrupting authorities, and expanding their reach across borders, from the Americas to Northern Europe.
UOL
The Rebels That Dominate the Brazil-Colombia Drug Connection
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have spread across the globe — permeating economies, corrupting authorities, and expanding their reach across borders, from the Americas to Northern Europe.
De Tijd
The Narco Files: All You Need to Know
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have spread across the globe — permeating economies, corrupting authorities, and expanding their reach across borders, from the Americas to Northern Europe.
piauí
The Amazonian Routes of Brazil's PCC Crime Group
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have spread across the globe — permeating economies, corrupting authorities, and expanding their reach across borders, from the Americas to Northern Europe.
Knack
The Narco Files: All You Need to Know
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have spread across the globe — permeating economies, corrupting authorities, and expanding their reach across borders, from the Americas to Northern Europe.
Knack
First ever cocaine production lab discovered in Belgium
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have spread across the globe — permeating economies, corrupting authorities, and expanding their reach across borders, from the Americas to Northern Europe.
Die Dunkelkammer
Europe, the Cartels’ new cocaine kitchen
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have spread across the globe — permeating economies, corrupting authorities, and expanding their reach across borders, from the Americas to Northern Europe.
InSight Crime
Suriname: Power and Cocaine
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have spread across the globe — permeating economies, corrupting authorities, and expanding their reach across borders, from the Americas to Northern Europe.
InSight Crime
Israeli Mobsters in Colombia
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have spread across the globe — permeating economies, corrupting authorities, and expanding their reach across borders, from the Americas to Northern Europe.
IrpiMedia
The birth of narco power: the marriage between banana estates and paramilitaries
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have spread across the globe — permeating economies, corrupting authorities, and expanding their reach across borders, from the Americas to Northern Europe.
Irpimedia
Bananas & cocaine: the Clan del Golfo and ‘Ndrangheta alliance
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have spread across the globe — permeating economies, corrupting authorities, and expanding their reach across borders, from the Americas to Northern Europe.
Miami Herald
Cocaine Is Now King in Oil-Rich Venezuela
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have spread across the globe — permeating economies, corrupting authorities, and expanding their reach across borders, from the Americas to Northern Europe.
El Nuevo Herald
Cartel Del Sol Chronicles I
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have spread across the globe — permeating economies, corrupting authorities, and expanding their reach across borders, from the Americas to Northern Europe.
Quinto Elemento Lab
Mexican cartels' global expansion
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have spread across the globe — permeating economies, corrupting authorities, and expanding their reach across borders, from the Americas to Northern Europe.
El Universal
The Worldwide Expansion of Mexican Cartels: Brokers, Nearshoring, and Know-How
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have spread across the globe — permeating economies, corrupting authorities, and expanding their reach across borders, from the Americas to Northern Europe.
Narcodiario
Turbo-Guayaquil-Spain: the Cocaine Triangle
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have spread across the globe — permeating economies, corrupting authorities, and expanding their reach across borders, from the Americas to Northern Europe.
De Tijd
The Belgian Cocaine Hub
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have spread across the globe — permeating economies, corrupting authorities, and expanding their reach across borders, from the Americas to Northern Europe.
De Tijd
Belgium leading role in NarcoFiles
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have spread across the globe — permeating economies, corrupting authorities, and expanding their reach across borders, from the Americas to Northern Europe.
Knack
Belgian Guns and Colombian Narcos
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have spread across the globe — permeating economies, corrupting authorities, and expanding their reach across borders, from the Americas to Northern Europe.
Vorágine
‘Narco-bananas’ were exported through a company owned by the relatives of a former minister
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have spread across the globe — permeating economies, corrupting authorities, and expanding their reach across borders, from the Americas to Northern Europe.
Vorágine
Colombian singer’s father alleged links with a criminal organization
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have spread across the globe — permeating economies, corrupting authorities, and expanding their reach across borders, from the Americas to Northern Europe.
Vorágine
Colombia: narco-paramilitary land dealings in a university classroom
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have spread across the globe — permeating economies, corrupting authorities, and expanding their reach across borders, from the Americas to Northern Europe.
Cuestión Pública
Drug trafficking and organized crime in Colombia's local elections
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have spread across the globe — permeating economies, corrupting authorities, and expanding their reach across borders, from the Americas to Northern Europe.
CNN en Español
What is El Tren de Aragua, who leads it, how many members does it have and where does it operate?
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have spread across the globe — permeating economies, corrupting authorities, and expanding their reach across borders, from the Americas to Northern Europe.
Narcotics Inc
Coca fields in Guatemala, cocaine labs in Spain, and the narcos who infiltrated an African government: NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have developed innovative techniques and adapted to diverse contexts around the world.
InfoLibre
Spain: Cartels' Rendezvous
Coca fields in Guatemala, cocaine labs in Spain, and the narcos who infiltrated an African government: NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have developed innovative techniques and adapted to diverse contexts around the world.
Der Standard
How Europe is being flooded with cocaine
Coca fields in Guatemala, cocaine labs in Spain, and the narcos who infiltrated an African government: NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have developed innovative techniques and adapted to diverse contexts around the world.
Narcodiario
Spain: The Meeting Point of Global Organized Crime
Coca fields in Guatemala, cocaine labs in Spain, and the narcos who infiltrated an African government: NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have developed innovative techniques and adapted to diverse contexts around the world.
SVT
Cocaine cooks flown to Europe
Coca fields in Guatemala, cocaine labs in Spain, and the narcos who infiltrated an African government: NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have developed innovative techniques and adapted to diverse contexts around the world.
El Universal
From Poppy to Coca: The New Crops in Guerrero
Coca fields in Guatemala, cocaine labs in Spain, and the narcos who infiltrated an African government: NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have developed innovative techniques and adapted to diverse contexts around the world.
Agencia Ocote
Coca Crops and Labs: Guatemala, the New Narco Territory
Coca fields in Guatemala, cocaine labs in Spain, and the narcos who infiltrated an African government: NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have developed innovative techniques and adapted to diverse contexts around the world.
Con Criterio
Coca Expansion in Guatemala
Coca fields in Guatemala, cocaine labs in Spain, and the narcos who infiltrated an African government: NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have developed innovative techniques and adapted to diverse contexts around the world.
Plaza Pública
Guatemala: Entering the Club of Coca Producers
Coca fields in Guatemala, cocaine labs in Spain, and the narcos who infiltrated an African government: NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have developed innovative techniques and adapted to diverse contexts around the world.
NoFicción
How Guatemala Became a Cocaine Paste Producer
Coca fields in Guatemala, cocaine labs in Spain, and the narcos who infiltrated an African government: NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have developed innovative techniques and adapted to diverse contexts around the world.
Ojoconmipisto
Cocaine Relocation: How Guatemala Became a Producer
Coca fields in Guatemala, cocaine labs in Spain, and the narcos who infiltrated an African government: NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have developed innovative techniques and adapted to diverse contexts around the world.
Univisión
Mexican Cartels' Tentacles in Colombia
Coca fields in Guatemala, cocaine labs in Spain, and the narcos who infiltrated an African government: NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have developed innovative techniques and adapted to diverse contexts around the world.
Clip
Paraguay: Cocaine's New Hub
Coca fields in Guatemala, cocaine labs in Spain, and the narcos who infiltrated an African government: NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have developed innovative techniques and adapted to diverse contexts around the world.
Narcodiario
Spain receives, produces and processes cocaine for Europe
Coca fields in Guatemala, cocaine labs in Spain, and the narcos who infiltrated an African government: NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have developed innovative techniques and adapted to diverse contexts around the world.
InfoLibre
Spain: Welcome to Lab Land
Coca fields in Guatemala, cocaine labs in Spain, and the narcos who infiltrated an African government: NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have developed innovative techniques and adapted to diverse contexts around the world.
De Tijd
How Italy's 'Ndrangheta Floods Antwerp With Cocaine
Coca fields in Guatemala, cocaine labs in Spain, and the narcos who infiltrated an African government: NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have developed innovative techniques and adapted to diverse contexts around the world.
Knack
Antwerp: The Italian 'Ndrangheta's Base
Coca fields in Guatemala, cocaine labs in Spain, and the narcos who infiltrated an African government: NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have developed innovative techniques and adapted to diverse contexts around the world.
Berlingske
The narco-Hydra storming Europe
Coca fields in Guatemala, cocaine labs in Spain, and the narcos who infiltrated an African government: NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have developed innovative techniques and adapted to diverse contexts around the world.
Ojo Público
Tren de Aragua: The Evolution of a Crime Megafranchise in Peru
Coca fields in Guatemala, cocaine labs in Spain, and the narcos who infiltrated an African government: NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have developed innovative techniques and adapted to diverse contexts around the world.
CNN en Español
Tren de Aragua: The Venezuelan Gang Storming South America
Coca fields in Guatemala, cocaine labs in Spain, and the narcos who infiltrated an African government: NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have developed innovative techniques and adapted to diverse contexts around the world.
De Tijd
How Colombian Cartels Get Their hands on Belgian Weapons
Coca fields in Guatemala, cocaine labs in Spain, and the narcos who infiltrated an African government: NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have developed innovative techniques and adapted to diverse contexts around the world.
OjoPúblico
Armed Groups From Colombia Infiltrate the Peruvian Amazon
Coca fields in Guatemala, cocaine labs in Spain, and the narcos who infiltrated an African government: NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have developed innovative techniques and adapted to diverse contexts around the world.
CNN en Español
The Tren de Aragua Assault on the ELN Guerrilla
Coca fields in Guatemala, cocaine labs in Spain, and the narcos who infiltrated an African government: NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have developed innovative techniques and adapted to diverse contexts around the world.
El Universal
El Mayo's and Los Cuinis' Envoys in Colombia
Coca fields in Guatemala, cocaine labs in Spain, and the narcos who infiltrated an African government: NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have developed innovative techniques and adapted to diverse contexts around the world.
El Universal
Pacific Deliver: 10 days at Sea to Ship Cocaine
Coca fields in Guatemala, cocaine labs in Spain, and the narcos who infiltrated an African government: NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have developed innovative techniques and adapted to diverse contexts around the world.
El Universal
The Cocaine Broker that Links Four Continents
Coca fields in Guatemala, cocaine labs in Spain, and the narcos who infiltrated an African government: NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have developed innovative techniques and adapted to diverse contexts around the world.
Quinto Elemento Lab
The Zetas' “Brand” in Colombia
Coca fields in Guatemala, cocaine labs in Spain, and the narcos who infiltrated an African government: NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have developed innovative techniques and adapted to diverse contexts around the world.
Expresso
Colombia's Clan Del Golfo Ignored African Connections
Coca fields in Guatemala, cocaine labs in Spain, and the narcos who infiltrated an African government: NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have developed innovative techniques and adapted to diverse contexts around the world.
InfoLibre
From the Amazon to the Rías Baixas by Narcosubmarine
Coca fields in Guatemala, cocaine labs in Spain, and the narcos who infiltrated an African government: NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have developed innovative techniques and adapted to diverse contexts around the world.
Narcodiario
Dubai: Where The Crime Bosses Fly Free
Coca fields in Guatemala, cocaine labs in Spain, and the narcos who infiltrated an African government: NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have developed innovative techniques and adapted to diverse contexts around the world.
InfoLibre
Dubai: Crime Bosses' Safe Zone
Coca fields in Guatemala, cocaine labs in Spain, and the narcos who infiltrated an African government: NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have developed innovative techniques and adapted to diverse contexts around the world.
Narcodiario
Alleged Galician Kingpin Ships Cocaine to Spain in Semi-submersibles
Coca fields in Guatemala, cocaine labs in Spain, and the narcos who infiltrated an African government: NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have developed innovative techniques and adapted to diverse contexts around the world.
Knack
The 20 Cocaine Labs Discovered in Belgium
Coca fields in Guatemala, cocaine labs in Spain, and the narcos who infiltrated an African government: NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have developed innovative techniques and adapted to diverse contexts around the world.
Contracorriente
Cultivating Coca and Formenting Fear in Honduras
Coca fields in Guatemala, cocaine labs in Spain, and the narcos who infiltrated an African government: NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners showing how organized crime groups have developed innovative techniques and adapted to diverse contexts around the world.
Drowning in Drugs
From Antwerp, Rotterdam, and Gioia Tauro to Guayaquil, Santa Marta, and Limón: The world’s ports are vital to drug trafficking operations. These NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners cover the battle for their control.
Investigace.cz
The Cartel's Port Hacking
From Antwerp, Rotterdam, and Gioia Tauro to Guayaquil, Santa Marta, and Limón: The world’s ports are vital to drug trafficking operations. These NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners cover the battle for their control.
Cuestión Pública
The Narco Shareholder of a Colombian Port
From Antwerp, Rotterdam, and Gioia Tauro to Guayaquil, Santa Marta, and Limón: The world’s ports are vital to drug trafficking operations. These NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners cover the battle for their control.
Voragine
Banana company that financed politician is targeted for cocaine shipments to Italian mafia
From Antwerp, Rotterdam, and Gioia Tauro to Guayaquil, Santa Marta, and Limón: The world’s ports are vital to drug trafficking operations. These NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners cover the battle for their control.
Plan V
The Second Life of a Colombian Mobster in Guayaquil
From Antwerp, Rotterdam, and Gioia Tauro to Guayaquil, Santa Marta, and Limón: The world’s ports are vital to drug trafficking operations. These NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners cover the battle for their control.
El Universal
The secret documents that involve the Mexican government with controlled deliveries
From Antwerp, Rotterdam, and Gioia Tauro to Guayaquil, Santa Marta, and Limón: The world’s ports are vital to drug trafficking operations. These NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners cover the battle for their control.
Cuestión Pública
Maersk and CMA-CGM: Colombian mafia's favorite shipping companies
From Antwerp, Rotterdam, and Gioia Tauro to Guayaquil, Santa Marta, and Limón: The world’s ports are vital to drug trafficking operations. These NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners cover the battle for their control.
Berlingske
Colombian cartel's communications reveal its preference to use Danish giant
From Antwerp, Rotterdam, and Gioia Tauro to Guayaquil, Santa Marta, and Limón: The world’s ports are vital to drug trafficking operations. These NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners cover the battle for their control.
InfoLibre
Colombian cocaine's favorite shipping companies to travel to Europe
From Antwerp, Rotterdam, and Gioia Tauro to Guayaquil, Santa Marta, and Limón: The world’s ports are vital to drug trafficking operations. These NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners cover the battle for their control.
Cuestión Pública
Pirates of the caribbean trafficked in Maersk
From Antwerp, Rotterdam, and Gioia Tauro to Guayaquil, Santa Marta, and Limón: The world’s ports are vital to drug trafficking operations. These NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners cover the battle for their control.
Dark Money
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners on underground flows of illicit drug profits, intricate money laundering schemes, and the financial enablers of organized crime.
Profil
Odebrecht: Why Colombian Prosecutors Reached Out to Austria
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners on underground flows of illicit drug profits, intricate money laundering schemes, and the financial enablers of organized crime.
Quinto Elemento Lab
Mexico: The Murky Links of an Investment Company
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners on underground flows of illicit drug profits, intricate money laundering schemes, and the financial enablers of organized crime.
Aristegui Noticias
The Shady Connections of an Investment Firm in Mexico
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners on underground flows of illicit drug profits, intricate money laundering schemes, and the financial enablers of organized crime.
Mexicanos Contra la Corrupción y la Impunidad (MCCI)
The Hidden Ties of a Mexican Financial Company
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners on underground flows of illicit drug profits, intricate money laundering schemes, and the financial enablers of organized crime.
CLIP
Odebrecht's Dark Allies
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners on underground flows of illicit drug profits, intricate money laundering schemes, and the financial enablers of organized crime.
Noticias Caracol
Odebrecht's Murky Lobbyists
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners on underground flows of illicit drug profits, intricate money laundering schemes, and the financial enablers of organized crime.
La Prensa
U.S.-backed money-laundering unit in Colombia stalled
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners on underground flows of illicit drug profits, intricate money laundering schemes, and the financial enablers of organized crime.
La Prensa
How fortunes were hidden in Colombia with Mossack Fonseca's help
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners on underground flows of illicit drug profits, intricate money laundering schemes, and the financial enablers of organized crime.
Cuestión Pública
Company involved in Odebrecht case new contractor for a mega project
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners on underground flows of illicit drug profits, intricate money laundering schemes, and the financial enablers of organized crime.
Green Crimes
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners on how the activities of organized crime groups have destroyed wildlife, polluted rivers, and threatened protected areas.
Mongabay Latam
From Colombia to Hong Kong: The Shark Fins' Secret Journey
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners on how the activities of organized crime groups have destroyed wildlife, polluted rivers, and threatened protected areas.
Ojo Público
The fight for illegal gold that finances terrorism in Colombia
NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners on how the activities of organized crime groups have destroyed wildlife, polluted rivers, and threatened protected areas.
Police and Thieves
Law enforcement is on the front lines of the battle against organized crime. But sometimes they become part of the problem. NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners on corruption, lack of transparency, and dark alliances between authorities and organized crime.
Vorágine
The Story of the Hooded Man From Medellín's Operation Orion
Law enforcement is on the front lines of the battle against organized crime. But sometimes they become part of the problem. NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners on corruption, lack of transparency, and dark alliances between authorities and organized crime.
Cerosetenta / 070
Colombia: The Loose Ends of a Crime Against a Student Leader
Law enforcement is on the front lines of the battle against organized crime. But sometimes they become part of the problem. NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners on corruption, lack of transparency, and dark alliances between authorities and organized crime.
Armando.info
Venezuela: How Narcos Infiltrated the Army
Law enforcement is on the front lines of the battle against organized crime. But sometimes they become part of the problem. NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners on corruption, lack of transparency, and dark alliances between authorities and organized crime.
Miami Herald
DEA agents face risk of exposure in Colombian leak
Law enforcement is on the front lines of the battle against organized crime. But sometimes they become part of the problem. NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners on corruption, lack of transparency, and dark alliances between authorities and organized crime.
BIRD
Weapons, Drugs and State Security: The Bulgaria-Colombia Express
Law enforcement is on the front lines of the battle against organized crime. But sometimes they become part of the problem. NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners on corruption, lack of transparency, and dark alliances between authorities and organized crime.
Knack
More Gun Violence, Less Belgian Police Specialists
Law enforcement is on the front lines of the battle against organized crime. But sometimes they become part of the problem. NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners on corruption, lack of transparency, and dark alliances between authorities and organized crime.
Vorágine
Colombian governor under investigation for alleged extrajudicial execution
Law enforcement is on the front lines of the battle against organized crime. But sometimes they become part of the problem. NarcoFiles stories from OCCRP’s partners on corruption, lack of transparency, and dark alliances between authorities and organized crime.
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