How Transnational Crime Is Mutating in the Age of COVID-19 in Latin America
By
José Miguel Cruz, Brian Fonseca
An overview of the region's challenges, and what governments can do about them
This article is adapted from AQ’s special report on transnational organized crime | Ler em português | Leer en español During the earliest days of the pandemic, some believed COVID-19 might prove to be a negative for large organized crime groups such as MS-13 and the Sinaloa Cartel Lockdowns kept people inside, suffocating both legal and illegal commerce The ensuing recession hit Latin American economies harder than any other in the world, on average, meaning less money in everyone’s pockets As governments mobilized money and personnel to meet the challenge,...
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