Essay: Illegal organ trade is more sophisticated than one might think – who’s behind it and how it could be controlled
Organ trade and trafficking FREDERIKE AMBAGTSHEER explains in an article first published on The Conversation…
Chileans buy more guns, private guards as security tops concerns
Santiago, Chile Reuters After their pick-up truck was stolen at gunpoint outside their home in Santiago last June, Javiera Castillo and her partner began learning how to shoot a pistol to prevent future encounters. Castillo, 23, a student and small-business owner who lives in the middle-class neighborhood of Maipu in Santiago, is one of a […]
“How can we also feel safe?”: Cape Town turns to surveillance tech to stop a tide of violence
KIM HARRISBERG, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that city leaders hope an array of new tech will help deter criminals – but residents warn it’s not a simple fix…
Honduras deploys hundreds of military agents to fight crime
Tegucigalpa, Honduras Reuters Honduras’ government deployed soldiers across the country as part of a plan to fight criminal groups, authorities said Monday, with official images showing hundreds of soldiers being commissioned for the project. The move comes after leftist President Xiomara Castro implemented a partial state of emergency last December in pockets of the country’s […]
Pope clarifies homosexuality and sin comments in note
Rome, Italy AP Pope Francis has clarified his recent comments about homosexuality and sin, saying he was merely referring to official Catholic moral teaching that teaches that any sexual act outside of marriage is a sin. And in a note Friday, Francis recalled that even that black-and-white teaching is subject to circumstances that might eliminate […]
Essay: Albania’s ghost towns – the crisis that caused the exodus
ANDI HOXHAJ, a lecturer in European Union law at UCL in London, explores – in article first published on The Conversation, why Albania is seeing a “constant exodus” of its citizens…
Mexico’s missing: As numbers mount, families keep searching
STEFANIE ESCHENBACHER and MAHE ELIPE, of Reuters, report on how families are involved in the ongoing search to find the more than 100,000 people missing in Mexico…
El Salvador: War on gangs leaves poor families reeling
NELSON RENTERIA and ANASTASIA MOLONEY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report that President Bukele’s crackdown has led to mass arrests, mainly young men from poor areas, and relatives say many are innocent…
Colombia to give properties confiscated from drug groups to farmers, women
Bogata, Colombia Reuters Colombia will give properties confiscated from drug trafficking groups and valued at some $US4.9 billion to farmers, women’s organisations, youth collectives and universities, leftist President Gustavo Petro said this week. The Andean country has traditionally sought to sell confiscated properties and goods to fund victim reparations and last year launched a real […]
Death and deforestation: Cocaine trade adds to Amazon’s woes
ANDRE CABETTE FABIO, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how the murders of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips have stoked concern in Brazil about links between drugs smugglers and environmental crime…