Two Salvadoran investigative journalists discuss their ethnographic reporting on the impact of the drug trade on the La Moskitia Indigenous region of Central America.
A panel of journalists shared methods, tools, and security protocols with reporters from across the globe who want to track organized crime’s finances and operations.
We also highlight a look at Sudan’s “forgotten” war, the microplastics seeping into our water and bodies, and how cocaine from Colombia reaches the world.
An all-star team of five journalism experts shared their approaches to investigating the ever-evolving world of organized crime.
With stories about global water stress, the boom in fentanyl trafficking at the US-Mexico border, the devastating fires in Maui, and strategies for taking penalty kicks.
Anabel Hernández is one of the most prominent investigative journalists in Mexico. With more than 30 years of experience, she has dedicated her career to investigating organized crime and the complicity of politicians, the military, and businessmen in the war on drugs in Mexico and beyond.
In concert with GIJC21’s panel on the “New Organized Crime,” GIJN has released a comprehensive, multi-part reporting guide to investigating organized crime around the world, looking at nine key areas: criminal finance, narcotics, arms trade, environmental crime, forced disappearances, cybercrime, mafia states, human trafficking, and art and antiquities.
Covering drug trafficking is inherently difficult and can be dangerous. Information is also scant. In most cases, it is best to begin by getting the best data possible. However, in all cases, proceed with caution: data on drug trafficking, especially drug seizures, gives you only a small part of the picture and can even distort reality in some cases.
Here’s how three Mexican investigative journalists have used public information requests to aid their reporting on drug trafficking and the government’s fight against it.
Traditional war reporting, which mostly focused on revealing the brutality of the conflict in Colombia, is being replaced by new storytelling techniques using alternative narratives and creative digital tools. Here’s Proyecto Coca, Rutas del Conflicto and 4 Ríos.
