Latin America and the Caribbean continues grappling homicide crisis, with a recent study by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and analyzed by InSight Crime concluding that organized crime is responsible for at least half of the region's homicides.
Published as part of the 4th Global Study on Homicide, the report underscores the severity of the issue, making it clear that the region bears the dubious distinction of having the highest proportion of homicides linked to organized crime at a global level.
