An interview with Steven Dudley, Co-Director of InSight Crime

Dudley talks to hosts Chris and Ken about organized crime in Latin America, CICIG’s struggle for survival in Guatemala, and gang involvement in El Salvador politics and shares how his interest in investigating organized crime in the region came about.

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Global Americans and the Canadian Council for the Americas presents “Two gringos with questions,”an interview series featuring political and cultural leaders from across the Americas. On this episode, Chris and Ken talk to Steven Dudley, Co-Director of InSight Crime

Steven Dudley is a longtime reporter, investigator and consultant who specializes in breaking down security issues in conflict situations, studying trends and tendencies of organized crime, and analyzing political crises. He is the former Bureau Chief of The Miami Herald in the Andean Region and is the author of “Walking Ghosts: Murder and Guerrilla Politics in Colombia” (Routledge 2004). 

In 2010, Dudley co-founded InSight Crime with Jeremy McDermott, a fellow journalist specializing in drug trafficking, organized crime, and the Colombian civil conflict, a non-profit journalism and investigative organization that specialized in organized crime in Latin America and the Caribbean. The organization reaches between 300,000 and 400,000 readers monthly on its website and social media. 

Dudley talks to hosts’ Chris and Ken about organized crime in Latin America, CICIG’s struggle for survival in Guatemala, gang involvement in El Salvador politics and shares how his interest in investigating organized crime in the region came about. 

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