THE ILLEGAL HAWKER ROUTE: HOW SENEGAL'S MOURIDE MAFIA AND PERUVIAN CRIME CONTROL BUENOS AIRES STREETS
A groundbreaking journalistic investigation has exposed the deep-rooted presence of a transnational criminal network that has taken control of Buenos Aires’ informal street vending economy. Operating primarily in the neighborhoods of Once and Flores, this network relies on irregular migration channels and religious structures to fuel an economy of counterfeit goods, extortion, and money laundering […]
TYPHOON KALMAEGI TRIGGERS FLASH FLOODS AND MASS EVACUATIONS IN CENTRAL PHILIPPINES
Typhoon Kalmaegi has unleashed severe flash floods across the central Philippines, killing at least 26 people and displacing nearly 400,000 residents, according to national disaster authorities. Locally known as “Tino,” the storm made landfall just after midnight Monday in Southern Leyte, bringing sustained winds of up to 140 kilometers per hour and gusts that peaked […]