The InSight Take: A Weekly Deep Dive Into Organized Crime

The InSight Take: A Weekly Deep Dive Into Organized Crime

The InSight Take: A Weekly Deep Dive Into Organized Crime

Hosted by InSight Crime’s managing editor, Deborah Bonello, this weekly series brings together InSight Crime’s editors, investigators, and senior analysts to unpack the stories shaping organized crime and security across the Americas.

It brings together field reporting and regional expertise to separate fact from fiction and go deep where other outlets go wide.

About the Show

The InSight Take sets InSight Crime’s veteran editors and investigators on the issue of the week, separating fact from fiction and going deep where other outlets go wide.

Each week, the show goes beyond organized crime headlines to ask what really matters, what is being missed, and what comes next.

A deeply informed conversation built on years of field reporting and regional expertise, the InSight Take cuts through political spin and security theater to explain how organized crime actually works, why it adapts and stays one step ahead, how it affects people, institutions, and democracy, and what could realistically be done to turn things around.

Met the Host

Deborah Bonello is an editor, author, and investigative reporter, and has been based in Latin America since 2006. After graduating from Bristol University in the UK, she left Europe for Latin America, where she worked on projects and investigations into drug trafficking, extortion, street gangs, and narco states. Bonello is the former editorial director for VICE News Latin America and, before that, was a prolific multimedia freelancer for the Financial Times, BBC, Los Angeles Times, Guardian, and other major media outlets.

She is the author of “NARCAS: The Secret Rise of Woman in Latin America’s Cartels” (Beacon Press, July 2023), which has also been published in Portuguese and Spanish.

Deborah’s regular partners on the show include InSight Crime’s co-directors Jeremy McDermott and Steven Dudley, as well as other senior staff including James Bargent, Alex Papadovassilakis, Victoria Ditmaar, and Parker Asmaan.

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