![](https://americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/AQ0324_CoverALT_LAY05noUPC-226x300.jpg)
![Latin America's Ports](https://americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/AQ0224_LAY09_KODI-226x300.jpg)
![](https://americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AQ0124_COVER_ELECT_LAY09_KODI-225x300.jpg)
![](https://americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/AQ0423_LEAD02-220x300.jpg)
![](https://americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/AQ0323_COVER_LAY11_KODI-225x300.jpg)
![](https://americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/AQ0223_COVER_LAY032723_KODI-231x300.jpg)
![The cover of Americas Quarterly's issue on Uruguay.](https://americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/AQ0123_COVER_LAY06_B_HY-225x300.jpg)
![Millennials in Politics cover shows young politicians from Latin America](https://americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/AQ0422_COVER_LAY10noUPC092922-223x300.jpg)
![The cover of the Supply Chains issue of Americas Quarterly, featuring a shipping container stamped with "Made in the Americas" to evoke challenges and opportunities of shifting international trade.](https://americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/FC_AQ0322_for-Lead-222x300.jpg)
![](https://americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/AQ0222_COVERnoUPC2-224x300.jpg)
![](https://americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/AQ0122_COVERLAY09noUPC-225x300.jpg)
![](https://americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/AQ0421_COVERLAY13_R1-225x300.jpg)
![](https://americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/AQ0321_COVERL_071221-225x300.jpg)
![](https://americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AQ0221_Cover_0505-1-225x300.jpg)
![](https://americasquarterly.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Issue-1-2021-Cover-225x300.jpg)
Organized Crime in Times of COVID
Special Report View as PDF The Pandemic’s Big Winner? Organized Crime COVID-19 has been a bonanza for organized crime. Greater international coordination could ease at least some of the damage. School’s Out in Latin America. Gangs Are Thrilled. By JOHN OTIS With 97% of Latin American kids out of class, some criminal groups see a … Read more