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Tras el mayor blanqueador de dinero de Brasil
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Esta es la historia de Dario Messer, uno de los fugitivos más buscados de Brasil.Messer fue el líder de una sofisticada red responsable de lavar mil...
Chasing Brazil’s Premier Money Launderer
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is the story of Dario Messer, one of Brazil's most wanted fugitives.Messer was the head of a sophisticated network responsible for laundering...
El futuro del ELN
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Durante semanas, el mundo ha seguido de cerca si Estados Unidos intensificará su campaña antidrogas militarizada en el Caribe hasta convertirla en u...
The Future of the ELN
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For weeks, the world has been watching closely to see whether the United States will escalate its militarized anti-drug campaign in the Caribbean into...
El salvaje oeste en Honduras: cuna de narcos y políticos
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
El 30 de noviembre, millones de hondureños acudieron a las urnas para elegir a un nuevo presidente.Pero lo que ha eclipsado las elecciones en Hondura...
Wild West of Honduras: Home to Narcos and Their Politicians
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On November 30, millions of Hondurans went to the polls to vote for a new president.But overshadowing the Honduras election has been talk of US Presid...
La isla de Margarita, entre el control de Maduro y los misiles de Estados Unidos
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Desde principios de septiembre de 2025, el gobierno de EE. UU. ha llevado a cabo más de 20 ataques contra embarcaciones presuntamente dedicadas al na...
The Shifting Tides of Drug Trafficking on Venezuela’s Margarita Island
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Since early September 2025, the US government has carried out over 20 attacks on alleged drug trafficking vessels in international waters, and made ma...
Negocios familiares: vehículos perfectos para lavar dinero en la frontera EE. UU.-México
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Los grupos criminales en México utilizan diversos métodos para lavar su dinero ilícito, desde el contrabando de grandes cantidades de efectivo hast...
Mom-and-Pop Stores: Perfect Money Laundering Vehicles on US-Mexico Border
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Criminal groups in Mexico rely on a variety of schemes to launder their dirty money, from bulk cash smuggling to illegal wire transfers, currency exch...
Pandillas y narcos: el vértice de todos los males en Tapachula, México
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Desde que asumió el cargo, el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, ha designado a más de una docena de grupos criminales latinoamericanos com...
Rasquiña’s Revolution: How the Choneros Took Ecuador’s Prisons
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Since taking office, US President Donald Trump has designated more than a dozen Latin American criminal groups as terrorist organizations. And various...
Abusado y perseguido: cómo el régimen de excepción de El Salvador se internacionalizó
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bajo el gobierno del presidente Nayib Bukele, El Salvador se ha convertido en el modelo de una política de mano dura para combatir el crimen organiza...
Abused and Pursued: How El Salvador’s State of Emergency Went International
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Under President Nayib Bukele, El Salvador has become the model of a hardline, or “mano dura,” approach to combatting organized crime, with governm...
Redadas de ICE en Nashville: ¿Ofensiva antipandillas o cacería de migrantes?
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Desde que Trump comenzó su segundo mandato en enero, una docena de organizaciones criminales latinoamericanas, entre ellas MS13 y Tren de Aragua, han...
Feeding the Beast: MS13 in Nashville
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Since Trump began his second term in January, a dozen Latin American criminal organizations — among them, MS13 and Tren de Aragua — have been labe...
Caza y Safaris: detrás del caso más grande de tráfico de fauna en Argentina
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
En noviembre, autoridades de casi 100 países se reunirán en Brasil para la cumbre climática COP30, donde discutirán estrategias y compromisos para...
How Drug Cartels Moved into Illegal Logging in Mexico
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In November, nearly 100 countries will come together for the COP30 climate summit in Brazil to discuss strategies and pledges for addressing climate c...
Grupos criminales se adaptan en Ciudad Juárez tras la caída de los flujos migratorios
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Desde que el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, asumió el cargo en enero de 2025, la cantidad de migrantes detenidos en la frontera entre Es...
As Migrant Flows Drop, Crime Groups Adapt in Ciudad Juárez
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Since US President Donald Trump took office in January 2025, the number of migrants detained on the US-Mexico border has plummeted to the lowest total...
El ‘perdón’ y el espinoso asunto de la justicia en México
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
El estado de Sinaloa, en México, está paralizado por una sangrienta guerra entre dos familias criminales. ¿Los bandos? Los Chapitos y los Mayiza, d...
Is the Jalisco Cartel Helping the Chapitos in Mexico?
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Reports that the Jalisco Cartel New Generation is aiding the Chapitos faction of Sinaloa Cartel in parts of Mexico have been growing. InSight Crim...
Vivir tras las rejas en el epicentro del crimen organizado de Argentina
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Desde diciembre de 2023, el gobierno de la provincia de Santa Fe ha invertido en policías y prisiones como parte de una nueva ofensiva contra el crim...
Behind Bars in Argentina’s Organized Crime Hotspot
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Since December 2023, the government of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina has invested in policing and prisons as a part of a new push against organi...
La otra cara de la cifras de seguridad en Rosario, desde el terreno
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Durante más de una década, Rosario fue la capital del crimen de Argentina. Mientras las bandas se disputaban el control del tráfico de cocaína, la...
Is Rosario, Argentina Getting Safer? Depends Who We Asked.
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For more than a decade, Rosario was the murder capital of Argentina. As gangs vied for control of the cocaine trade, turf wars often caught innocent b...
Entre abusos militares y crimen organizado: ¿qué deja la primera fase del conflicto en Ecuador?
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
En 2024, el gobierno ecuatoriano designó a las bandas criminales como grupos terroristas y emprendió una lucha armada contra esos grupos. El investi...
The Story of Mexico’s Multibillion-Dollar Fuel Theft Crisis
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On September 3, Mexico and the United States issued a joint statement affirming their cooperation to tackle transnational organized crime. The crimina...
5 cosas que hay que saber sobre el ataque aéreo de Trump en el Caribe
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Estados Unidos ha escalado significativamente su política de tratar a los grupos de crimen organizado como terroristas con un ataque aéreo letal a u...
5 Things to Know About Trump’s Missile Strike in the Caribbean
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The United States has significantly escalated its policy of treating organized crime groups as terrorists with a lethal missile strike on an alleged d...
Bolívar, ¿un nuevo santuario para el Tren de Aragua?
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Docenas de motocicletas cubiertas del lodo rojizo de las minas de oro transitan la angosta carretera de Las Claritas, un pueblo en el sureste de Venez...
Tren de Aragua and the American Dream
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On September 2, 2025, the United States carried out a military airstrike on a boat allegedly carrying drugs in the southern Caribbean’s internationa...
InSights de Verano – La metamorfosis de los Chapitos en narcos hipercapitalistas
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Los Chapitos, herederos de una de las familias criminales más infames de México, están reconfigurando el Cartel de Sinaloa. Los hijos de Joaquín G...
Summer InSights – How the Chapitos Became Hyper-Capitalist Narcos
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Chapitos, heirs to one of Mexico’s most infamous crime families, are reshaping the Sinaloa Cartel. The sons of Joaquín Guzmán Loera, commonly ...
InSights de Verano – Los dragones de Chocó: la minería ilegal de oro en los ríos de Colombia
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
En la selvática región del Pacífico colombiano, el Río Quito se ha convertido en un campo de batalla, donde monstruosas dragas mineras destrozan e...
Summer InSights – The Dragons of Chocó: Illegal Gold Mining in Colombia’s Rivers
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Colombia's lush Pacific region, the Quito River has become a battleground, where monstrous dredges tear into the riverbed, spewing mercury and ...
InSights de Verano – El portafolio criminal del Tren de Aragua: adaptarse o morir
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
En el último año, el Tren de Aragua ha acaparado titulares y se ha convertido en tema de debate político en varios países de la región. Incluso e...
Summer InSights – Tren de Aragua’s Criminal Portfolio: Adapt or Die
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Over the past year, Tren de Aragua has dominated headlines and become a political talking point in several countries in the region. Even US President ...
InSights de Verano – El fortín de Fito: la prisión de Ecuador convertida en un comando criminal
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Esta es la historia de cómo el jefe de una banda se convirtió en un señor de la guerra. Cómo una prisión se convirtió en la sede de un imperio c...
Summer InSights – Fito’s Fortress: How an Ecuador Prison Became a Criminal Command Center
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is the story of how a gang boss became a warlord. How a prison became the headquarters of a criminal empire. And how Ecuador became a nation at w...
Pay to Play: How One City’s Growth Fuels Corruption and Environmental Destruction in Western Honduras
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Just before midnight on September 15, 2023, four masked men dressed in all black walked down an alley just north of the main plaza in Santa Rosa de Co...
Pagar para destruir: cómo el crecimiento de una ciudad alimenta la corrupción y la destrucción ambiental en el occidente de Honduras
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Poco antes de la medianoche del 15 de septiembre de 2023, cuatro hombres encapuchados y vestidos completamente de negro caminaron por un callejón al ...
Costa Rica Is Facing Its Worst-Ever Narco Corruption Scandal
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The recent arrest of Costa Rica’s former security minister and the revelations in his case have shed light on the corruption and drug trafficking ne...
Costa Rica enfrenta su peor escándalo por narcotráfico y corrupción
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
La reciente captura del exministro de Seguridad de Costa Rica y la información revelada alrededor del caso, evidencia los entramados de corrupción y...
El innovador traficante albanés que revolucionó el narcotráfico en Ecuador
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alrededor de la medianoche del 6 de febrero de 2024, la Policía Nacional de Ecuador irrumpió en una lujosa casa beige de dos pisos en una urbanizaci...
The Pioneering Albanian Trafficker Who Took Ecuador’s Drug Trade By Storm
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Around midnight on February 6, 2024, Ecuador’s National Police stormed a beige, two-story villa in a luxurious gated community on the outskirts of G...
Ataques con drones sacuden a pandillas en Haití, pero dejan dudas legales y estratégicas
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Una serie de ataques con drones han cobrado la vida de cientos de presuntos pandilleros en Puerto Príncipe y alterado temporalmente el panorama crimi...
Drone Strikes Shake Haiti’s Gangs but Leave Legal and Strategic Questions
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A wave of drone strikes has reportedly killed hundreds of alleged gang members in Port-au-Prince and temporarily shaken Haiti’s criminal landscape, ...
La caída de ‘Fito’: lo que significa —y lo que no— para el mundo criminal de Ecuador
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Las fuerzas de seguridad de Ecuador capturaron al líder criminal más notorio del país en una victoria crucial —aunque en gran medida simbólica—...
The Fall of Fito: What It Means — and Doesn’t — for Ecuador’s Underworld
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ecuadorian security forces captured the country’s most notorious criminal leader in a crucial — though largely symbolic — win in its “war on g...
How Venezuela’s Prison System Fueled a Reggaeton Star’s Career
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Venezuelan singer “Rsiete” is a mysterious figure. A full view of his face is nowhere to be found on social media — he is always seen wearin...
Detrás de la historia: las mujeres atrapadas en la telaraña criminal del Tren de Aragua en Perú
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
En este episodio, contamos la historia detrás de la investigación escrita por Lara Loaiza sobre las trabajadoras sexuales que han sido atrapadas por...
Lo que revelan cientos de incautaciones de narcosubmarinos sobre las rutas globales de cocaína
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
En 2024 se interceptó un número casi sin precedentes de narcosubmarinos que cruzaban el Atlántico y el Pacífico, con buques cargados de droga que ...
Under the Radar: What Hundreds of Narco Sub Seizures Tell Us About Global Cocaine Routes
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A near-record number of narco submarines were intercepted crossing the Atlantic and Pacific in 2024, with drug-laden vessels appearing in new areas as...
¿Cuánto poder tienen realmente los grupos criminales de México en EE.UU.?
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
La creciente presión del gobierno de Estados Unidos sobre los grupos criminales mexicanos ha alimentado una narrativa exagerada sobre su alcance, lo ...
How Much Control Do Mexican Criminal Groups Really Have in the US?
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The mounting pressure from the US government on Mexico’s criminal groups has fueled an inflated narrative about their reach — one that may oversta...
3 claves para entender al Tren de Aragua
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, ha puesto a la banda criminal de origen venezolano, el Tren de Aragua, en el centro del huracán de sus...
What We Know About Tren de Aragua
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we explore the rise of Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang that has gained international infamy in recent years. From its home base in ...
Masacres, alianzas y traiciones: la guerra interna que dividió a los Tiguerones de Ecuador
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
El 6 de marzo, unos 20 hombres armados del grupo criminal los Tiguerones acecharon las colinas de los alrededores de Guayaquil, el principal puerto y ...
Massacres, Alliances, and Betrayals: Inside the Gang War That Tore Ecuador’s Tiguerones Apart
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On March 6, about 20 armed members of the Tiguerones criminal group lurked in the hills on the outskirts of Guayaquil, Ecuador’s port hub and larges...
La economía de Culiacán sangra en medio de la guerra del Cartel de Sinaloa
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Una mañana de septiembre, Ana Rosa Sánchez* llegó temprano a su restaurante de mariscos en Altata, un pueblo costero del estado de Sinaloa, para in...
As Sinaloa Cartel War Rages On, An Economy Bleeds Dry in Culiacán, Mexico
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
One morning in September 2024, Ana Rosa Sánchez* arrived early to begin her morning routine at a seafood restaurant in Altata, a small fishing villag...
El dinero de los Zetas y la campaña de Colom en Guatemala
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Me llamo Stephen Dudley y soy codirector de InSight Crime.A lo largo de los años, he realizado numerosos reportajes sobre candidatos presidenciales y...
The Zetas, Drug Money and the Colom Campaign in Guatemala
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
My name is Stephen Dudley, and I'm the co-director of InSight Crime.Over the years, I've done numerous reports about presidential candidates a...
La interminable disputa por el Bajo Cauca: la joya criminal de Colombia
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cerca de la orilla del Río Nechí, uno de los principales epicentros de la minería ilegal de oro en el norte de Colombia, Javier*, un líder social ...
The New Rules of Engagement in Sinaloa’s Latest Crime Wars
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A group of armed men stormed into a drug rehab facility in the city of Culiacán, Mexico, at around 2:00 in the morning on April 7, and rounded up the...
Las nuevas reglas de juego en la última guerra criminal de Sinaloa
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cerca de las 2 horas de la mañana del 7 de abril, un grupo de hombres armados irrumpió en un centro de rehabilitación de drogas en la ciudad de Cul...
Cinco años después, ¿cómo cambió la pandemia al crimen organizado en América Latina y el Caribe?
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cinco años después del inicio de la pandemia de COVID-19, el crimen organizado adoptó nuevas estrategias y fortaleció su control sobre los territo...
5 Years Later, How Has the Pandemic Changed Organized Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean?
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, organized crime in Latin America and the Caribbean has adopted new strategies and strengthened control o...
The Shadow of El Dorado | 08 He Met a Pilgrim Shadow
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two weeks ago, we published what was supposed to be the final episode of The Shadow of El Dorado, our podcast series exploring the story of Segovia, a...
Campo de exterminio en México expone los horrores del reclutamiento forzado del CJNG
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
El descubrimiento de un campo de exterminio y trabajo forzado del Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) ha generado luto nacional en México y evide...
Could US Deportations Compromise Trump Administration’s MS13 Crackdown?
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Trump administration’s decision to return a high-profile gang boss facing terrorism charges to El Salvador as part of a controversial effort to ...
The Shadow of El Dorado | 07 War Stories
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We head back to Segovia after several years away. Has the town been able to escape the blood gold cycle? ____This is the final episode of the series....
The Shadow of El Dorado | 06 The Strike
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tensions between informal miners and the Canadian multinational that is the legal owner of the town’s gold have been building ever since we first ar...
The Shadow of El Dorado | 05 Venom
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Segovia goes into lockdown when a new gold war begins as Colombia’s broader conflict enters a new chapter. But is this an existential battle between...
The Shadow of El Dorado | 04 Meet the New Boss
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Global capitalism marches into town, pledging to save Segovia from itself. But what – or who – lies behind the promises of a new era of stability ...
The Shadow of El Dorado | 03 Them
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Frontino story leads us right back to them – the paramilitary groups that have lurked in the shadows of Segovia for generations – and our defi...
The Shadow of El Dorado | 02 The Frontino Men
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our blood gold investigation takes an unexpected turn as we dive into the story of Frontino Gold Mines, a decades-old mystery that could hold the key ...
The Shadow of El Dorado | 01 Blood Gold
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our search for Colombia’s blood gold takes us to Segovia and the illegal mines at the very beginning of the global supply chain. But what we find th...
Ecuador’s Path Forward: Crime, Elections, and the Next President
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we dive into the 2025 presidential elections in Ecuador, a country that was once the envy of Latin America for its stability and safe...
Lo que un asesinato en Chile reveló sobre la relación de Maduro con el Tren de Aragua
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
La relación del gobierno venezolano con el Tren de Aragua ha sido objeto de escrutinio tras las acusaciones de que el ministro del Interior pudo esta...
Por qué los aranceles estadounidenses no detendrán el flujo de fentanilo o de migrantes desde México
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Apenas dos semanas después de tomar posesión, el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, dio un ultimátum a los gobiernos de Canadá, China y M...
Why Trump’s Tariffs Won’t Slow the Flow of Migrants or Fentanyl From Mexico
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Just two weeks after taking office, US President Donald Trump gave the governments of Canada, China, and Mexico an ultimatum.If they did not step up e...
Las informantes de Tibú: cómo el Estado colombiano desató una ola de feminicidios
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Los golpes en la puerta retumbaron en toda la casa.Era una mañana de un domingo de enero de 2021, en Tibú, un municipio del departamento colombiano ...
The Informants of Tibú: How the Colombian State Unleashed a Wave of Femicides
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A banging on the door echoed throughout the house. It was a Sunday morning in January 2021, in Tibú, a municipality in the Colombian department of No...
Los productores de fentanilo en México se adaptan a los retos del mercado
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tras cinco años de auge del tráfico de fentanilo desde el estado noroccidental de Sinaloa, “los señores”, como él se refiere a la facción de ...
How Fentanyl Producers in Mexico Are Adapting to a Challenging Market
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After five years of booming fentanyl trafficking in the northwestern state of Sinaloa, “the bosses,” as he called the Sinaloa Cartel faction of th...
¿Qué ocurrió cuando el Ministerio de Gobernación de Guatemala intentó despedir a 102 guardias penitenciarios señalados de corrupción?
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
En junio de 2024, el Ministerio de Gobernación de Guatemala presentó una denuncia ante el Ministerio Público contra 102 guardias penitenciarios s...
What Happened When Guatemala’s Interior Ministry Tried to Fire 102 Prison Guards It Accused of Corruption?
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In June 2024, Guatemala’s Interior Ministry filed a legal complaint with the Attorney General’s Office against 102 prison guards it accused of c...
Cómo el dinero del narco llegó hasta lo más alto del poder político en las Américas
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
El año 2024 ofreció algunos recordatorios contundentes de que el dinero del narcotráfico puede llegar a los niveles más altos de la política. Des...
Narco Money Scandals Reach the Apex of Political Power in the Americas
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The year 2024 included some stark reminders that drug trafficking money can reach the highest levels of politics. From Honduras to Mexico to Colombia,...
The Rebel and the Peacemaker
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In our last episode of this season we explore the incredible life of Raúl Mijango, the rebel turned congressman turned gang mediator turned inmate wh...
Crime Strengthens Crime
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Judge Ivana David has been working in the Brazil's prison system for 30 years, which gave her a front row seat to the emergence of the PCC. Its ri...
Demented Society
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Abraham Barberi is a walking paradox. He is from Mexico but lives in the United States. He does missionary work but plays guitar in a death metal band...
One Prison, Two Gangs
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On June 20, 2023, at least 46 inmates were killed by members of the 18th Street gang at Honduras’ National Female Penitentiary for Social Adaptation...
Daughter of Coca
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Colombia, farming coca for cocaine production provides an alternative livelihood in the midst of poverty and state abandonment. At the same time, c...
Why Bolivia is Burning
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 2019, a series of wildfires—largely set to clear land for agribusiness and make way for new residents — devastated Santa Cruz, the Bolivian sta...
Introducing InSight Crime’s Podcast
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For over a decade, InSight Crime has investigated organized crime in the Americas. Across the hemisphere, we’ve interviewed thousands of people, fro...