James Bargent is an investigative journalist with over a decade’s experience covering organized crime, conflict, and corruption in Latin America. His work has appeared in a wide range of international media outlets, such as the Miami Herald, the Toronto Star, Vice News, the Guardian, and the Independent. He currently works as a senior editor and investigator at InSight Crime, where he has led investigations into the transnational drug trade, environmental crime, prisons, civil conflict, criminal governance, and systemic corruption.