InSight Crime
Jeremy McDermott is a seasoned journalist and co-director of InSight Crime, where responsibilities include field research in South America and monitoring Andean drug trafficking gangs and guerrilla groups. Previously, McDermott served as the Colombia Correspondent for BBC, focusing on the Colombian civil conflict, and contributed to Janes Intelligence Review, reporting on organized crime and terrorism in Latin America. As a Latin America Correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, McDermott covered significant news stories from Mexico to Argentina. Early career experience includes work as a freelance war correspondent in the Balkans and the Middle East, and a military background as a Captain in the Grenadier Guards. Education includes a Master's degree from The University of Edinburgh and earlier studies at Ampleforth College.
InSight Crime
InSight’s objective is to increase the level of research, analysis and investigation on organized crime in Latin America and the Caribbean. To this end, InSight has created this website where it connects the pieces, the players and organizations and gives a cohesive look of the region’s criminal enterprises and the effectiveness of the initiatives designed to stop them. InSight’s staff also writes analysis and does field investigations, providing the type of on-the-ground research absent in other monitoring services.