Violent deaths among youth in Argentina are at a ten-year high in a pattern that may point to the rise in organized crime in the country. …
Argentina has released and deported a model from Colombia convicted of drug trafficking in 2011, in a case highlighting the controversial Argentine practice of ejecting foreign prisoners after serving half…
Police in Argentina have uncovered a drug lab and seized 200,000 ecstasy tablets and precursor chemicals in Buenos Aires, in a bust that indicates criminals may have begun domestic production…
Authorities in northern Argentina have seized a vehicle transporting 25 tons of precursor chemical sodium carbonate, highlighting the links between one of the region's key precursor producers in Argentina and…
The Gulf States are an increasingly important operation base and drug transshipment point for Latin American groups, according to a prominent security analyst, using the region to coordinate transport to…
A rise in drug-related violence in northern Argentina is reportedly the result of a "turf war" between five major gangs, one indication that the city of Rosario is increasingly becoming…
Authorities in Argentina have arrested the head of the Cordoba province antinarcotics police for alleged drug ties, in one example of the widespread police corruption affecting this Southern Cone nation.
The failure of Argentina's government to provide important information for a money laundering investigation into an Argentine government linked contractor has apparently paralyzed proceedings in neighboring Uruguay, something that could…
The director of Argentina's federal police has received a death threat believed to be from one of the country's "soccer mafias" -- violent gangs that control the sport and…
Argentine authorities have arrested the final suspect in an international drug trafficking network led by Serbians and Croatians that moved cocaine from Argentina to Eastern Europe, highlighting the rising importance…
The drug trade in northern Argentina has left more than a thousand dead in nine years, according to a report shedding light on the crime dynamics of a growing…
A former JP Morgan executive testified on how he helped wealthy Argentine clients evade billions of dollars worth of taxes, in a case that raises questions over the extent to…
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