A coordinated mega-wave of raids has exposed an alleged major money laundering and tax evasion scheme involving soccer clubs in Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile.
Argentina's authorities have freed 202 Colombians who were lured to that country on the promise of work and then forced to toil in inhumane conditions at a plastics factory,…
Argentina's financial crimes unit will fine the local branch of London-based bank HSBC some $1 million dollars for failing to report a money laundering case, as part of an investigation…
A group of Paraguayan women, who ran a drug trafficking ring in Buenos Aires' largest slum, trafficked drugs from Bolivia via Paraguay into Argentina, where sales brought in up to…
According to figures from the Buenos Aires Ministry of Health, the hospital closest to the city's international airport treats an average of one drug mule a week, an indication of…
A US prosecutor in Montana state has launched an investigation into the alleged money laundering activities of Argentine currency exchange firm La Moneta, creating a possible precedent for US…
Politicians in Argentina have demanded that prosecutors investigate claims there is a drug trafficking "free zone" in a province near the Triple Frontier, a well-known hub for organized crime.
Teenagers are working as assassins in Argentina's Mendoza province, according to media reports, the latest example of child recruitment by Latin American criminal organizations.
A new United Nations report into the use and sale of cocaine base in Peru traces the rise of a drug that has blighted communities around South America, but has…
An Argentine contractor with close ties to former president Nestor Kirchner, has been accused of involvement in money laundering, capital flight and government corruption, raising questions about the activities of…
Argentine police reported dismantling a Bolivian-run human trafficking network in Buenos Aires, freeing 45 Bolivians from forced labor in textile workshops. …
The accusations from Argentina's tax authority that London-based HSBC laundered over $100 million may pale in comparison to that of the bank's US - Mexico case, but they raise the…
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