bAn Argentine judge has warned of the possible emergence a new drug trafficking route from Buenos Aires to Doha, the capital of the Middle Eastern state of Qatar.
Reports from Argentina claim that a member of Mexican drug gang the Zetas has been arrested the country, after a police operation against a drug trafficking gang.
Reports that two of Colombias most wanted drug traffickers traveled to Argentina to hold talks are only the latest evidence that the country is being used as a hideout and…
More than 1,300 labor and sex trafficking victims rescued in Argentina since 2008 are foreign nationals, according to statistics released by the government.
While crack cocaine has declined in popularity in the U.S., its use is increasing in Latin America, spreading to non-coca producing countries like Brazil and Argentina.
Bolivia is set to install a radar security system on its border to better monitor its airspace and fight drug trafficking.
Argentina's President Cristina Kirchner has announced the launch of a program to control the movement of aircraft leaving and entering the countrys northern airspace, in an attempt to improve security.
Argentina's authorities arrested four suspected members of a gang, two of them from China, who allegedly targeted Chinese establishments for extortion in the area around Buenos Aires.
The presidents of Mexico and Argentina agreed to increase their cooperation in the fight against organized crime, signing an extradition treaty at a meeting in Mexico.
Reports that Sinaloa Cartel boss Joaquin Guzman Loera, alias "El Chapo," lived in Argentina until March 2011 have sparked new speculation about the fugitive capos whereabouts.
Paraguay will begin patrolling its border with Bolivia by air in order to crack down on drug trafficking, reports La Razon. Tucano combat planes were deployed April 27 at noon…
Police in Argentina have arrested the alleged top financial operative of a very wealthy but for a long time little-known Colombian drug network, accused of laundering millions of dollars through…
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