CRIME & SECURITY Eruption of organised crime changes Chile’s daily customs Today 14:50 Chileans rely on emergency jewellery, armoured cars and word of mouth as organised crime damages nation's reputation as one of the safest countries in Latin America.
CRIME & INSECURITY Milei considers deploying Armed Forces against organised crime 19-02-2024 16:59 While President Javier Milei and Defence minister Luis Petri assess modifying legislation governing role of the Armed Forces on Argentina territory, in Brazil and Paraguay armies are joining forces in the battle against organised crime.
CRIME ‘Croat’ Ivo Rojnica arrested by police in Nordelta 24-10-2023 16:20 Ivo Rojnica, allegd boss of Nimbus Group parallel exchange house, arrested in the middle of 23 raids ordered by federal judge. Businessman Federico Pulenta and another financier also apprehended. The case is for money-laundering linked to alleged drug-dealing.
CRIME & SECURITY – ANALYSIS Maximum alert at Triple Frontier after Hamas’ attacks in Israel 09-10-2023 15:31 Area taking in triple border junction of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay remains, according to different international relations analysts, “a mini state benefitting from a corrupt elite while maintaining a large and efficient money-laundering hub for organised crime and terrorist groups.”
CRIME & SECURITY Organised crime in Argentina: clans, crooked cops and money-laundering 04-09-2023 07:12 In Latin American countries such as Colombia, Mexico or El Salvador, criminal organisations have nearly taken control of their territories. Argentina, on the other hand, steers clear of that kind of violence, but that does not mean those groups do not have a presence here. Clans, money-laundering and complicity. by Sabrina Chemen