Europe is suffering a flood of cocaine shipments from Latin America into its ports, while seizures by security authorities are reaching record levels, reported InSight Crime, an organization dedicated to the study of organized crime in Latin America and the Caribbean. “In Europe there is a market that demands cocaine [ … ]
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The Dragon Chases Its Tail
The findings of journalist Agustín Barletti’s sweeping investigation on China “China’s rampant penetration in Latin America is worrisome,” says Argentine journalist, writer, and editor Agustín Barletti after completing his most recent in-depth investigation: The Dragon’s Hunger. China’s Plan to Devour the World. After three years of study, and with an [ … ]
Paraguay Reaches Record Drug Seizures
Paraguayan authorities made historic drug seizures between 2018 and 2023, with 30,000 tons of marijuana and nearly14 tons of cocaine in more than 5,000 operations, Paraguay’s National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD) indicated in a statement. “International cooperation was key to carrying out these actions in the fight against organized crime,” Francisco [ … ]
Bolivia Strengthens Operations Against Narcotrafficking
Bolivian authorities stepped up operations to counter the advances of international drug trafficking. On July 6, Vice Minister of Social Defense and Controlled Substances Jaime Mamani told Bolivian newspaper Opinión that authorities have carried out more than 25,000 anti-drug operations in the last two and a half years, seizing more [ … ]
‘Brazilian Pablo Escobar’ Arrested in Hungary
Sérgio Roberto de Carvalho, better known as the “Brazilian Pablo Escobar” or “Major Carvalho,” a former Brazilian service member, has been arrested in Budapest, the capital of Hungary, in a joint operation between Interpol, the Brazilian Federal Police (PF), and foreign agencies, Agência Brasil de Notícias reported. Carvalho, who was [ … ]
Paraguay: International Joint Operation Dismantles Network that Sent Cocaine to Europe
The Paraguayan National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD) and international European institutions have made headway with Operation North Atlantic, which seeks to dismantle a criminal group that sent cocaine via containers to the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, and Spain. According to Paraguayan newspaper ABC Color, Diego Benítez Cañete, the former sports manager of [ … ]
Paraguay: SENAD Dismantles International Narcotrafficking Organization
In early January 2022, members of the Paraguayan National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD, in Spanish) dismantled an international narcotrafficking organization as part of Operation Navis. Agents carried out six raids in different cities of the country. Authorities arrested at least four people, including gang leader Fernando Enrique Balbuena Acuña, alias Riki [ … ]
Uruguay: Fighting the Increasing Transit of Cocaine to Europe
In early July, an investigation under the leadership of the Uruguayan General Directorate for the Control of Illicit Drug Trafficking of the National Police, led to the capture of three people allegedly connected to the June 17 seizure of 1 ton of cocaine in a container in the Port of Barcelona, [ … ]
Chinese engagement in Latin America and Europe: Comparisons and Interdependencies
Abstract. This paper examines Chinese commercial, political, and security engagement with Latin America and the Caribbean, comparing it with similar engagement in Europe. It finds evidence that PRC engagement globally is driven by a strategy focused on re-orienting the world to the economic benefit of the PRC, with nonetheless important [ … ]
Paraguay: Anti-drug Agents Destroy Nearly 1,500 Tons of Marijuana
The Paraguayan National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD, in Spanish) concluded Operation New Alliance XXIV (Operación Nueva Alianza XXIV) with the destruction of 490 hectares of illegal cannabis crops in Amambay department, on March 8, 2021. “The 490 hectares are equivalent to 1,470 tons of marijuana destroyed,” SENAD reported in a statement. [ … ]
Uruguay Seizes Largest Cocaine Shipment Ever
In late December 2019, the Uruguayan Navy seized about 6 tons of cocaine, striking what it called "the largest blow to narcotrafficking in the country's history." Authorities arrested four people following an operation that brought elements of the Navy from Montevideo Port, on the south coast, to the city of [ … ]
Venezuela Has the Most Expensive French Fries on the Continent
French fries, a common food, affordable in most parts of the world and generally very popular, have become a luxury for many in Venezuela. The price of French fries in Venezuela ($4.50) greatly exceeds the cost of this product in countries of the region, such as Brazil ($3.35), Argentina ($3), [ … ]