News of mafia

Argentina applies new ‘anti-mafia law’ in Rosario

16-05-2025 12:49 Milei government applies “anti-mafia law” against organised crime in troubled Santa Fe city; Rosario becomes first place in country to see application of new crime-fighting law.

DRUG VIOLENCE

Narco violence tops agenda in Ecuador election

04-02-2025 10:25 Ecuadoreans vote Sunday for the country's next president as drug-related cartel and mafia violence run rampant. 'Iron fist' incumbent Daniel Noboa is up against Luisa González, a staunch defender of democracy.

CRIME & INSECURITY

Drug violence and fear paralyse Rosario as security crisis deepens

11-03-2024 17:09 Without taxis or buses and with closed schools: Parts of Rosario, Argentina's third-most populated city, have been turned into a ghost-town after four murders linked to drug-trafficking. President Javier Milei’s government has sent federal security forces to the region to assist efforts to secure the city.

Extortion in Peru

Pay up, or else: Latin America cowed by lucrative extortion

26-02-2024 13:50 Extortion, a business more lucrative than drug trafficking thanks to its high profits, has become the bane of citizens' existence from Mexico through Central America to Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.