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Paraguayan drug network that operates with cryptocurrencies denounced

Published on: February 6, 2024
00:30

Asunción, Feb 6 (Prensa Latina) An international organization of drug traffickers deactivated in 2022 by Paraguay's Operation A Ultranza Py, the largest in the country against this scourge, used cryptocurrencies in its transactions, the government reported.

Jamaica seizes more than 1,100 kilograms of marijuana

Published on: February 5, 2024
14:00

Kingston, Feb 5 (Prensa Latina) Jamaican authorities seized more than 1,100 kilos of marijuana, with an estimated value of 26.2 million dollars, off the coast of the eastern parish of Saint Thomas, local media reported on Monday.

Jamaican police seize more than 225 kilograms of marijuana

Published on: February 1, 2024
12:04

Kingston, Feb 1 (Prensa Latina) The Jamaican Police seized more than 225 kilograms of marijuana in two operations in the southwestern parish of Saint Elizabeth, local media reported on Thursday.

Government of Bolivia highlights UN presence in drug destruction

Published on: January 26, 2024
07:55

La Paz, Jan 26 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is present in 97 percent of the narcotics incineration operations in Bolivia, Government Minister Carlos Eduardo del Castillo assured.

Paraguay seizes ecstasy from Australia and United Kingdom

Published on: January 25, 2024
10:32

Asunción, Jan 25 (Prensa Latina) Paraguayan agents seized some 26 thousand doses of ecstasy pills sent from Australia and the United Kingdom, the newspaper Última Hora reported.

Salvadorian authorities continue to target drug trafficking and gangs

Published on: January 18, 2024
00:15

San Salvador, Jan 18 (Prensa Latina) Authorities in El Salvador continue its raids against drug trafficking and gangs just weeks before the presidential elections on February 4.

Bolivia in solidarity with Ecuador, asks to regionalize war on drugs

Published on: January 10, 2024
10:35

La Paz, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) The president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, deplored in his social networks the acts of violence occurred on Tuesday in Ecuador and urged to regionalize the battle against drug trafficking and organized crime.

Panama seized 108.6 tons of drugs in 2023

Published on: January 8, 2024
14:56

Panama City, Jan 8 (Prensa Latina) Panama's Public Prosecutor's Office (MP) reported that in 2023 they seized 108.67 tons of drugs, less than the 128.4 tons seized in 2022.

Argentines sentenced to prison terms in Uruguay for drug trafficking

Published on: January 7, 2024
10:40

Montevideo, Jan 7 (Prensa Latina) Uruguayan justice acted quickly and sentenced three Argentines to sentences of between four and five years for drug trafficking, it was reported today.

Drug trafficking attempt in Uruguay is being tracked down

Published on: January 7, 2024
10:26

Montevideo, Jan 7 (Prensa Latina) Uruguayan authorities are today following the trail of a small plane that dropped the day before a shipment of 400 kilograms of cocaine in the department of Rio Negro, and whose receivers were arrested.

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