June 20, 2025

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This week, InSight Crime spoke ([link removed]) with Juan Félix Marteau about the challenges of tackling money laundering in Argentina. The debate over the effectiveness of anti-money laundering policies in the region has intensified in recent years, and the crime remains one of the most difficult to detect and prosecute.

Also this week, the attempted assassination of Colombian presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay occurred ([link removed]) against a backdrop of growing political violence that echoes the country’s turbulent past; the establishment of harsher penalties for trafficking illicit fentanyl in the United States promised to do little ([link removed]) to defeat the organized crime groups trafficking the synthetic opioid from Mexico; Iceland's record-breaking cocaine seizures suggested ([link removed]) that Europe’s oversupply of the drug is reaching smaller markets and opening new opportunities for traffickers; and a record high bounty for an organized crime boss known as “El Monstruo” highlighted
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This and more below.


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** Can Argentina Face Its Growing Money Laundering Challenges? ([link removed])
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Money laundering is one of the most difficult criminal economies to detect and prosecute, and the debate over the effectiveness of policies to tackle it has intensified in recent years, especially in Argentina.

InSight Crime discussed the structural challenges behind money laundering in the country with Juan Félix Marteau, president of the Financial Intelligence Research Foundation (Fundación de Investigaciones en Inteligencia Financiera – FININT), director of the Center for the Study of Security, Terrorism and Financial Crime at the University of Buenos Aires, and twice Argentina’s national coordinator for combating financial crime.

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** Who Was Behind the Attempted Hit on a Colombian Presidential Hopeful? ([link removed])
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The attempted assassination of Colombian presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay last weekend came against a background of …

More Punitive US Measures Unlikely to Curb Fentanyl Trafficking ([link removed])

What Iceland’s Cocaine Surge Says About Europe’s Saturated Drug Market ([link removed])

An Extortion ‘Monster’ is Now Peru’s Most Wanted Criminal ([link removed])


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InSight Crime investigator Sam Woolston offered authoritative analysis on ZDFheute regarding the use of narco subs to smuggle cocaine into Europe. Narco subs have been in operation for decades, mainly transporting cocaine from Colombia’s Pacific coast to Central America or Mexico. Recent seizures of these hard-to-detect vessels shows they're growing in number, expanding their reach, and becoming increasingly sophisticated, allowing them to consistently outpace enforcement efforts.

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** This Week's Criminal Profile: Tren de Aragua
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Tren de Aragua is Venezuela’s most powerful homegrown criminal organization and the only gang of Venezuelan origin that has successfully projected its power abroad. It has evolved from its origins as a prison gang into a transnational threat with a diverse criminal portfolio.

Amid reports of new cells emerging across South America, this week Colombian authorities captured 17 alleged members of the organization, accused of participating in extortion activities in La Parada, Villa del Rosario.
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** Under the Radar: What Hundreds of Narco Sub Seizures Tell Us About Global Cocaine Routes ([link removed])
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This week on Narrated Stories: What are narco submarines and why are they so hard to detect? Find out how these elusive vessels are making their way to the far corners of the globe. Don't miss this special edition, with exclusive images, facts and animations.

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"According to InSight Crime, drug trafficking gangs have found a lucrative market in the growing number of migrants crossing Mexico in hopes of reaching the United States."

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** Trending: US Treasury Sanctions CJNG Members. Again.
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Fresh sanctions against five Mexico-based members of the Jalisco Cartel New Generation (Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion – CJNG) have been issued by the US Treasury Department. The group’s leader, Ruben Oseguera Cervantes, alias “El Mencho,” was targeted, as well as Ricardo Ruiz Velasco, who is accused of murdering social media influencer Valeria Marquez while she was live streaming on May 13.
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** Killing Camp in Mexico Shows Horrors of CJNG Forced Recruitment ([link removed])
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** What You Need to Know About the Criminal Groups the US Just Labeled ‘Terrorists’ ([link removed])
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Read our ‘El Mencho’ profile > ([link removed])

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