Tag: arms trafficking

• Tuesday, August 5th 2025 - 08:25 UTC

  Suspected parcel in Uruguay leads to seizure of military-grade rifles

  

  Uruguayan customs authorities seized two military-grade rifles on Monday during a routine inspection at a transportation agency in Montevideo. The weapons were discovered inside what officials described as a “suspicious parcel.”

• Tuesday, May 14th 2024 - 10:54 UTC

  Caricom joins forces to tackle arms trade

  

  Dignitaries of Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries have signed the first-ever international treaty to regulate the trade of conventional weapons and promote peace by preventing the illicit trafficking of small arms and light weapons in the region.

• Thursday, June 2nd 2022 - 07:49 UTC

  Chilean President wants full ban on gun ownership

  

  Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font Wednesday gave his first TV speech, during which he announced a plan to ban gun ownership and tackle drug trafficking, among other relevant measures.

• Monday, July 1st 2019 - 09:54 UTC

  The transnational investigation behind Argentina's largest seizure of weapons

  

  After months of joint investigations with the United States, Argentina last week made the largest weapons seizure in the country’s history. Details of the bust and transnational investigation are coming to light sparked by a couple of packages that caught the attention of customs officers in Miami last October.

• Thursday, June 27th 2019 - 15:12 UTC

  Argentina foils arms trafficking gang operating in Paraguay and Brazil

  

  Argentina foiled an international gang dedicated to arms trafficking following raids in several provinces and eight months of committed criminal intelligence, according to Security minister Patricia Bullrich.

• Friday, October 5th 2018 - 08:53 UTC

  Ex Argentine president Menem acquitted of arms shipments to Croatia and Ecuador

  

  Argentina's highest criminal court acquitted former President Carlos Menem of smuggling arms shipments to Ecuador and Croatia in the 1990s when both countries were involved in armed conflicts, overturning a 2013 conviction.

• Thursday, October 4th 2018 - 20:30 UTC

  Menem found not guilty in arms trafficking case

  

  A Buenos Aires Federal Court of Appeals Thursday ruled in favour of acquitting former Argentine President Carlos Saúl Menem in the case for arms trafficking to Ecuador and Croatia after 23 years of legal proceedings.