Former Argentine President Carlos Menem and 17 members of his government were acquitted Tuesday of charges that they violated international weapons embargoes on Ecuador and Croatia in the 1990s

Transport workers’ leaders in Argentina have called a strike for Monday that is expected to paralyse most services, after Switzerland requested information on the head of the country’s top union confederation as part of a money laundering investigation

In this society where tax evasion is the rule, corruption is common and white-collar crimes suck as much as $20 billion out of the country each year, a supercop of sorts has just been given new power to examine the books of the rich and powerful — from politicians and judges to union and business leaders, even foreign diplomats

Over 3,500 kilos of cocaine seized

The world’s biggest drugs and money laundering “super cartel” in Colombia has been smashed by the American government, officials said