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Security & Strategic Review September 2008 (ISSN 1741-4202)
ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires becomes hub of ephedrine traffic
The murder in mid-August of three businessmen
suspected of connections with the drugs trade has lifted the lid on a
development few had suspected until very recently: Argentina's transformation
into a hub for the trade in ephedrine and pseudo-ephedrine, chemicals used in
the manufacture of Ecstasy and other designer drugs. Evidence is mounting that
this clandestine industry is already moving into the next phase: the local
manufacture of the drugs themselves.
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