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Paraguay department Ñeembucú has become a drug trafficking haven

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Without a permanent National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD) bureau and with only one anti-narcotics police officer to cover the whole of Ñeembucú, criminal organizations are gaining ground and establishing themselves.

According to Interim Prosecutor Milciades Ramos of the Prosecutor's Office Specialized Unit for the Fight against Drug Trafficking in Ñeembucú, there are shortcomings in the fight against drug trafficking in the department. A permanent SENAD bureau has not been operational for approximately two years, Ramos said.

The bureau has reportedly ceased to operate due to a lack of funds, the prosecutor said. "There was . . .

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