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Security & Strategic Review - September 2025
ARGENTINA: Health scare erupts over contaminated fentanyl
Authorities are investigating the cause of a contaminated batch of medical fentanyl, which as of late August, is estimated to have resulted in nearly a hundred deaths this year. The federal judge overseeing the case, Ernesto Kreplak, has said that the batch had been circulating widely, raising concerns that the death toll from this potential failure in sanitary checks could be even higher.
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