Triple Frontier
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The Triple Frontier is the tri-border area along the junction of Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil and is the location of the Iguaçu Waterfalls. The frontier is very lightly guarded and serves as a haven for car theft, counterfeiting, arms and drug trafficking, smuggling, money laundering, and other illicit activities.
In 2002 the United States Treasury Department mentioned in a memo that there are "clear examples" of Islamic groups in the region that "finance terrorist activities". Groups like Egypt's al-Gama'at al-Islamiyya, Islamic Jihad, Hizballah, and Al Qaeda are believed to draw some of their funding from activities in the Triple Frontier.
See also
The Triple Frontier should not be confused with Tres Fronteras, at the border between Brazil, Peru, and Colombia.
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