Twenty judges of the Ghanaian Lower Court were arrested after months of investigations following the release of a documentary film in September that showed judges and magistrates accepting bribes to influence their verdicts in court. However, the judges will not be tried for their crimes. Ghana’s Chief of Justice Georgina Wood declared that resolute measures…
On 9 December 2015, the United Nations celebrates the International Anti-Corruption Day. UN Secretary General Ban-Ki-Moon called for united efforts to deliver a clear message around the world that firmly rejects corruption and embraces the principles of transparency, accountability and good governance. The 2015 joint international campaign “Break the Corruption Chain” focuses on how corruption…
Closing event of the AMERIPOL-EU event held in Bogota. Financed under the ICsP and part of the flagship Cocaine Route Programme, the projects objectives focused on strengthening the cooperation of law enforcement, judicial and prosecuting authorities in Latin America and the Caribbean. During a regional workshop on Risk Assessment on Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing…
The nephews of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who were arrested by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on 11 November as allegedly trying to smuggle 800 kg of cocaine in the US, are trying to negotiate a deal with New York federal prosecutors. The two men would reportedly hand over details on the relationship between the…
The Centre for Studies on Public Security and Citizenship (CESeC) of Rio de Janeiro is trying to develop a new approach using public arts to educate people about drug war’s failure. In late April, the organisation launched an antiprohibition ad campaign, Da Proibição Nasce o Tráfico (“Trafficking Is Born of Prohibition”) which consists of five…
Seven people were arrested in a joint operation of Italian and Costa Rican law enforcement authorities during ten different raids in Pital de San Carlos, Rio Cuardo de Grecia, Santa Barbara de Heredia and San Jose, Costa Rica. Over the last several years, cocaine shipments from Costa Rica have made their way to 39 different…
Following the increasing efforts of the Argentinian government to combat aerial drug trafficking, traffickers have allegedly started using amphibious aircrafts into the country. According to the Argentine Anti-Drugs Association, several planes depart from Pilar in Paraguay and arrive on Parana and Uruguay rivers in Argentina. The Colombia Armed Forces dismantled a massive cocaine processing lab allegedly…
The Stakeholder Information Meeting on the EU Cocaine Route Programme of the Cocaine Route Programme (CRP) took place in Brussels on 4ht of November. Organised by DG DEVCO Unit B5 and by the Cocaine Route Monitoring and Support project (CORMS), the meeting was an opportunity to present the achievements of the Programme so far to…
Two relatives of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro have been arrested in Haiti as accused of smuggling 800 kg of cocaine in the United States. The two men, Efrain Antonio Campo Flores and Francisco Flores de Freitas, are nephews of Cilia Flores, Venezuela’s first lady and one of the most powerful figures in the Government, who…
Bolivian Defense Minister signed an agreeement to buy radar equipment designed to detect drug planes. The equipment was purchased from the French company Thales Air System. This agreement could help the government reduce Bolivia’s role in the “cocaine air bridge” from Peru to Brazil. Indigenous groups on the Caribbean coast of Honduras are denouncing distress…
