Europol coordinated an operation against a Nigerian drug trafficking gang with police forces in the Czech Republic, Spain, Germany, Austria, and Sweden. The operation led to the arrest of 10 people and to the seizure of significant amounts of cocaine throughout Europe. The Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) will soon…
The Government of Ethiopia and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime have signed a Memorandum of Understanding agreeing to the establishment of AIRCOP at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa. The Ethiopian government has committed to providing a designated focal point for the project steering committee, to securing premises at the airport and…
In June 2015, a former advisor to Argentina’s Security Ministry, Jorge Rodriguez, warned of the increasing presence of Peruvian-run criminal groups in greater Buenos Aires. He believes that there are at least 12 cocaine-processing laboratories in the city, each generating an approximate daily profit of US $1,200,000. These operations, he said, could not be possible…
Peru’s Congress approved the resumption of the aerial interdiction practice, which would allow police forces to shoot down flights suspected of transporting cocaine and other illicit drugs in Peruvian air space. According to President Ollanta Humala, this law would act as a deterrent in the fight against drug trafficking. Since January 2015, more than 36…
Representatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) declared that, from January to June 2015, the agency has seized 445.125 kg of drugs worth approximately US$14 million at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos. Moreover, the police were able to intercept US$2.5 million from money laundering and arrest 75 alleged drug traffickers, with…
The Guyanese authorities arrested a mother and a daughter allegedly accused of trafficking cocaine in Georgetown. They pleaded not guilty after being caught selling cocaine to a police officer. The US Coast Guard intercepted a narco-submarine transporting over 7 tons of cocaine, worth approximately US$181 million. The authorities were able to seize 5,400 kg, while…
The report of the Global Financial Integrity group ranked Nigeria as one of the 10 largest countries for illicit financial flows in the world. Following this data, representatives of Nigerian Apex Bank allegedly declared that they would heavily sanction money deposit Banks that aid individuals to launder money. The Nigerian National Drug Law Enforcement Agency…
UNODC report claimed that Colombia is experiencing an annual increase of coca cultivation of 44%, in conjunction with a 52% of production of cocaine. Reportedly, this data have forced the Colombian government to take under serious consideration resuming glyphosate fumigation programme to eradicate coca crops. The programme was suspended in early May after the World…
