InSight Crime has analysed the 2016 EU Drug Markets Report and reported that the Caribbean is becoming a popular drug route for traffickers to Europe due to stronger interdiction in Central America and Mexico. In addition, the article has reported the growing use of shipping containers to transport cocaine. The commander of Colombia’s Pacific naval forces,…
On 24 May 2016, the Government of Argentina signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) for the implementation of the AIRCOP at Ezeiza International Airport. Argentina becomes the fifth country in Latin America and the Caribbean to sign a MoU with UNODC for the implementation of…
On April 6th, the EMCDDA and Europol presented in Brussels the new 2016 EU Drug Markets Report. The report, presented by EMCDDA Director Alexis Goosdeel, provides a state-of-the-art analysis of the EU illicit drug market, covering the trends along the supply chain from production and trafficking to marketing, distribution and consumption. It also analyses the…
The Spanish police arrested a number of Dutch citizens smuggling between Malaga and the Netherlands. More than 500 kilos of drugs were seized. In total the Spanish police seized 242.7 kilos of marijuana and 420 kilos of hashish. A recent report on drug trafficking in Venezuelan border state Zulia draws attention to a key cocaine corridor that…
Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested four Mexican citizens accused of being responsible of the establishment of a massive lab for the production of methamphetamines in Delta. Four Nigerians, suspected of owning the facility, were detained as well. The drugs were reportedly destined to Singapore and Malaysia. Colombia’s government will…
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the European Union and International Police (INTERPOL) have jointly launched a Euro 1.3-million programme to fight money laundering. INTERPOL will support investigative capacity building of law enforcement agencies in the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) Region in the area of financial crimes at national and international…
The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), the body responsible for overseeing implementation of UN drug accords, released its last report. The Report contains chapters on the health and welfare of mankind and the international drug control system. According to the 2016 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR), Belize has become a transshipment point for marijuana…
Around 300 Ecuadorian fishermen have been arrested in the last three years by foreign authorities for being involved in international drug-trafficking rings. According to the Ecuadorian authorities, the fishermen are now under the custody in the United States, Guatemala or Colombia. The EMCDDA is currently developing estimates of the size of the drug market in the…
A suspected drug smuggler has been arrested at Dusseldorf Airport with 15 kg of cocaine in his suitcase. The man has been identified after flying in from the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo via Madrid. The arrest is part of a wider investigation launched in November. Mauritanian authorities confirmed the connection between drug trafficking networks…
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) hosted the first AIRCOP specialized training in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 25 January to 5 February 2016, for 18 law enforcement officials from the Airport Security Police (PSA), Argentine Federal Police (PFA), Argentine Tax and Customs Authority (AFIP) and INTERPOL Argentina. The training took place at…
