Cocaine Route Programme Newsletter N°16
Issue16_CRP Newsletter
Newsbriefing – Week of 11 November
The Italian Carabinieri (Carabinieri) and the Italian Finance Corps (Guardia di Finanza), supported by Italian Customs, Europol and Frontex, seized 1 176 kg of cocaine worth €250 million in the Port of Gioia Tauro, southwest Italy. The shipping documents show that the container was destined for Germany. The drug was hidden in a case of…
Newsbriefing – Week of 4 November
Japanese authorities have seized a record shipment of 400kg of cocaine, worth $73 million, in the port city of Kobe. The shipment may have reached the city by mistake. Turkish authorities seized 115 kg of heroin in the Konya province. The drug was hidden in a truck. 21 police officers in Paraguay are accused of receiving bribes…
Newsbriefing – Week of 28 October
Italian interior minister Luciana Lamorgese alerted over mafia network transformation and diversification. OCGs in Italy are less high profile in recent years as they spread into new economic sectors, but they remain a threat to Italy’s institutions and economic system. The Ndrangheta mafia is estimated to weight around 54 billion euros, more than Deutsche Bank…
AIRCOP Newsletter October 2019
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