News Briefing – Week of 18 January 2021

Cigarettes, Cocaine, Illicit trade, Marijuana, Money laundering, Newsbriefings, Organised Crime Organisation, Seizure

18/01 – Panamanian law enforcement authorities seized 600 kilos of cocaine hidden in a container in the port of Colon City, Panama.   18/01 – The Dirección Nacional de Control de Drogas (DNCD), in a joint operation with the Armada de República Dominicana and the Ejército, seized 191 packages presumed to be filled with cocaine…

News Briefing – Week of 11 January 2021

Cigarettes, Cocaine, Cooperation, Dark web, Firearms, Human trafficking, Illicit trade, Marijuana, Methamphetamines, Newsbriefings, Organised Crime Organisation, Trafficking, Wildlife trafficking

11/01 – Europol and Frontex signed an agreement to exchange liaison officers.   11/01 – Argentinian authorities found 216 amazon parrots at checkpoint in Santiago.   11/01 – The Colombian Policía Antinarcóticos in coordination with the Armada Nacional, seized 1,539 kilograms of cocaine and another five kilograms of amphetamines on a merchant ship in Cartagena.…

News Briefing – Week of 04 January 2021

Cigarettes, Cocaine, Cooperation, Firearms, Human trafficking, Illicit trade, Marijuana, Newsbriefings, Organised Crime Organisation, Seizure, Trafficking, Wildlife trafficking

04/01 – Workers from the Liège Port Authority discovered 1.28 tonnes of cocaine, worth around 100 million euros, in cement bags on an unloading dock on the banks of the Meuse.   04/01 – The Colombian Policía Nacional in cooperation with the D.E.A. Anti-Drug Agency, the United States Coast Guard and the Dominican Armada de…

News Briefing – Week of 28 December 2020

Cocaine, Firearms, Human trafficking, Illicit trade, Marijuana, Newsbriefings, Organised Crime Organisation, Seizure, Trafficking

28/12 – The Dirección Central Antinarcóticos (DICAN) of the Dominican Policía Nacional seized 2,708 grams of different types of drugs such as cocaine, marijuana and crack during operations on 27 December.   28/12 – Under the Operation “Alfil Caído”, the Chilean Carabineros seized 631 kilos of cocaine in the north of the country.   29/12…