News Briefing – Week of 15 February 2021

Cocaine, Heroin, Human trafficking, Illicit trade, Marijuana, Money laundering, Newsbriefings, opium, Organised Crime Organisation

15/02  – Afghanistan’s opium poppy economy presents a complex policy problem. The latest Drugs & (dis)order project report gives an overview and background understanding of the counter-narcotics laws, policies and programmes that have underpinned counter-narcotics efforts in Afghanistan since 2001.   15/02 – Due to the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, vulnerable communities…

News Briefing – Week of 08 February 2021

Cocaine, Cooperation, Ecstasy, Firearms, Illegal mining, Illicit trade, Money laundering, Newsbriefings, Organised Crime Organisation, Trafficking

08/02 – In a joint operation by the Spanish Civil Guard, the National Police and the Internal Revenue Service dismantled an alleged Chinese Mafia organisation dedicated to international drug trafficking and money laundering through parcel companies. Agents arrested 38 suspects and carried out 30 searches in the provinces of Madrid, Salamanca, Toledo, Asturias, Lugo and…

News Briefing – Week of 01 February 2021

Cannabis, Cigarettes, Cocaine, Firearms, Illicit trade, Marijuana, Methamphetamines, Money laundering, Newsbriefings, Organised Crime Organisation

01/02 – Hungarian officials found 3,000 boxes of smuggled cigarettes in Röszke during an inspection of a Turkish truck transporting smoked trout fillets.   01/02 – The Bulgarian authorities, with Europol support, took down an organised crime group suspected of currency and document counterfeiting.   02/02 – The Colombian Policía Metropolitana seized 457 kilograms of…

News Briefing – Week of 25 January 2021

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

25/01 – According to a new report by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, Balkan arms smugglers are supplying Sweden’s criminal groups with assault rifles, Serbian pistols and Yugoslav-era hand grenades.   25/01 – The Spanish Civil Guard dismantled an organisation allegedly trafficking drug to other European countries. The agents arrested 24 people and…