On 9 December 2015, the United Nations celebrates the International Anti-Corruption Day. UN Secretary General Ban-Ki-Moon called for united efforts to deliver a clear message around the world that firmly rejects corruption and embraces the principles of transparency, accountability and good governance. The 2015 joint international campaign “Break the Corruption Chain” focuses on how corruption…
Closing event of the AMERIPOL-EU event held in Bogota. Financed under the ICsP and part of the flagship Cocaine Route Programme, the projects objectives focused on strengthening the cooperation of law enforcement, judicial and prosecuting authorities in Latin America and the Caribbean. During a regional workshop on Risk Assessment on Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing…
The nephews of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who were arrested by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on 11 November as allegedly trying to smuggle 800 kg of cocaine in the US, are trying to negotiate a deal with New York federal prosecutors. The two men would reportedly hand over details on the relationship between the…
Two relatives of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro have been arrested in Haiti as accused of smuggling 800 kg of cocaine in the United States. The two men, Efrain Antonio Campo Flores and Francisco Flores de Freitas, are nephews of Cilia Flores, Venezuela’s first lady and one of the most powerful figures in the Government, who…
Bolivian Defense Minister signed an agreeement to buy radar equipment designed to detect drug planes. The equipment was purchased from the French company Thales Air System. This agreement could help the government reduce Bolivia’s role in the “cocaine air bridge” from Peru to Brazil. Indigenous groups on the Caribbean coast of Honduras are denouncing distress…
Two French pilots who fled from Dominican Republic as accused of alleged cocaine trafficking, were arrested in France. Dominican Republic’s prosecutor general announced tht he had requested an international arrest warrant for the two pilots. UNODC and other stakeholders called the Federal Government of Niigeria to review its drug laws, focusing more on the rehabilitation…
The British Government has started delivering fundings to Peru for the establishment of a new surveillance centre to intercept phone calls of up to 100 drugtraffickers. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested a Kenyan Airways profiler at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos for allegedly exporting 3.1 kg of cannabis to Dubai. Former…
Ghana’s Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Woo has suspended seven of 12 High Court judges implicated in allegations of bribery stemming from a documentary made by an investigative journalist. Journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas says he has nearly 500 hours of video evidence on tape, showing judges alleging asking for bribes and demanding sex. His documentary, shown…
Brazil’s Supreme Court justices have been discussing the possibility of decriminalise the personal possession of marijuana. Six votes are needed for the bill to pass and three out of the 11 judges have already voted in favour. According to the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) approximately 62 tons of cocaine were seized last…
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…
