Diosdado Cabello, Venezuela’s parliamentary speaker, has denied involvement in cocaine smuggling, following US reports that he is under investigation for trafficking and money laundering. A plane carrying over a tonne of cocaine crashed into the Caribbean following a pursuit by the Colombian air force. The use of caterpillars which feed on coca plants has been…
Enhancing skills in asset recovery and money laundering investigations was the focus of a specialised five-day training course for law enforcement officers in Latin America that took place from 20 – 24 April in Santiago (Chile). Part of an already established collaboration between the GAFILAT-EU project and the INTERPOL Regional Bureau for South America, the…
Venezuelan officials have denounced a report that links the head of the country’s congress, President Diosdado Cabello, to the drug trade. Georgian police have seized an amount of cocaine valued at US$2.5 million at the Ninotsminda/Bavra border crossing with Armenia. In Nigeria, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has “smashed” a drug trafficking cell…
2.5kgs of cocaine valued at 6 million pesos (~USD400,000) has been seized, following the arrest of a Mexican in joint efforts involving the Philippine National Police Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operation Task Force and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency. A drug baron, Karl Wilson, has been jailed for 16 years for running a multi-million pound smuggling ring,…
Cocaine valued at £5 million was seized from a light aircraft at an East Yorkshire airfield in the UK, following joint operations by members of the NCA and Border Force. Many Mexaican citizens believe that the 43 missing and possibly dead students in Iguala reveal the increasing connection between corruption and violence which indicate failures…
Research published in the US vividly demonstrated the effect which cocaine has upon blood vessels in the brain. •A corrupt Portsmouth dockyard worker was among the 10 individuals imprisoned this week for attempting to smuggle cocaine into the UK disguised in crates of bananas and pineapples. • Peruvian authorities seized 6.5 tons of cocaine from…
Canadian police seized 37.5kgs of cocaine concealed inside a shipment of machine parts originating in Panama. • California’s state assembly gave final legislative approval to a bill proposing to lower the penalty for the sale of crack cocaine to the same as that for powdered cocaine. • Costa Rican police arrested 6 drug traffickers at…
•California Assembly votes to reduce penalties for the sale of crack cocaine •South African cabinet minister under investigation for alleged involvement with cocaine-smuggling syndicate •Argentine Supreme Court Judge announces national rise in drug-trafficking operations •An international drug-smuggling and money-laundering ring was dismantled in the Dominican Republic •A 78-year old US doctor was found guilty of…
• A leading French narcotics officer was charged in connection with the disappearance of captured cocaine from the French police HQ • 127kgs of cocaine were seized aboard a Spanish navy vessel returning from Colombia • The European Commission announced additional funding for the AIRCOP initiative • The former Haitian president was banned from leaving…
• The New York Times started debate on the end of marijuana prohibition. • A French counternarcotics officer was arrested near the Spanish border after 51kgs of cocaine “disappeared” from Paris HQ • UK Border Force discovers 40kgs of cocaine aboard container vessel used to transport bananas • The US courier firm FedEx pleaded not…
