300 kgs of cocaine valued at £40 million hidden in a shipment of bananas originating from Colombia was seized in Portsmouth, UK, following joint efforts by Border Force, Irish Police and the NCA. 25 kgs of cocaine valued at £750, 000 was seized and ten people were arrested in Swansea, UK. Cocaine valued at £100,000…
20 kilograms of cocaine valued at £1 million, bound for the Fermanagh area of Northern Ireland, has been seized in a port in Holland by Dutch authorities. 54 kilograms of cocaine estimated at £8 million, hidden within a lorry-load of Christmas trees at the port of Harwich, UK was seized as one person was arrested by…
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…
Argentina is reportedly becoming a major drug-trafficking hub in Latin America. Several Latin-American countries have adopted shoot-down laws, which allow countries to shoot down suspected drug trafficking flights, in an attempt to curb aerial drug trafficking. Four people were arrested in the Kenyan port of Mombasa on suspicions of drug trafficking. A group of four…
700 kilograms of cocaine were discovered in a shipment from Guatemala by a Spanish freight company in Esparreguera. 5.4 kilograms of cocaine valued at €378,000 was discovered by authorities in sweets consignments at Dublin airport Another 5.4 kilograms of cocaine valued at HK$5.5 million were found in cans of pineapple at Hong Kong airport. 13…
224 kilograms of methamphetamine valued at USD $18 million were seized and 22 suspects arrested by police authorities as a Mexico-U.S narco-trafficking ring was dismantled Links between police and drug trafficking has been blamed for Ecuador’s rise as a drug transit territory The European commission praised the efforts of Albania in fighting organised crime and…
UNODC is expected to collaborate with Fiji in its efforts against drug trafficking, corruption and terrorism as the Pacific region is considered vulnerable to transnational organised crime The alleged leader of Portsmouth drug trafficking organisation, Antwan Black, has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison; disrupting drug supply in the region Detectives from the…
Dominican Republican authorities arrested seven people including an intelligence officer and seized RD$3 million in connection with a drug trafficking case. Bolivia is allegedly becoming the new drug trafficking hub in South America. Several Paraguayan politicians are reportedly linked to drug-trafficking cases, mafias and assassinations. Portuguese authorities arrested two Ukrainians and seized 600 kilograms of cocaine…
The World Anti-Doping Agency asserted that organised crime is the biggest threat to sport with 25 percent of world sport controlled by criminal groups German authorities confiscated a 330kg heroin shipment valued at €50 million. It is believed to be the largest heroin shipment to Germany in decades The African Union released a report, assessing…
In the UK, a number of high profile drugs traffickers have been arrested, including Kevin Hanley, Johnny Kock, and several people implicated in the recent yacht seizure off the Irish Coast Five kilograms of cocaine were seized and three members of an Albanian organized crime network were arrested by the UK’s National Crime Agency. Eight…
