News briefing – Week of 13 July

Ecuador, Firearms, General Aviation, Honduras, Mexico, Newsbriefings, Organised Crime Organisation, Publication, Seizure, Serbia, Suriname, Trafficking

14/07/2020 – The former Surinamese minister of Justice, Chandrikapersad Santokhi, has been elected president of Suriname. 13/07/2020 – Guinea has issued an arrest warrant against a Guinean citizen residing in Germany who is allegedly involved in the forging of visas. Guinean customs had previously seized 7300 stamped visas in a truck that had traveled from Germany. 14/07/2020…

News Briefing – Week of 13 April

Argentina, Cannabis, Cocaine, Cooperation, Costa Rica, EUROJUST, Japan, Latin America, Morocco, Newsbriefings, Organised Crime Organisation, Serbia, US

700 kg of cocaine was seized at the Yokohama seaport in Japan in March 2020. The drugs were hidden in a container transporting boxes of bananas. According to the Japanese authorities, the drugs more than likely arrived by mistake as a result of traffickers not being able to unload at ports prior to Yokohama.    Over 1600…