During bilateral talks at State House in Nairobi, Kenya and Tanzania committed to join forces in the fight drug against trafficking, terrorism and poaching. Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta declared that the two countries must work together to containe this global menace which jeopardise trade and economic development. The National Banks and Securities Commission of Honduras…
Argentine customs agents found about 30 kg of cocaine absorbed into grains of rice headed to Africa and then be transported to Europe. This seizure reflects the growing importance of Argentina as a shipping point for cocaine from Latin America to Western countries. Drug trafficking in Honduras has reportedly dropped 72% thanks to military intelligence…
Over recent years there have been allegations that Al-Shabaab, the radical Somali Islamist group, is deriving considerable funds from elephant poaching and the ivory trade. Researchers from the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) have examined the evidence and expose this as myth in a new study: ‘Illusion of Complicity.” There is little evidence of any…
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…
Ecuador’s National Council for Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances (Consep) has announced a new four level system to differentiate between drug users, microtraffickers and large scale traffickers in terms of prison sentences. Significant changes have also been applied on the amount of heroin and cocaine a person can possess for personal use. Colombian security forces intecepted…
Bolivian authorities surprised two alleged Brazilian drug smugglers at a clandestine airstrip near Santa Cruz as they were in the process of loading a plane with 400 kg of cocaine. Bolivian police reported that the two Brazilians were members of a criminal group called Red Command. One of the smugglers died in the shootout on…
Europol coordinated an operation against a Nigerian drug trafficking gang with police forces in the Czech Republic, Spain, Germany, Austria, and Sweden. The operation led to the arrest of 10 people and to the seizure of significant amounts of cocaine throughout Europe. The Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) will soon…
Peru’s Congress approved the resumption of the aerial interdiction practice, which would allow police forces to shoot down flights suspected of transporting cocaine and other illicit drugs in Peruvian air space. According to President Ollanta Humala, this law would act as a deterrent in the fight against drug trafficking. Since January 2015, more than 36…
Representatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) declared that, from January to June 2015, the agency has seized 445.125 kg of drugs worth approximately US$14 million at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos. Moreover, the police were able to intercept US$2.5 million from money laundering and arrest 75 alleged drug traffickers, with…
The Guyanese authorities arrested a mother and a daughter allegedly accused of trafficking cocaine in Georgetown. They pleaded not guilty after being caught selling cocaine to a police officer. The US Coast Guard intercepted a narco-submarine transporting over 7 tons of cocaine, worth approximately US$181 million. The authorities were able to seize 5,400 kg, while…
