Paraguay authorities reported the interception of a tour bus loaded with 296 kilos of cocaine on its way to the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Two men were arrested and charged with drug trafficking and other crimes. According to officials, the cocaine would have a value of $3 million on the Brazilian market. Venezuelan…
The UK National Crime Agency has reported two nationals from Turkey were sentenced to 22 and 20 years after being found with 3.2 tonnes of cocaine with estimated street value of £512 million. According to the NCA senior investigating officer investigation for this case involved law enforcement agencies from different countries including UK, France, Turkey, Guyana…
It has been reported that drug dealers in Rio have started peddling Olympic-branded cocaine. According to Rio authorities, drug crime in the city has become a serious matter where homicides were up 15 percent in the first four months of 2016 in comparison to the same period last year. Spanish Guardia Civil officers have identified…
Insight Crime has published an analysis of Brazil’s role as a country of departure for cocaine to Africa, Asia and Europe with the port of Santos as a principal transatlantic shipping point. Reportedly raw materials for cocaine production and shipments from Colombia have increased. Drug traffickers have improved their smuggling techniques making it more complicated…
Romanian police reported the identification of 5 tons of cocaine hidden in banana containers that arrived at the Black Sea port from Colombia. Reportedly four Lithuanians and one Colombian were arrested and allegedly the main goal was to transport cocaine to the Netherlands. The Atlantic has analysed who will control Colombia’s cocaine after the Revolutionary…
Brazil’s top court has frozen millions of dollars in WhatsApp’s funds. The company is accused of obstructing a federal investigation related to drug trafficking. The 2016 World Drug Report published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), has pointed out that Brazil -followed by Colombia- is one of the most frequent departure…
According to the 2016 World Drug Report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the number of people in treatment for cocaine use remains high in Latin America and the Caribbean. However the UNODC has pointed out that three out of every four people in Eastern and South/Eastern Europe are in treatment…
InSight Crime has analysed the 2016 EU Drug Markets Report and reported that the Caribbean is becoming a popular drug route for traffickers to Europe due to stronger interdiction in Central America and Mexico. In addition, the article has reported the growing use of shipping containers to transport cocaine. The commander of Colombia’s Pacific naval forces,…
On 24 May 2016, the Government of Argentina signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) for the implementation of the AIRCOP at Ezeiza International Airport. Argentina becomes the fifth country in Latin America and the Caribbean to sign a MoU with UNODC for the implementation of…
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) hosted the first AIRCOP specialized training in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 25 January to 5 February 2016, for 18 law enforcement officials from the Airport Security Police (PSA), Argentine Federal Police (PFA), Argentine Tax and Customs Authority (AFIP) and INTERPOL Argentina. The training took place at…
