06.03.23 – Four US citizens shot at, kidnapped in northern Mexico. Authorities in the United States and Mexico have said they are working to secure the release of four US citizens who were fired upon and kidnapped in a northern Mexican border city. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said in a statement that the four Americans crossed the border into Matamoros in Mexico’s northeastern state of Tamaulipas on Friday in a white minivan with North Carolina licence plates.
06.03.23 – Germany and Ukraine hit two high-value ransomware targets. On 28 February 2023, the German Regional Police (Landeskriminalamt Nordrhein-Westfalen) and the Ukrainian National Police (Націона́льна полі́ція Украї́ни), with support from Europol, the Dutch Police (Politie) and the United States Federal Bureau of Investigations, targeted suspected core members of the criminal group responsible for carrying out large-scale cyberattacks with the DoppelPaymer ransomware.
09.03.23 – $3.4 million worth of heroin and opium seized in Winnipeg; drugs woven in rugs. Ten people from Winnipeg have been arrested and charged following two drug trafficking investigations that resulted in $3.4 million worth of heroin and opium seized, some of which was hidden in rugs. The Winnipeg Police Service and the Canada Border Services Agency ran the investigation, called Project Poppy, from September 2022 to February 2023.
10.03.23 – Cartel suspected of American kidnappings issues apology letter. The cartel believed responsible for the armed kidnapping last week that killed two American tourists and a Mexican woman in Matamoros, Mexico, issued an apology letter and handed over five of their members to local authorities, according to images circulating online and a version of the letter obtained by CNN from an official familiar with the ongoing investigation.
11.03.23 – Indian police bust notorious drug cartel, capture 2 Nigerians. The police in India have busted an international narcotic drug cartel, comprising two Nigerians and one Ivorian. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the cartel is notorious for supplying banned substances across the Asian country. The accused are Nnamani Ahukajude, 44, and one Chinezie, 34, both Nigerians. The third suspect, an Ivory Coast national, has been identified as Franck Oumarlbrahim.
