- 2.5kgs of cocaine valued at 6 million pesos (~USD400,000) has been seized, following the arrest of a Mexican in joint efforts involving the Philippine National Police Anti-Illegal Drugs Special Operation Task Force and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.
- A drug baron, Karl Wilson, has been jailed for 16 years for running a multi-million pound smuggling ring, moving heroin and cocaine from the Midlands to Scotland hidden in vinegar-soaked Asda coffee tins.
- Drugs worth £140 000 have been seized as 11 people were arrested following “Operation Boomerang” targeting suspected career criminals in Consett, County Durham.
- Two men have been arrested following the discovery of cocaine valued at £29 000 in police raids In Moray, Scotland.
- Two men have been caught attempting to use a yacht to smuggle cocaine valued at £40 million into the UK.
- The EU and Balkan countries are developing mechanisms to tackle organised crime, weapons trafficking and corruption.
- UNODC blames corruption in Afghanistan for increased drug trafficking as counterfeit medicine soars in the country.
- Criminality in the Dominican Republic has reportedly plummeted as organised crime threatens recent security efforts in the country.
- Officials of the Paraguayan Joint Task Force (FTC) have taken down Albino Jara Larrea, founder and leader of narco-trafficking group, the Armed Peasant Association (ACA).
- A gang of drug smugglers have been jailed for allegedly sailing cocaine worth £90 million into the shores of Britain, UK.
- Cocaine valued at £55 million has been discovered at a plane crash site in Venezuela.
- Drug consumption in Cuba has been purported to be on the rise.
