- A Colombian drug gang who smuggled an estimated £25million worth of cocaine into the UK inside plastic bananas has been jailed for a total of 59 years.
- The Costa Concordia, which sunk in January 2012, was allegedly carrying a cocaine shipment sent by the ‘Ndrangheta mafia, according to investigators.
- A plane has crashed in Venezuela, allegedly carrying almost a tonne of cocaine.
- An operation by Colombian police targeting the Urabeños has reportedly led to the seizure of 1.5 tonnes of cocaine.
- An estimate by the Organised Crime Portfolio has claimed that organised crime in the European Union is worth at least €110bn a year.
- The Director of the UK National Crime Agency’s (NCA) organised crime command has warned the rapidly growing market for new psychoactive substances (NPS) is drawing more people into the drugs trade.
- Three men have been jailed for a combined 25 years for allegedly transporting cocaine from South East England to Wales, with intent to supply.
