12/08 Organized Crime and Corruption: a “Cause and Consequence” of Climate Change. After the U.N. climate panel report called this week for an urgent and drastic cut in CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions, experts told the OCCRP that organized crime and corruption play a significant role in the state of the climate crisis.
12/08 Afghanistan: what the conflict means for the global heroin trade. The structural drivers of the opium economy – armed conflict, poor governance and widespread poverty – are all moving in a negative direction. Global heroin market is expected to be driven by the growing financial needs of the Taliban.
15/08 Authorities in Rotterdam discover 2,100 kilos of cocaine in banana pulp containers. The drugs that were found in Rotterdam were discovered in a container from Costa Rica. The company to which the container was likely not involved in the drug. The over two tons of cocaine that were found have a street value of around 157 million euros.
15/08 Curaçao coast watch found over one thousand kilos of cocaine on a speedboat. Authorities detected the drugs after they received an alert of a speed boat near the coast which they suspected to be smuggling narcotics. On the boat, there had been 1,050 kilos of cocaine and 275 kilos of marijuana. All 12 people on board the speed boat were taken into custody.
15/08 Nigerian authorities arrest Italy-bound woman with 100 wraps of heroin and two parcels of the same substance at the departure hall of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos.
