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…
DetailsAs part of his measures against drugs, Indonesia President Joko Widodo has expressed his commitment to increasing the number of executions. He had reported that foreigners from Nigeria and Zimbabwe are on the list of convicts but no Europeans. During 2015, Indonesian authorities reported the execution of 14 people, mostly foreign drug traffickers. Official from…
DetailsRomanian 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…
DetailsBrazil’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…
DetailsAccording 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…
DetailsJurgen Whala, a police drug expert based in Aberdeen, has reported the identification of 3.2 tons of cocaine hidden on a Turkish boat. According to him, the seizure is worth over more than £500 million. This evidence was presented during the trial of nine Turks accused of smuggling cocaine from Guyana to Europe between February…
DetailsInSight 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,…
DetailsThe Spanish police arrested a number of Dutch citizens smuggling between Malaga and the Netherlands. More than 500 kilos of drugs were seized. In total the Spanish police seized 242.7 kilos of marijuana and 420 kilos of hashish. A recent report on drug trafficking in Venezuelan border state Zulia draws attention to a key cocaine corridor that…
DetailsOfficials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested four Mexican citizens accused of being responsible of the establishment of a massive lab for the production of methamphetamines in Delta. Four Nigerians, suspected of owning the facility, were detained as well. The drugs were reportedly destined to Singapore and Malaysia. Colombia’s government will…
DetailsThe Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), the European Union and International Police (INTERPOL) have jointly launched a Euro 1.3-million programme to fight money laundering. INTERPOL will support investigative capacity building of law enforcement agencies in the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) Region in the area of financial crimes at national and international…
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