- Reports that Dominican Republic bears the brunt of trafficking through the Caribbean
- More discussion on the need to legalise the drugs trade – this time focused on heroin and Afghanistan by the British Ambassador
- InsightCrime analyses what the arrest of Tijuana cartel leader, Fernando Sanchez Arellano, means for the drug empire
- With many cartel leaders being arrested, the Latino Post profiled remaining cartel leaders in Mexico
- UNODC released the World Drug Report 2014. At the launch, UNODC director called for more attention on the health and human rights of drug users
- MSU economist uses data on drug prices to map flows of cocaine in the US
- New Zealand passes a new bill on Organised Crime and Corruption
- Costa Rican authorities seize 2.4 tons of cocaine, bring this year’s total to 17 tons
- Refugees International released a report detailing the impact of Mexico’s drug war on the local population, thousands forced to flee their homes
- Peru enacts a new law giving police enhanced powers to investigate organised crime
