7 h. ago Cocaine, corruption and bribes: the German port under siege by Europe’s criminal drug gangs

After seizure in Hamburg of 16 tonnes of high-purity powder, state attorney is accused of being on payroll of gang he was supposed to be prosecutingIn Hamburg’s spring sunshine, 200,000-tonne cargo ships almost half a mile long, piled high with the same weight in shipping containers, are docked quayside along the Elbe River. Cranes slowly offload the metal boxes packed with everything from raw materials to food and electronics, and, in some, cocaine.Between 2018 and 2023 cocaine seizures rose by 750%, marking out Germany as another major European hub in the ever-expanding global trade. But the influx is not just ramping up addiction, it is also fuelling corruption in a country perceived as being one of the least corrupt in the world. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Hot Chicks review: Powerful play an important message to parents on dangers of drug gangs

Cardiff-born playwright Rebecca Jade Hammond's 75-minute show issues a warning on the dangers for young people in society

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4 d. ago Hundreds of arrests, guns, knives and £540,000 seized in rail police crackdown on county lines gangs

Youngsters are exposed to physical and sexual abuse when trafficked away from London

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7 d. ago Essex Boys killer Michael Steele's conviction may have 'problems' as he's set to be freed

Michael Steele, 82, has always denied the notorious gangland execution of three drug rivals - claiming it was "organised by another criminal and a corrupt cop"

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1 week ago John Swinney urged to host summit on tackling organised crime in Scotland as gang war rages

A growing turf war between rival gangs of drug dealers has escalated across Edinburgh and Glasgow in recent weeks.

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1 week ago Ringleaders of attacks on French jails will be punished, Macron says

Wave of assaults ‘declaration of war’ by drug gangs after crackdown on bosses operating from jail, French media sayEmmanuel Macron has warned that those behind a wave of apparently coordinated attacks on French prisons and staff will be “found, tried and punished”.The president’s comments came after at least a dozen assaults on French jails in the past three days. In one attack, gunmen using automatic weapons fired at the entrance to Toulon prison in the south of France. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 'From shop assistant to murder': Incredible rise of cocaine kingpin gangster's moll... before a clairvoyant ended reign of torture, hammer beatings and death

Ambushing her cowering victim on a public street before battering her multiple times with a hammer, it's hard to imagine an act more brutal or brazen.

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2 w. ago 'From Matalan to murder': Incredible rise of cocaine kingpin gangster's moll... before a clairvoyant ended reign of torture, hammer beatings and death

Ambushing her cowering victim on a public street before battering her multiple times with a hammer, it's hard to imagine an act more brutal or brazen.

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2 w. ago Moment gangster's moll battered woman with hammer in love triangle street attack just days before helping gang torture her drug

Brutal Coleen Campbell launched into the savage daylight attack against Niamh Wasik in Ashton-under-Lyne on June 29, 2022 - days before helping gangsters kill her ex-husband, Thomas.

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2 w. ago White Lotus drug ring smashed: Alleged British ringleader of a smuggling gang shipping cannabis from the hit TV show island to London is arrested

Adel Mohammed, 30, allegedly controlled the network of Brits picking up marijuana from farms on Koh Samui in southern Thailand.

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2 w. ago White Lotus drug ring smashed: Alleged British ringleader of a smuggling gang shipping cannabis from the hit T

White Lotus drug ring smashed: Alleged British ringleader of a smuggling gang shipping cannabis from the hit T  Daily Mail

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2 w. ago 'Narco terrorist' drug wanted by the FBI is accused of flooding Britain with heroin and fuelling gang war that saw girl, nine, gunned down in drive

Naji Sharifi Zindashti is wanted by the US intelligence service for his alleged 'involvement in criminal activities'.

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2 w. ago Glamorous drug mule 'groomed' by gangs wants to tour UK schools

Glam Levi-April Whalley, 31, and her friend Sophie Bannister were caught attempting to smuggle over 35kg of cannabis - now Whalley wants to warn others about the dangers of drugs

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2 w. ago NYC lets immigration officials open an office at Rikers jail, a priority for Trump

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is allowing federal immigration officials to operate at the Rikers Island jail to work on gang and drug-related criminal investigations

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2 w. ago Police discovered how prison governor swapped Honda for Mercedes after raid

Kerri Pegg, 42, is facing jail after being convicted of misconduct in a public office after she began a relationship with drug gang boss Anthony Saunderson

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3 w. ago 'Bubbly blonde' prison boss guilty of fling with inmate who gave her a £12k Mercedes

Kerri Pegg was a “rising star” in the prison service, but her career lies in tatters after her relationship with a drug gang boss and she's facing jail herself for misconduct in a public office

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3 w. ago US war on drug cartels heats up with CIA considering lethal force on gangsters

The agency is considering what kinds of activities it could legally undertake to deal with cartels amid Trump’s plans to clamp down on them

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3 w. ago Parents in Wales being warned of 'very real danger' to children from drug gangs in powerful message

A critically-acclaimed play explores how 'chicken shop gangs' are recruiting children to deal drugs and be part of organised crime gangs, with the offer of free food

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3 w. ago Prison governor denies relationship with jailed 'Jesse Pinkman' drug gang boss

'You accept the Hugo Boss flip flops found in your flat had his DNA and your DNA?'

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3 w. ago I was in the room when assassins killed drug cartel gangster – what followed was terrifying

It has been nine years since the notorious Regency Hotel murder in Ireland sparked an all-out-war on the streets of Dublin – and below I share my experiences of the day

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