10 h. ago Truth about Dubai's 'gangster crackdown'... and why it's not as it seems: Experts reveal how city is still magnet for criminal underworld despite arrest of high

For more than a decade, drug traffickers, money launderers, fugitives and sanctions-dodgers have called Dubai home - often with the tacit support of the authorities.

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18 h. ago Trump says Maduro’s days are numbered but ‘doubts’ US will go to war with Venezuela

President’s remarks, made during CBS interview released on Sunday, come as the US amasses military units in CaribbeanDonald Trump has sent mixed signals about potential US intervention in Venezuela, playing down concerns of imminent war against the South American nation but saying its leader Nicolás Maduro’s days were numbered.The president’s remarks, made during a CBS interview released on Sunday, come as the US amasses military units in the Caribbean and has conducted multiple strikes on alleged drug-trafficking vessels, killing dozens. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago The death toll from a massive police raid in Rio de Janeiro rises to 121

A massive police raid targeting a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro has left at least 121 people dead

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4 d. ago US kills another four suspected drug traffickers in the Pacific as Hegseth vows to ‘hunt them down and eliminate them’

In total, more than 60 people have been killed in the Trump administration’s attacks on what it claims are ‘narco’ boats

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5 d. ago The Guardian view on Argentina’s election: one step closer to becoming a Trumpian client state | Ediorial

A $40bn rescue may have helped Javier Milei scrape through midterms, but it leaves Argentina’s democracy and economy more dependent than ever on WashingtonArgentina’s rightwing president, Javier Milei, his party and its allies claimed victory this week in key congressional elections. But it was Donald Trump who emerged the biggest winner. A $40bn lifeline from the US president gave Mr Milei’s beleaguered government just enough credibility – and apparent firepower – to halt the Argentinian peso’s slide. Crucially, this helped to stabilise consumer prices in the final weeks of the campaign. The US rescue engendered a short-lived aura of competence that allowed Mr Milei to shift the blame for rising prices back to the opposition, despite his own role in accelerating inflation by devaluing the currency when he took office.Mr Milei’s wasn’t a decisive triumph. His rightwing coalition got 40% of the midterms vote thanks largely to a low turnout and a fragmented opposition. His “chainsaw” ...

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5 d. ago Thug caged for human trafficking and drug dealing offences in Aberdeen

John Townsley, 41, pled guilty to the offences at Aberdeen Sheriff Court on Monday.

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6 d. ago Brazil: at least 60 reported killed in Rio’s worst day of violence amid police favela raids

Governor says city ‘at war’ after gunfights between troops and Red Command drug traffickers who reportedly used weaponised dronesAt least 60 people have reportedly been killed in Rio’s worst-ever day of violence as more than 2,500 officers and special forces stormed an area of favelas near Rio’s international airport that is considered the headquarters of one of Brazil’s most powerful organised crime groups.The predawn raid sparked intense gunfights in and around Alemão and Penha favelas, which are home to an estimated 300,000 people. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Takeaways from AP's report on a U.S. plot to recruit Maduro's pilot to betray Venezuelan leader

A veteran U.S. law enforcement agent secretly tried to recruit Nicolas Maduro’s personal pilot to join a plot to capture the Venezuelan leader and deliver him into U.S. custody to face drug trafficking charges

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6 d. ago Family of Bella Culley pay £140k in bid to free pregnant teen held for drug trafficking

Bella Culley was detained on drug trafficking charges earlier this year

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7 d. ago Milei’s win in Argentina had Trump’s fingerprints all over it. But just how long will their friendship last? | Jordana Timerman

The Argentine president’s libertarian experiment is in tatters, and his hold on power seems increasingly dependent on volatile US supportJordana Timerman is a journalist based in Buenos Aires; she edits the Latin America Daily BriefingIn 1946, Argentina was emerging from military rule, an empowered labour movement was reshaping politics and Col Juan Perón, a leftwing leader who had introduced a raft of popular workers’ rights decrees, was rising fast in the polls. The then US ambassador, Spruille Braden, had other ideas about who should win the national election that year, and he openly campaigned against Perón in Buenos Aires. Braden’s action stands out as one of the most brazen instances of US interference in Argentina’s politics. Until now.The Argentine president, Javier Milei, who won a resounding midterm victory on Sunday, has received ample support from Donald Trump. Ahead of the congressional elections, Trump endorsed Milei and warned: “If he loses, we are not going to be gen...

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7 d. ago Trump’s bailout threat may have been key to Milei’s electoral triumph in Argentina

Voters appear to have responded to idea that US president’s ‘generosity’ would evaporate if Milei failed to win“The dollar always talks in the end,” Donald Trump wrote in his 1987 bestseller The Art of the Deal.Javier Milei’s surprise triumph in Argentina’s midterm elections – after Trump bailed him out with 40bn of them – suggests there may be some truth to that assertion. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Javier Milei’s party wins Argentina’s midterm elections despite falling polls

One polling expert was surprised by Milei's performance in the local elections

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7 d. ago Argentina’s Javier Milei hails ‘historic’ win in pivotal elections

Free-market president wins endorsement for reforms after weeks of financial market turmoil

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8 d. ago Trump guilty of ordering ‘extrajudicial killings’ with strikes on alleged drug boats, Republican senator says

Just two Republican senators stand opposed to Trump’s killings of dozens of alleged drug traffickers, despite drone opposition under Obama

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9 d. ago Argentina goes to polls amid economic crisis and Trump ‘interference’

Poor showing in Sunday’s election would deal hammer blow to country’s radical libertarian president, Javier MileiArgentina’s radical libertarian leader, Javier Milei, is facing a pivotal moment in his presidency with voters set to deliver their verdict on his two-year-old administration on Sunday against a backdrop of political and economic crisis and accusations that his ally Donald Trump is meddling in the country’s affairs.A poor showing in Sunday’s midterm election would be a hammer blow to Milei, who took power in December 2023 pledging to kickstart “a new era of peace and prosperity” by slashing spending and inflation. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Trump could destroy cocaine facilities inside Venezuela as US deploys strike force to Caribbean: report

The world’s largest aircraft carrier is deployed to the region in an escalating military conflict against drug traffickers

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1 week ago US imposes sanctions on Colombia’s president over alleged drug trafficking

Measures against Gustavo Petro and his family come as rift with Trump administration widens

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1 week ago US sanctions Colombia’s president over alleged drug trafficking

Measures against Gustavo Petro and his family come as rift with Trump administration widens

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1 week ago US airstrike on ‘drug boat’ kills six as aircraft carrier sent to South America

Pete Hegseth claims six ‘narco-terrorists’ killed in Caribbean as US military conducts 10th strike US politics live – latest updatesThe United States has carried out another military strike against a boat it claims was carrying illegal drugs in the Caribbean, killing six people onboard, the Pentagon chief, Pete Hegseth, said on Friday morning.Later on Friday, the Pentagon said that an aircraft carrier was being moved to waters off South America, as part of the administration’s stated campaign to combat drug trafficking. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Influencer, 23, goes on the run 'after being linked to drug trafficking ring'

Influencer Melissa Said is accused of leading a criminal gang involved with the distribution of cannabis and money laundering in the state of Bahia in northeast Brazil.

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