40 h. ago Authorities say they have charged the leaders of a Mexican organized crime group

Federal authorities said they have indicted the top two leaders of a Mexican drug trafficking organization

Politics

45 h. ago French prisons hit by wave of attacks after clampdown on drug traffickers

Terrorism office launches investigation into assaults including gunmen opening fire on entrance to Toulon jailFrance’s national terrorism office has launched an investigation into a wave of apparently coordinated attacks at multiple prisons across the country believed to be linked to a government clampdown on drug traffickers.Gunmen with automatic weapons opened fire on the entrance to Toulon prison in southern France in the early hours of Tuesday, while in recent days cars have been set alight outside four other jails, and in Marseille a residential building housing prison guards was attacked. Continue reading...

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49 h. ago Italian police arrest 24 suspected mafiosi over Naples parking protection racket

Suspects charged for drug and weapon offences as well as scheme in which drivers felt compelled to pay feesItalian police have arrested 24 suspected members of the Camorra – the notorious Neapolitan mafia – on charges of drug trafficking, arms possession and running an illegal parking attendant scheme.According to investigators, several of those arrested on Monday were reportedly affiliated with well-known Camorra families operating in the Fuorigrotta and Chiaia districts of Naples. Some were already serving jail sentences. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago How drug traffickers used foie gras and duck breast to conceal £8m worth of cocaine

Officers said using foie gras and duck breast as a cover was ‘highly unusual’

Economics

5 d. ago Drug traffickers used foie gras and duck breast to smuggle 97kg of cocaine worth £8m across the Channel in the back of a transit van

The group tried to bring in the drugs by entering Newhaven in East Sussex from Dieppe in northern France in November 2019.

Economics

6 d. ago Drug trafficker jailed for smuggling £22.8m cocaine in dry ice for 'London hospital'

Bart Verschueren, 40, was sentenced on Thursday at Canterbury Crown Court

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1 week ago Inside White Lotus island as Mirror reveals dark side of resort targeted by Brit drug traffickers

The vast cannabis farms on Thailand's Koh Samui - where the hit Netflix drama White Lotus was filmed - have sparked a rash of British traffickers arrested for smuggling cannabis

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2 w. ago Drug traffickers who ran street valium factory in Scots industrial estate jailed

Kevin Ramage, 64, and Derek Wilson, 36, churned out millions of Etizolam tablets from an industrial unit in West Lothian.

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2 w. ago UK's most DANGEROUS gangsters revealed: Britain's FBI reveals which criminals pose the biggest threat to our security as they wield control over money laundering, drug smuggling and human trafficking

EXCLUSIVE: The NCA revealed that mobsters from the country pose the biggest foreign organised crime threat to the UK, a finding that's taken even experts by surprise.

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2 w. ago Britain's most dangerous gangsters: Why Chinese criminals now pose biggest threat to UK security as they wield control over money laundering, drug smuggling and human trafficking

EXCLUSIVE: The NCA revealed that mobsters from the country pose the biggest foreign organised crime threat to the UK, a finding that's taken even experts by surprise.

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2 w. ago Former Medellin Cartel boss released in Colombia after a judge rules his sentence expired

Colombian authorities have released former Medellin Cartel boss Carlos Lehder after a judge ruled that a drug trafficking sentence issued in Colombia against the 75-year-old had expired

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3 w. ago Police bust major drug operation after noticing 'Scouse presence' in town

Police uncovered a major drug trafficking operation

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