6 h. 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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14 h. 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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15 h. ago Glam influencer, 23, 'on the run' after being accused of 'running major drug gang'

Melissa Said, 23, regularly posed in barely-there bikinis for her 341,000 social media followers. Now, she is being hunted by Brazilian police investigating a drug trafficking gang

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18 h. ago Glamorous influencer Melissa Said, 23, goes ON THE RUN after being accused of running major drug trafficking ring

AN influencer has gone on the run after being accused of running a drug trafficking ring. Melissa Said, who has 341,000 followers on Instagram, is accused of heading a criminal gang involved in cannabis distribution and money laundering. The 23-year-old was targeted by the police as the main suspect. During raids at five properties linked...

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24 h. ago One of Britain's 'most wanted men' is arrested on the Algarve as 'drug trafficker who tried to run over cops' faces extradition to UK

A man described as one of 'the UK's most wanted men' is facing extradition to the UK after being arrested on the Algarve.

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36 h. ago Dramatic moment US strikes ‘drug vessel’ killing two as government vows to fight boats ‘bringing poison to our shores’

STUNNING footage shows US forces bombing another "narco boat" allegedly filled with drugs - killing two people in the Pacific. It marks the eighth time that the American military has launched a "lethal kinetic" strike against suspected drug traffickers. Dramatic footage showed a small boat rocking around in choppy waters before it was targeted by a...

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7 d. ago Benjamin Sesko's form boost at Man Utd linked to legendary influences

Benjamin Sesko has endured a mixed start to life at Manchester United following his big-money move from RB Leipzig in the summer transfer window, with a number of club legends questioning the signing

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1 week ago ‘Saying yes puts you in their debt’: narco gangs profit from Argentinian austerity

Drug traffickers gaining influence by stepping in and offering donations after Milei’s sweeping social cutsIn a small colourful room tucked away in the south of Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires, four women are making bread and pizza bases, the bright spring sun shining strong outside the windows, which are covered in black metal mesh.Inside, the radio blast upbeat tunes, but the mood is grim: the neighbourhood has been shaken by the livestreamed torture and murder of two young women and a girl allegedly at the hands of a drug trafficker who lived just a few blocks away. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Drug traffickers gaining influence in Argentina amid Milei’s sweeping social cuts

Gang bosses support soup kitchens and offer jobs and loans in drive to expand control of poor neighbourhoodsIn a small colourful room tucked away in the south of Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires, four women are making bread and pizza bases, the bright spring sun shining strong outside the windows, which are covered in black metal mesh.Inside, the radio blast upbeat tunes, but the mood is grim: the neighbourhood has been shaken by the livestreamed torture and murder of two young women and a girl allegedly at the hands of a drug trafficker who lived just a few blocks away. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Cardiff student who became drug trafficker and ended up in Ecuadorian jail

Pieter Tritton, 49, a former archaeology student at Cardiff University, was imprisoned at Ecuador's notorious Penitentiary Litoral de Guayaquil after he was caught with 5kg of cocaine embedded in a tent

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2 w. ago Pregnant Brit 'drug mule' Bella Culley's freedom hopes dashed as family fail to pay fine

The family of pregnant Brit, Bella May Culley, 19 has been given more time to raise the £215k needed to release her from an ex-Soviet jail in Georgia after being accused of drug trafficking

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2 w. ago Bodies of five men found naked with 'signs of torture' near church

Police have said all five bodies present similar markings. "It's probably related to drug trafficking, but we're not going to dismiss other angles,"

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2 w. ago The £1.8million narco mansion hidden in upmarket London suburb: Seized seven

EXCLUSIVE: The Baybasin clan were once considered one of Europe's most powerful drug trafficking organisations, with control over 90 per cent of the heroin flowing into Britain.

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2 w. ago US struck another boat illegally carrying drugs off Venezuela coast, Trump says

President said US would turn attention to drug trafficking happening on land during speech at navy ceremonyUS forces on Saturday evening struck another vessel illegally carrying drugs off the coast of Venezuela, Donald Trump said on Sunday to thousands of sailors at a ceremony celebrating the US navy’s 250th anniversary. He added that the US would also start looking at drug trafficking happening on land.Trump made the comment during a speech at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia, next to the Harry S Truman aircraft carrier. It was not immediately clear if he was referencing a strike announced on Friday by defense secretary Pete Hegseth. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago As US warships prowl the Caribbean, our region must hold fast against Trump’s gaslighting

American attacks have killed more than 14 people they claim were drug traffickers in our waters. Now our islands are at risk of being dragged into a manufactured conflict we are ill-equipped to endureFor decades, the Caribbean has been caught in the slipstream of other people’s wars – from cold war proxy battles to Washington’s “war on drugs” and “war on terror”. Our islands have too often been turned into the frontlines for policies scripted elsewhere but fought in our waters, our communities, and on the backs of our most vulnerable.The recent US naval strikes against alleged “drug boats” leaving Venezuela, and the decision of Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, to grant access to territorial waters without first consulting the Caribbean collective of developing countries, Caricom, risk dragging our islands into yet another manufactured storm. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Love Island’s Tasha Ghouri undergoes drastic hair transformation as ex Andrew Le Page moves on with stunning influencer

LOVE Island’s Tasha Ghouri has undergone a drastic hair transformation, as her ex-boyfriend moves on with a new love. This week The Sun revealed how Tasha 's ex Andrew Le Page has been linked to stunning influencer Hannah Peglar. But proving she is moving on with her life, former Strictly Come Dancing star Tasha, who...

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4 w. ago Drug traffickers livestream Argentinian women’s torture and killing

Brenda del Castillo, Morena Verdi and Lara Gutiérrez were lured with a promise of a $300 payment for a ‘sex party’‘The gangs never used to kill children, now they do’: how cocaine created Argentina’s first narcocityThe murder of three young Argentinian women whose torture by suspected drug traffickers was livestreamed on a private Instagram group has sent shock waves through a country unused to such extreme levels of narco violence.Brenda del Castillo, 20, Morena Verdi, 20, and Lara Gutiérrez, 15, went missing on Friday, after they were lured to a house in the outskirts of Buenos Aires by a promise that they would be paid US $300 for taking part in a “sex party”. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Drug traffickers livestream torture and killing of young Argentinian women

Brenda del Castillo, Morena Verdi and Lara Gutiérrez were lured with a promise of a $300 payment for a ‘sex party’‘The gangs never used to kill children, now they do’: how cocaine created Argentina’s first narcocityThe murder of three young Argentinian women whose torture by suspected drug traffickers was livestreamed on a private Instagram group has sent shock waves through a country unused to such extreme levels of narco violence.Brenda del Castillo, 20, Morena Verdi, 20, and Lara Gutiérrez, 15, went missing on Friday, after they were lured to a house in the outskirts of Buenos Aires by a promise that they would be paid US $300 for taking part in a “sex party”. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Drug traffickers livestream torture and killing of young Argentinian women and girl

Brenda del Castillo, Morena Verdi and Lara Gutiérrez were lured with a promise of a $300 payment for a ‘sex party’‘The gangs never used to kill children, now they do’: how cocaine created Argentina’s first narcocityThe murder of two young Argentinian women and a girl whose torture by suspected drug traffickers was livestreamed on a private Instagram group has sent shock waves through a country unused to such extreme levels of narco violence.Brenda del Castillo, 20, Morena Verdi, 20, and Lara Gutiérrez, 15, went missing on Friday, after they were lured to a house in the outskirts of Buenos Aires by a promise that they would be paid US $300 for taking part in a “sex party”. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Donald Trump must face criminal proceedings for deadly strikes carried out on drug smuggler boats in the Caribbean, UN is told

Colombia's leader condemned three attacks this month, which were defended as operations against drug traffickers. He accused the former president of criminalising poverty and migration.

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