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Europe’s cocaine crisis moves from ports to the open Atlantic as traffickers outpace authorities
European authorities are facing a growing challenge from drug traffickers shifting cocaine smuggling routes away from major ports and into the open Atlantic, where criminal networks are using advanced technology,…
U.S. arrests wife of Mexico cartel chief El Chapo on drug charges
The wife of Mexican drug cartel boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was arrested and charged in the United States on Monday with…
Cocaine: falling coffee prices force Peru’s farmers to cultivate coca
A slump in world coffee prices has pushed farmers in Peru’s central jungle to rip up their plants and replace them with…
Coronavirus pandemic is pushing up the price of illegal drugs
Coronavirus-related border controls, lockdowns and flight shortages are making illegal drugs more expensive and difficult to obtain around the world, the United…
European Web Survey on Drugs launched to assess impact of pandemic
A new survey, available in most European languages including Maltese, will gather information on how patterns of drug use, access to health…
Huge international police operation against Balkan cartel trafficking cocaine around the globe
Law enforcement agencies from across the globe teamed up against a Balkan organised criminal network suspected of large-scale cocaine trafficking from South…
Seizures of cocaine in Europe hit record amount
Europe is seeing signs of an increase in cocaine availability, with seizures of the drug at record levels. This is according to…
€15-20 million worth of cannabis resin seized in the Mediterranean Sea in what the Guardia di Finanza link to a dangerous Maltese criminal organisation
Italian police agents seized over 10 tonnes of cannabis resin worth up to €20 million in a dramatic high-seas operation, police said…