Drug trafficking
Spanish police seize drug-carrying submarine drones
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police have seized semi-submersible drones used by drug traffickers to ship narcotics across the Strait of Gibraltar into…
Colombia’s most wanted drug trafficker captured
Al Jazeera - Security forces in Colombia have captured Dairo Antonio Usuga, the country’s most wanted drug trafficker. Better known as Otoniel,…
British gangs and Italian mafia join forces to increase cocaine sales
British organised crime groups are collaborating closely with former international rivals like the Italian mafia to import increasingly bigger cocaine shipments into…
Helicopter carrying Colombia’s President Duque struck by bullets in attack
A helicopter carrying Colombia's President Ivan Duque and others was struck by multiple bullets in an attack on Friday, he said in…
Malta customs seize record 740kg of cocaine destined to Europe
A record breaking 740 kg of cocaine intercepted by Malta Customs at the Freeport. Due to high purity, street value estimated between…
Police bust gang trying to smuggle 7 tonnes of hashish into Spain
MADRID (Reuters) - A gang trying to smuggle seven tonnes of hashish into Spain was intercepted in one of the country's largest…
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…
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…
Malta: Young man is being held after finding drugs in a car and garage in Ħal Balzan
A young man from Santa Venera who works as a ‘cab driver’ was remanded in custody after discovery of drugs in a…
Head of Polish drug trafficking group based in Krakow arrested in Slovakia
A Polish woman suspected of being the head of a Polish drug trafficking group based in Krakow was arrested in Slovakia after…
Two customs agents charged over Australia’s largest crystal meth seizure, Among arrested persons two with Maltese surnames
Two customs agents have been charged over Australia's largest-ever seizure of crystal meth, which had been smuggled into the country in stereo…
Eurojust and Europol work leads to arrests in a major drug trafficking network
In a joint action day last week, with the support of Eurojust and Europol, 19 alleged heads of an organised crime group…