Italian police officers arrested a Chinese woman at Rome’s international airport on Friday morning after more than five kilograms of cocaine concealed in Chinese fortune cooky packages were found in her luggage.
Security Minister of Argentina Alejandra Monteoliva detailed that 4,000 tons of cocaine are being produced in South America per year.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Del Rio, Texas, Port of Entry thwarted a cartel smuggling attempt to import more than $1.7 million in cocaine into the U.S. on August 4. Authorities arrested a 29-year-old United States citizen who arrived at the port of entry and is suspected of attempting to move the narcotics farther into the United States.
A former city official from the border city of Matamoros remains in federal custody after U.S. law enforcement agents arrested him in connection with the attempted smuggling of cocaine in Texas. Since information about the arrest went public, the City of Matamoros has tried to distance itself from the case, claiming that he had stopped working there months before his arrest.
A recent cocaine seizure in southern Mexico points to a new trend as traffickers have increased land smuggling operations in response to the aggressive interdiction actions taken by the U.S. government, which have sunk numerous vessels in international waters.
What at first appeared to be a floating treasure may have turned into a career-sinking criminal case for a Florida Keys charter boat captain arrested this week for allegedly trying to sell cocaine he found at sea.
Greek police said Sunday they seized over 270 kilograms (595 pounds) of cocaine with an estimated value of over 5.5 million euros ($6.5 million) and arrested three men.
British authorities seized 2.4 metric tons of cocaine in a ship arriving in England from Panama, authorities said Saturday, calling it one of the U.K.’s biggest drug busts in years.
Australian police seized a record 2.3 tons of cocaine and arrested 13 people in raids after the suspects’ boat broke down off the coast of Queensland, authorities said Monday.
Swedish customs made one of the country’s biggest-ever cocaine seizures after confiscating around 1.4 tons of the drug near Stockholm.
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) intercepted more than 18,000 pounds of cocaine in six drug busts in November, officials announced Wednesday.
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents seized more than 120 pounds of cocaine on August 7 near the Texas border with Mexico. Officials estimate the value of the shipment at approximately $3.8 million.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) documented record-high coca cultivation and cocaine production throughout 2021 in its 2023 World Drug Report, released on Monday.
Three United Nations staff members were arrested in Israel on suspicion of attempting to smuggle cocaine into the country from Jordan.
Leftist Colombian President Gustavo Petro told reporters on Thursday that his leftist American counterpart Joe Biden was “interested” in a scheme to pressure the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other global banking institutions to offer debt relief to countries that promise to invest in fighting the “climate crisis.”
An Africa-born French customs official alleged to have recently bought a huge home in his native Senegal is one of a dozen arrested as part of a cocaine trafficking bust by police.
The new president of Colombia is looking to stop the extradition of drug lords who negotiate with his government. Drug lords who do not negotiate would be extradited to the U.S. and other countries as they make requests.
Police in Portugal said Thursday they found just over 8 metric tons (8.8 short tons) of cocaine concealed inside banana shipments from Colombia.
Police officials have positively identified 745 cocaine buyers, claiming that a large portion are parents in affluent areas of the city.
Members of Albanian drug gangs are reportedly claiming to be victims of modern slavery to avoid serving jail time in Britain, as they continue their push to corner the marijuana black market. Albanian “gardeners” are being brought into the country
BRUSSELS (AP) – Belgian authorities came out of the long Easter weekend with another record cocaine haul after customs officials at the port of Antwerp seized almost 11 tons of the drug that was discovered amid a cargo of blue
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations aircrew teamed up with Coast Guard vessels to interdict a drug smuggling operation in the Caribbean Sea near the coast of Puerto Rico, officials stated.
Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents seized more than 135 pounds of cocaine and methamphetamine at two inland checkpoints about 80 miles from the Mexican border.
Two South African Airways (SAA) flight attendants were arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle $3 million worth of cocaine into Hong Kong International Airport.
Federal authorities seized enough fentanyl to kill more than 14 million people following an investigation that covered Texas, North Carolina, and Virginia. The busts resulted in the arrests of 35 people and the seizure of distribution quantities of fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and cocaine base. Investigators also found weapons and cash during a three-day operation.
NEW YORK (AP) — The Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been sentenced to life behind bars in a U.S. prison, a humbling end for a drug lord notorious for his ability to kill, bribe or tunnel his way out of trouble.
Aircrews assigned to U.S. Customs and Border Protection P-3 Orion surveillance aircraft assisted in the seizure of nearly three tons of cocaine during two separate missions. Officials estimate the drug seizures to be worth in excess of $76 million.
Starring Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper, Laurence Fishburn, and Michael Pena, “The Mule” is the story of Earl Stone, a man in his 80′s who is broke, alone and facing foreclosure of his business. He is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. However, unbeknownst to Earl, he signs on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel.
A former lawyer for Casey Anthony was found guilty of cocaine trafficking Friday in a Brooklyn, New York, federal court.
Iran’s Lebanese proxy Hezbollah is generating hundreds of millions from a “cocaine money laundering scheme” in Latin America that “provides a never-ending source of funding” for its terrorist operations, a former DEA operations chief recently told U.S. lawmakers.
Per a report by PIX 11, customs at JFK International Airport found a half pound of what turned out to be cocaine hiding in a woman’s vagina on Sunday. Twenty-four-year-old Shekira Thompson arrived at JFK from Kingston, Jamaica and was reportedly “sweating
TEL AVIV – A 28-year-old man died on Tuesday following the discovery of dozens of bags of cocaine in his stomach. The man, who lives in a town in Israel’s central region, arrived at the Sheba Medical Center after Israel’s emergency services
Two relatives of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro have been arrested by U.S. federal authorities on large-scale cocaine trafficking charges. They tried to claim diplomatic immunity.
