Europe Narco-Sub Heralds More to Come
COCAINE
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22 MAR 2023
Does the discovery of a second narco-submarine in Spain mean that more such vessels have been carrying drugs across the Atlantic?…
All About Cocaine Europe
NEWS
BRAZIL
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17 MAR 2023
A report on the global cocaine trade has revealed how cocaine purity is rising in Europe and how Africa is struggling to stop a flood of the drug.
BOLIVIA
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8 MAR 2023
InSight Crime reviews Latin America and the Caribbean's cocaine seizure date from 2022 to find out what it reveals about regional trafficking.
COCAINE
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17 FEB 2023
Wilder Emilio Sánchez Farfán, alias “Gato Farfán” helped develop Ecuador's credentials as a drug trafficking hub.
COCAINE
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23 JAN 2023
A string of large cocaine seizures in Jamaica suggests the island is becoming a central hub for trafficking to the United States and Europe.
BRAZIL
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16 JAN 2023
Record seizures of cocaine in Portugal have raised fears Brazil's PCC may be getting increasingly involved.
COCAINE
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13 JAN 2023
Dutch authorities have seized three Mexican drug loads at Schiphol Airport, marking a new trafficking trend for Europe.
COCAINE
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12 JAN 2023
Peru's largest seaport handles millions of tons of cargo annually, a fact that cocaine traffickers are using to their advantage.
BRAZIL
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4 JAN 2023
East and Southern Africa are receiving much larger cocaine shipments from South America than previously imagined.
COCAINE
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9 DEC 2022
Panama has become a reliable drug trafficking logistics hub for cocaine shipments to Europe, as in the recent Super Cartel case.
COCAINE EUROPE
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2 DEC 2022
An increase in seizures of tusi, or pink cocaine, in Spain could mean that this synthetic drug cocktail could be spreading in Europe.
COCAINE
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29 NOV 2022
Balkan drug trafficker, Edin Gačanin, is but the latest member of a so-called Super Cartel to be arrested in Dubai in recent months.
ARGENTINA
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23 NOV 2022
Rocco Morabito embodied the 'Ndrangheta business model in Latin America. Read about his incredible story here.
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