Was a Super Cartel Really Controlling Europe's Drug Trade?
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.
All About Ndrangheta Latin America
NEWS
ARGENTINA
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23 NOV 2022
Rocco Morabito embodied the 'Ndrangheta business model in Latin America. Read about his incredible story here.
AUC
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23 NOV 2022
A close relationship between a Colombian warlord and an Italian restaurateur would lead to Europe being flooded with cocaine by the 'Ndrangheta.
COCAINE
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23 NOV 2022
The 'Ndrangheta have made the Italian port of Gioia Tauro crucial to their European cocaine empire by controlling it with corruption and threats.
BRAZIL
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25 AUG 2022
Portugal has seized a blizzard of cocaine in recent months, underscoring the country's role as a major drug hub.
COCAINE
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7 JUL 2022
Ahmet Yilmaz* shouldn’t be in a dangerous profession. He’s not a cop or a criminal. Ahmet is a banana importer in Turkey. “This is my third decade in the industry,”…
COCAINE
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9 JUN 2022
An ingenious Italian-Colombian sting operation has arrested dozens of people on both continents and seized a huge quantity of cocaine, revealing how despite recent setbacks Colombia’s Urabeños are still among…
BRAZIL
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16 MAR 2022
Rocco Morabito’s story has all the makings of a great film script. The Italian mob, tons of cocaine, exotic destinations, a daring prison escape. But as his legal wranglings finally…
BRAZIL
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13 JAN 2022
Three shipments of cocaine were caught on the same day as they were about to head to France, Spain and Ghana. All originated from the Brazilian port of Santos, from…
COCAINE EUROPE
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21 SEP 2021
Ever greater quantities of cocaine are making their way across the Atlantic and are being sold at ever greater prices across Europe.
BRAZIL
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28 MAY 2021
Court cases. Hitmen. Interpol. International drug traffickers sometimes need to get away from it all. Brazil has sought to cater to that elite clientele and their specific requirements: living in…
BRAZIL
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8 AUG 2019
The recent arrests of two members of the ‘Ndrangheta in São Paulo have further highlighted the increasingly close partnership between the Italian mafia and Brazil’s PCC -- two of the…
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12 MAY 2023
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