US blocks Canadian access to cross-border library, sparking outcry
US officials claim move was to curb drug trafficking while Quebec town says it ‘weakens collaboration’ among nations The US has blocked Canadian access to...
Category : Drugs
One of Europe’s most-wanted drug traffickers living in Sierra Leone, say Dutch prosecutors
Jos Leijdekkers, reportedly the son-in-law of African country’s president, was sentenced to 24 years in prison One of Europe’s most wanted men, the Dutch crime...
Ecuador confirms incinerated bodies belong to missing ‘Guayaquil Four’ boys
Sixteen air force personnel who apprehended boys being held in custody as inquiry into deaths continues Ecuador’s attorney general’s office has confirmed that incinerated bodies...
Bolivia’s former top anti-drug official to be extradited to US for drug trafficking
Maximiliano Dávila Pérez, arrested in Bolivia in 2022, was accused of using his position to help transport cocaine Bolivia’s highest court on Wednesday approved the...
Record 225 tonnes of cocaine seized on new Australia trafficking route in joint effort
Operation Orion, a cooperative operation between 62 countries, busted narco submarines carrying drugs Colombian authorities, in a joint operation with 61 other countries, have uncovered...
Fears for spread of malaria in Africa as study finds resistance to frontline drug
Signs of resistance to artemisinin in tenth of children with severe malaria similar to situation in Asia, say researchers Researchers have found “troubling” evidence for...
Stray bullets and closed schools: Rio’s kids suffer as police crack down on gangs
Thousands of schoolchildren in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas miss classes and risk violence as Brazil’s police battle drug gangs Textbooks and marker pens are not...
Meth worth nearly $6m found in fake watermelons at US-Mexico border
Imitation fruits and vegetables are the latest ‘sophisticated’ tactic for Mexican cartels to smuggle drugs into the US Everyday fruit and vegetables are some of...
Colombian congress debates banning souvenirs of drug lord Pablo Escobar
Vendors selling to tourists criticize proposal, but those wanting to shed the country’s mafia boss image praise it Souvenirs depicting the late Colombian drug lord...
