President Gustavo Petro’s “Total Peace” policy had a difficult 2023. Not only did it fail to persuade the country’s most important armed groups to lay down their arms, but it …
Cocaine Europe
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A fall in traffic through the Panama Canal resulting from a lack of rainfall could affect the distribution chain of trafficking networks that use this maritime corridor to move drug …
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Pablo Escobar and his Medellín Cartel transformed the cocaine trade during their heyday in the 1980s. But the 30 years since the kingpin’s death have shown that the business remains …
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What is believed to be the largest cocaine production laboratory ever found in Portugal was recently dismantled, highlighting how the drug is being produced more widely and in greater quantities …
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Javier Milei rode promises of extreme free-market reforms and hard-nosed security policies to become Argentina’s next president. But with rising insecurity, an economy in turmoil and a minority in Congress, …
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Uruguay’s most prolific drug trafficker, Sebastian Marset, has strung together an intercontinental network of associates implicated in cocaine trafficking, money laundering, and high-profile assassinations, all while escaping the clutches of …
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Small trafficking groups embedded in Nigeria’s expansive diaspora that employ couriers to move small amounts of cocaine on commercial flights play a significant role in moving cocaine between Latin America …
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InSight Crime spoke with expert Yulia Vorobyeva, about drug trafficking trends and the growing demand for cocaine in Europe.
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Historic cocaine seizures in Sweden highlight the Nordic country’s increasing role as a gateway for cocaine from Latin America to Europe.
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The impeachment of Paraguayan Congressman Erico Galeano for connections to drug trafficking shows progress against impunity in the country.