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Drug Trafficking
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Ketamine Busts in Australia Spike To Hit New Record
Australian officials confiscated nearly 900 kilos of ketamine in 2023, setting a new record for seizures of the drug.
March 7, 2024
DEA Cracks Down on Internet Pill Press Sales
For years now it has been incredibly easy to purchase tools online to use in the production of fake pills, designed to look like their pharmaceutical counterparts but typically containing fentanyl. The DEA is now attempting to curb the sale of such tools.
March 1, 2024
Ex-President of Honduras Stands Trial, Accused of Taking Millions from Drug Cartels
President Juan Orlando Hernandez, once an outspoken advocate of stamping out drug crime now accused of corruption and taking piles of money from cartels for police protection, began trial in the United States last week.
February 26, 2024
19 Charged in Connection to Southern California Drug Trafficking Organization
Canada doesn’t often come to mind in regard to giant drug trafficking busts, but an exception to this rule made headlines this week when multiple arrests were made in the U.S. and Canada, including an Italian organized crime figure, in connection to massive quantities of drugs moving over the northern border.
February 1, 2024
Tens of Thousands of Drug Arrests Reported in Sri Lanka Since December
Sri Lanka began a nationwide crackdown of drug trade and drug use in mid-December of 2023.
January 23, 2024
Iran Hangs Nine Convicted Drug Traffickers
Iran is one of the worst places in the world to get caught selling drugs, and 2023 has been a particularly deadly year in the Middle Eastern country for convicted drug traffickers with another slough of executions reported this week.
January 5, 2024
Drug Trafficker Turned Informant Offers Up Private Island in Hopes of Leniency
A former drug smuggler and Van Gogh lover who evaded capture for over five years has handed over the deed to his private island off the coast of Dubai to Italian authorities to try and sway them to give him a lighter sentence for his many crimes.
November 30, 2023
Cartel’s Primary Pot Distributor ‘El Mago’ Shot Dead in Los Angeles
Eduardo Escobedo, aka “El Mago,” the Sinaloa cartel’s top pot distributor, was found dead at age 39.
November 29, 2023
New President of Ecuador Makes Drug Possession Illegal Again
Just 48 hours after winning Ecuador’s presidential election, Daniel Noboa has repealed years-old legislation that allowed cannabis, heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine users to carry small amounts of drugs.
November 28, 2023
Polish Man Arrested in Germany for Hospitalizations, Death Caused by MDMA-Laced Champagne
The champagne did not fizz when poured, it came out a reddish brown color which darkened over time and smelled of anise.
November 22, 2023