brussels bureau 06/06/2017 Drug report warning over powerful opioids The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drugs Addiction report warns of criminal gang links
Honduras 17/05/2017 Honduras transfers hundreds of prisoners to new remote facilities Honduras has transferred hundreds of suspected gang members to a new maximum security prison in a bid to stamp out criminal activity in the country’s overcrowded…
Mexico 16/05/2017 Award-winning journalist Javier Valdez murdered in Mexico Top journalist Javier Valdez murdered in Mexico
Spain 15/05/2017 Two tons of cocaine seized from Atlantic fishing boat Police in Spain have seized two point four tonnes of cocaine from a fishing boat sailing under a Venezuelan flag in the Atlantic.
Mexico 11/05/2017 Have we forgotten about the world's second deadliest conflict? The media’s crosshairs have been firmly focussed on Syria for years as the country is ripped apart by civil war.
Turkey 08/05/2017 Turkey: More than 600 arrests in anti-drugs crackdown Security forces in Turkey made 645 arrests in a nationwide crackdown on drug dealing, early on Monday.
Mexico 03/05/2017 Mexico arrests suspected Sinaloa drug kingpin Mexican security forces have arrested suspected drug kingpin Damaso Lopez.
Australia 05/04/2017 Australian Police seize record haul of crystal meth The record seizure of crystal methamphetamine is worth over 630 million euros - the equivalent of almost nine million hits of the drug, also known as ice.
Greece 06/03/2017 Greek police put on show major drugs haul Greek authorities have presented the haul they seized in a major drugs raid at the weekend.
Philippines 24/02/2017 De Lima arrested as Duterte cages his biggest critic The Philippines' controversial President Rodrigo Duterte sees his nemesis, Senator Leila de Lima, arrested after judge makes drugs charges stick.
Venezuela 14/02/2017 Venezuelan vice president is blacklisted by US for 'drug trafficking' Venezuelan Vice President Tareck El Aissami has been blacklisted by the United States as a drug trafficker.
Philippines 01/02/2017 Amnesty: Philippines drug war killings could be 'crime against humanity' It’s a damning indictment of the war on drugs being waged in the Philippines, Amnesty International says the widespread killings of alleged offenders by police and others are a “flagrant violation of
Colombia 29/01/2017 Colombian marching protest farmers defend the coca leaf Colombian coca farmers fear for the future
Mexico 20/01/2017 Notorious drug lord 'El Chapo' extradited to US, Mexico's Foreign Ministry The infamous boss of the Sinaloa drug cartel is wanted on charges of conspiring to import cocaine to the US.
Philippines 29/12/2016 Philippines President Duterte ‘threw man out of helicopter’ Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to throw corrupt officials out of a flying helicopter, while admitting that he’s done so before.
World 01/12/2016 Jingle Cells - Europol launches an advent calender Every day from the 1st to the 24th of December, Europe's top crime agency is publishing the photo of a Christmas criminal on the organisation's Facebook and Twitter feeds.
Italy 01/12/2016 'Cultivated' mafia boss is arrested in southern Italy A fugitive mafia boss with an apparent liking for high-brow literature was captured in southern Italy on Thursday after six years on the run.
USA 28/10/2016 2016 record-breaking year for cocaine seizures, US Coast Guard says 2016 has been a record-breaking year for cocaine seizures, the US Coast Guard has said.
Philippines 21/10/2016 Does killing drug dealers work? President Duterte of the Philippines interprets the term “war on drugs” literally.
Mexico 20/10/2016 Mexican judge shot dead as El Chapo's extradition to US confirmed A Mexican court orders notorious drugs lord El Chapo can be extradited to the USA
