Green News Illegal donkey skin is being sold alongside human hair on social media More than 4.8 million donkeys are killed for their skins a year, the charity estimates, in the most comprehensive look at the illicit industry yet. 12/05/2022
world news Record quantities of cocaine seized in Europe, EU agencies warn More than 214.6 tonnes of cocaine were seized in Europe in 2020, a 6% increase from 2019. 06/05/2022
Spain Three German fugitives arrested in Spain over money laundering scheme The suspects had been on the run from German authorities since 2021, Europol said. 05/05/2022
USA British Virgin Islands premier arrested on drug trafficking charges The islands' PM was arrested at a Miami airport. where he allegedly came to meet Mexican drug traffickers, who in reality were undercover US agents. 29/04/2022
Netherlands Ten men from same family arrested in Amsterdam for money laundering Dutch police seized more than €1.4 million during the arrest, suspecting that the large sums of money originated from international drug trafficking. 28/04/2022
no comment Singaporeans hold vigil for Malaysians facing execution Hundreds of Singaporeans hold a candlelight vigil to protest the looming execution of two Malaysians convicted of drug offences 26/04/2022
Austria Private detective behind 'Ibizagate' scandal convicted on drug charges NGOs denounced the ruling as an attempt to silence whistleblowers, but prosecutors said the case had nothing to do with the scandal that brought down the government. 30/03/2022
Health America’s first safe injection site has just opened in New York The centre has become a political flashpoint in the US with some Republican senators accusing President Biden of wanting to finance "crack pipes". 22/02/2022
world news Dozens arrested in Belgium & Spain in major drug trafficking operation The criminal network is accused of using cargo planes, private jets and shipping containers to smuggle cocaine into Europe. 15/02/2022
Spain Spanish police bust drugs ring 'faking orca attacks' to aid smuggling Police say the gang would simulate boat damage and even killer whale attacks to get towed into ports in southern Spain and smuggle in hashish. 11/02/2022
Argentina Buenos Aires residents block roads in protest over drug arrests Residents from the Barrio 8 neighbourhood in Buenos Aires, where an adulterated cocaine that killed over 20 people was sold, protest over arrests of people they say are not linked to the crime. 05/02/2022
no comment Croatia police display drugs seized in two raids Croatian police on Tuesday displayed hundreds of pounds of drugs they said were seized in two separate operations last year in a southern Adriatic Sea port close to the famous resort of Dubrovnik. 11/01/2022
Spain Drug trafficking ring that used helicopters shut down in Spain The criminal gang allegedly transported hashish and marijuana from Morocco to southern Spain using helicopters. 10/01/2022
Germany German police incinerate cocaine worth €270 million in huge operation The drugs were incinerated in Bavaria on Tuesday as part of "Operation Snow Melt". 15/12/2021
Germany German court convicts eight people in 'cyberbunker' trial Investigators say the data centre had hosted online sites dealing drugs and other criminal businesses. 13/12/2021
Panama Panama seizes record €9 million of drug money Authorities in Panama found 10 million dollars of illegal drug money hidden in a residential house in Nueva Providencia. 04/12/2021
Germany German police bust cocaine smuggling network from South America The gang is also accused of using fake companies to fraudulently apply for aid from coronavirus relief programmes. 30/11/2021
Portugal Portugal seizes cocaine worth €200m from yacht in Atlantic Ocean The haul is reported to be one of the largest hauls in Europe in recent years and the biggest in Portugal for 15 years. 18/10/2021
no comment Honduras burns 3.3 tonnes of cocaine seized from cartels Honduras burns 3.3 tonnes of cocaine seized from cartels 02/10/2021
world news Police bust Balkan cartel’s European ‘cocaine pipeline’ 61 people were arrested as police from eight European countries pounced on a Balkan crime organisation allegedly "flooding Europe with cocaine." 27/09/2021
Netherlands Netherlands, Belgium main gateways into Europe for cocaine: Europol "The epicentre of the cocaine market in Europe has shifted northwards," the Europol report, drawn up in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), said. 07/09/2021
Montenegro Police find record haul of cocaine in bananas shipment Around 900 kilograms of the drug was found divided into 1,205 packages, law enforcement said in a statement on Friday. 27/08/2021
United Arab Emirates Italian alleged mobster who bought stolen Van Goghs arrested in Dubai Raffaele Imperiale has been wanted by Italian police since two stolen Van Goghs, thought to have been bought with criminal cash, were found in a farmhouse he owned outside Naples. 19/08/2021
world news Gibraltar seizes €15m worth of cannabis resin after sea pursuit Authorities in Gibraltar seized 2.6 metric tons of cannabis resin with a street value of €15 million after a high-speed chase at sea. 18/08/2021
Spain Most-wanted mafia boss arrested in Madrid after two years on the run The 60-year-old, dubbed the Calabrian clan's "boss of bosses" in the 1980s and 1990s, was sentenced in absentia to another 11 years in prison for murder and criminal association aimed at drug trafficking in January. 05/08/2021
world news Spanish woman, 79, arrested for leading drug-trafficking ring The elderly drug lord was arrested in Portugal on Tuesday over suspicions of smuggling cocaine from Latin America to Europe. 04/08/2021
