World The Good Friday Agreement is under siege – and so is my right to be Irish in Northern Ireland | View
World The Good Friday Agreement is under siege – and so is my right to be Irish in Northern Ireland | View
Colombia 07/03/2018 Colombia seizes 5 tonnes of cocaine in banana shipment It's Colombia's country's biggest drugs bust so far this year, worth around 350 million euros.
brussels bureau 12/02/2018 EU signs border agreement with Albania The EU and Albania have signed a draft border agreement that would allow European border agency Frontex to deploy to the West Balkan country in case of a sudden surge of migrants into the country.
Portugal 07/02/2018 Portugal police snatch substance set to make millions of ecstasy pills Around 4.5 tons of BMK has been seized after a joint operation involving Dutch and Belgian authorities
Spain 18/01/2018 Busted: cocaine-filled pineapple ring Spanish and Portuguese police have seized more than 700 kg of cocaine wrapped in pineapple skins and shipped from South America.
Brazil 29/12/2017 Drug lord extradited to Brazil A Brazilian drug dealer has been extradited from Paraguay. He was handed to Brazil's federal police at a military airport before being taken back to serve a 17-year sentence for drug trafficking
Egypt 27/12/2017 UK woman jailed in Egypt over painkillers A British woman has been sentenced to three years in prison in Egypt after bringing around 300 painkiller tablets into the country from the UK
Venezuela 15/12/2017 Nephews of Venezuela's first lady sentenced to 18 years in prison for cocaine plot The two nephews of Venezuela's first lady, Cilia Flores, have been sentenced to 18 years in prison in the US following their convictions on drug conspiracy charges.
Thailand 07/12/2017 Four members of Thai Hells Angels arrested for drug offences Thailand's police have arrested four members of the biker group Hells Angels Thailand in relation to drug offences.
Panama 21/11/2017 Panama on track for record illegal drug haul Panama is on track to hit a record level of illegal drug seizures after authorities confiscated some 2 tonnes of cocaine near the country's border with Colombia.
Egypt 11/11/2017 British woman to face criminal trial in Egypt for carrying painkillers Laura Plummer flew into the country with Tramadol, legal in the UK but illegal in Egypt.
Philippines 10/11/2017 Duterte claims he killed as a teenager The Philippine's president is no stranger to controversy and already as a provincial governor boasted of executing criminals.
Colombia 09/11/2017 Colombia seizes $360 million-worth of cocaine in largest ever drugs haul Police discovered 12 tonnes of the drug buried under banana plantations near to known smuggling routes.
Egypt 04/11/2017 British woman ‘faces death penalty’ in Egypt for carrying painkillers The woman has been in prison for a month.
Italy 03/11/2017 Italy seizes huge drugs haul intended for ISIL fighters Italian officers discovered a shipment of drugs worth around 50 million euros intended for ISIL fighters.
world news 01/11/2017 A ship carrying over one tonne of cocaine has been seized by Portugal police Portugal's drug enforcement agency has intercepted a ship carrying more than 1000kg of cocaine from Latin America to Europe
Colombia 31/10/2017 Juan Pablo Escobar opens up about the "ugly truth" about his father in exclusive interview TV series like Narcos "glorify" the figure of Pablo Escobar says the drug lord's son
interview 26/10/2017 'The worst violence imaginable': 'Cocaine king' Pablo Escobar's son opens up about his father Thousands lost their lives on Escobar's route to the top of the Colombian criminal underworld. Euronews asks the infamous narcoterrorist's son what it was like to grow up with the world's richest drug lord
Colombia 25/10/2017 Colombian officials double estimate of FARC holdouts resisting disarmament Some 800 FARC fighters remain fully-armed and with illegal mining and cocaine production to support them, pose a threat to the peace deal, while criminals occupy areas vacated by former rebels.
Philippines 22/09/2017 Rival rallies in Philippines as protesters denounce 'dictator' Duterte Thursday saw large rallies in Manila both in support of and protest against President Duterte.
Italy 11/09/2017 Huge Cocaine Seizure in Italy More than two hundred kilos of pure cocaine has been seized in the southern Italian province of Reggio Calabria. 216 kg of the drug was shipped
