Illegal drug trade
US, European Police Say ‘dark Web’ Markets Shut Down
US and European police on Thursday announced the shutdown of two huge "dark web" marketplaces that allowed the...
E/R Security Agencies Trained In Fighting Drug Trafficking
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, has organized a two weeks basic drugs workshop for law enforcement...
Canadian Found Dead In Thai Cell Wanted Over ‘dark Web’ Market
A 26-year-old Canadian found dead in his Thai police cell this week was wanted in the US for allegedly running a...
Ghana Ranked 3rd Highest Cocaine Transit Point In Africa
Ghana has been ranked the third cocaine transit destination in Africa behind Nigeria and South Africa respectively....
Year of Fear, But No Quick Win In Philippine Drug War
Meth addict Reyjin is still able to score on the frontlines of the Philippines' drug war, living proof that a year of...
Africa’s Highest Cocaine Transit Points
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has released her latest report on the transportation and use of...
NACOB Destroys Two Million Dollars Worth of Drugs
The Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) on Thursday destroyed narcotic substances estimated at two million dollars at...
NACOB Destroys Two Million Dollars Worth of Drugs
The Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) on Thursday destroyed narcotic substances estimated at two million dollars at...
Ex-Haitian Coup Leader Guy Philippe Gets Nine Years In US Prison
A former Haitian coup leader and elected senator was sentenced to nine years in a US federal prison Wednesday after...
Morgue Workers In Tanzania Jailed For Stealing Drugs From Corpse’s…
Tanzanian police said Saturday that they had arrested two morgue employees in Dar es Salaam after they admitted to...
British Fugitive Drug ‘kingpin’ Nabbed In Thailand
A British drug trafficker convicted over a $1.3 million narcotics ring has been arrested in Thailand after years on the...
Mr X and the Cartels Hooking SE Asia On Pills
The downfall of millionaire "Mr X", long shielded by cash and contacts in Laos, has highlighted the role of the...
Heads Must Roll At Ghana Ports…it’s Been Too Long!
Heads must roll at Ghana Ports…it’s been too long! This is as a result of a turf war between Ghana Customs and...
Heads Must Roll At Ghana Ports; It’s Been Too Long!
Heads must roll at Ghana Ports; it's been too long! Some $30m worth of cocaine is reported missing at the Tema Port The...
Vietnam Sentences Eight To Death For Heroin Smuggling
Vietnam has sentenced eight drug traffickers to death for smuggling 300 kilos (660 pounds) of heroin to China, some of...
Airline Passengers Caught With 10 Kilos of Cocaine In Pants
Customs and Border Protection officers at New York’s JFK airport said they captured two more passengers who attempted...
Madagascar Deports Suspected Kenyan Drug Kingpin
Ndechumia Bilali Kimali is due to appear in court on drug trafficking charges A Kenyan accused of being the mastermind...
FBI Arrests Mexican Prosecutor Over Drug Trafficking
FBI agents have arrested a Mexican prosecutor suspected of involvement in a ring producing and trafficking illegal...
China’s Synthetic Drugs Problem Expanding
China´s drug problem is severe and growing, the government said Monday, with particularly sharp rises in the abuse and...