All news on the topic: Drugs trade

More than 1,800 tonnes of drugs have been seized as organized crime penetrates major EU seaports, with Antwerp and Rotterdam at the center, raising increasing concerns about corruption among port staff, customs officials, and law enforcement.

Yemeni authorities say the Houthis are playing a major role in regional drug trafficking, turning Yemen into a new hub for the Captagon trade, which the group allegedly uses to finance its military operations.

Tirso ‘TJ’ Dominguez states that Escobar paid him $20 million monthly to fly planes loaded with cocaine.

A British passenger faces accusations of allegedly trying to smuggle 18kg of cannabis into the UK.

Several ’Turkish’ barber shops across the UK have been raided by authorities over fears they could be laundering drug money.

A man who co-ordinated a multi-million-pound fake medicines operation, including counterfeit versions of the powerful anti-anxiety pill Xanax, has today (Wednesday 27 March 2025) been jailed for eight years.

Leaders of Colombian drug trafficking organization plead guilty in Florida court to conspiring to smuggle 43,000 kg of cocaine into the U.S.

Special forces deployed to province engulfed in a war between armed groups over control of cocaine province. Dozens of civilians have been killed and thousands forced to flee.

The year 2024 included some stark reminders that drug trafficking money can reach the highest levels of politics.

Tech-savvy organised crime groups profiting from billion-dollar enterprise that is spreading beyond Russian borders

HMS Trent confiscated half a tonne of the Class A drug from a speed boat south of the Dominican Republic earlier this month, taking its annual total of seizures to more than £550m.

The nordic nation has become a gateway to Europe for South American drug traffickers