Tag: Drug smuggling

Belgium recently concluded its largest drug smuggling trial, resulting in dozens of people being sentenced to prison, including some of the ringleaders who received up to 17 years behind bars. The trial involved more...

European authorities have made a significant breakthrough in the fight against drug smuggling, particularly in the trafficking of prescription medication pills. A continent-wide gang that was responsible for smuggling millions of pills to countries...

Greek authorities recently made a significant drug bust in the port of Thessaloniki, seizing approximately 93 kilograms (205 pounds) of cocaine from a ship carrying bananas. The vessel, which had traveled from Ecuador to...

Barry Calverley, a 68-year-old mining industry expert from Perth, made an emotional plea for bail during a court appearance at the NSW Supreme Court via video from Wellington prison. He was arrested at Sydney...

Authorities in Guyana recently intercepted a semisubmersible vessel, or "narco sub," used for trafficking drugs across South America and internationally. The homemade vessel was capable of transporting up to 3 tons of cocaine at...

Three Mexican suspects were arrested along with two South Africans when elite police units conducted a raid on a large crystal meth lab situated in a secluded farm north of Johannesburg. The owner of...

Two high-ranking members of the infamous Sinaloa cartel were arrested in Texas, including Joaquín Guzmán López, the son of the imprisoned drug lord "El Chapo." The other leader apprehended was Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada,...