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Two major Mafia-like organizations—dubbed drug cartels—evolved from this illicit, lucrative trade: the first in Medellín, led by Pablo Escobar, and the second in Cali.
The drug trafficking career of Carlos Lehder is almost as remarkable as that of Pablo Escobar himself. A founder of the Medellín cartel alongside Escobar, Lehder established himself as a canny and intelligent operator who was capable of thinking outside the box to get things done, i.e. to smuggle drugs to wherever they might be profitable.
Authorities in Paraguay have announced the largest cocaine seizure in the country’s history as officials were surprised to find more than 4 tons of the drug stashed inside a shipment of sugar ...
Rodrigo Paez-Quintero, a Mexican national, has been extradited from Mexico to the United States to face charges related to drug trafficking. Paez-Quintero’s surrender to U.S authorities after an extradition proceeding in Mexico demonstrates the ongoing cooperation between the United States and Mexico to combat the influx of dangerous drugs, including fentanyl, into the United States.
12 July 2024 Law and Crime Prevention. Transnational organised crime groups based in Southeast Asia are turning into “criminal service providers” selling a range of illegal activities, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). As we reported earlier in the week, there has been a proliferation of illicit operations, known as ...
A group law enforcement dubbed the "Fentanyl Robbery Gang," or F.R.G., would lure victims with the promise of prostitution and then drug them — resulting in four deaths — in a crime ring that ...
Those involved in France's fight against drug trafficking are "scattered like a jigsaw puzzle" and intelligence "needs to find its rightful place," according to a Senate commission of inquiry into the impact of drug trafficking in France and what needs to be done about it.
