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    • Wednesday, 22 February, 2023
      Mexico’s former security chief convicted in US of helping cartel smuggle drugs

      President hails verdict after jury hears how Genaro García Luna helped Sinaloa clan become ‘FedEx of cocaine’

    • Thursday, 16 February, 2023
      US foreign policy
      US jury weighs fate of former Mexican official on trial for taking cartel bribes

      Case has exposed the failures of the drug war waged by the US and Mexico

    • Friday, 30 December, 2022
      Irish cartel boss Daniel Kinahan runs out of options as legal noose tightens

      Police chief confident that case against one of world’s most wanted drug lords will advance ‘significantly’ in 2023

    • Wednesday, 14 September, 2022
      Paraguay
      US move deepens worries over organised crime in Paraguay

      Sanctions on top politicians seen as message that Asunción must clean up public life

    • Thursday, 25 August, 2022
      Global InsightMichael Stott
      Booming cocaine trade now stains most of Latin America

      Drug violence reaches well beyond Mexico and Colombia into region’s quieter corners

    • Saturday, 16 July, 2022
      Mexico
      Mexico captures drug lord wanted for murder of US agent in 1985

      Arrest of Rafael Caro Quintero seen as sign of co-operation between security forces

    • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
      Europe’s illegal drug market rebounds after Covid disruptions

      Supply and use rise sharply as organised crime gangs exploit digital communications and transport networks

    • Friday, 6 May, 2022
      News in-depthBritish Virgin Islands
      British Virgin Islands politicians close ranks to resist London rule

      National unity administration formed in tax haven as more details emerge of alleged drug trafficking

    • Friday, 29 April, 2022
      News in-depthBritish Virgin Islands
      UK report into BVI slams ‘appalling’ governance after premier arrested

      British judge-led inquiry recommends suspension of elected administration and direct rule by London-appointed governor

    • Thursday, 28 April, 2022
      British Virgin Islands
      British Virgin Islands premier arrested on drug trafficking charges

      Andrew Fahie detained at a Miami airport along with BVI ports director

    • Monday, 28 February, 2022
      The Big Read
      How Brazil’s largest crime syndicate built a global drug empire

      A prison gang 30 years ago, the PCC has risen to become one of the world’s most powerful organised crime groups

    • Friday, 18 February, 2022
      News in-depthHonduras
      Ex-Honduras president’s arrest puts US war on drugs into focus

      Juan Orlando Hernández faces extradition despite being a long-time Washington ally

    • Tuesday, 15 February, 2022
      Honduras
      Honduras arrests former president after US extradition request

      Juan Orlando Hernández, implicated in brother’s drugs trafficking case, escorted from his home in handcuffs

    • Friday, 4 February, 2022
      News in-depthGuinea-Bissau
      Cocaine and a very murky coup in Guinea-Bissau

      Attempted assassination of president shines light on role played by drug traffickers in West African country

    • Wednesday, 14 July, 2021
      News in-depthMexico
      Mexicans fear cartels are tightening their grip on politics

      A governor’s criticism of the ruling party highlights concerns about drug traffickers’ power

    • Wednesday, 9 June, 2021
      Drug traffickers change tactics to avoid Covid-19 travel curbs

      Shipping containers rather than human couriers used to smuggle narcotics into Europe

    • Wednesday, 9 June, 2021
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      GOP opposes G7 tax deal, internet outage hits thousands of websites

      US Republicans threaten to hold up a proposed global tax agreement

    • Tuesday, 8 June, 2021
      Hundreds arrested worldwide in Trojan Shield organised crime sting

      FBI secretly ran encrypted communications platform ANOM which lured drug dealers and mafia members

    • Wednesday, 28 April, 2021
      Special ReportIllicit Goods and Services
      Mexican drug cartels see big profits in fentanyl

      Gangs use long-established networks to export synthetic narcotics to the US

    • Saturday, 27 March, 2021
      Honduras
      Drug claims against Honduran president pose dilemma for Biden

      Details emerging from US prosecutions threaten to complicate search for solution to migrant crisis

    • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
      Italy
      Italian mafia tightens grip on small businesses during lockdown

      Crime groups adjust operations to compensate for a fall in other criminal opportunities

    • Sunday, 3 January, 2021
      The Big Read
      Venezuela: Maduro strengthens his grip on power

      After failed efforts to dislodge the regime, the country will present Joe Biden with one of his biggest diplomatic challenges

    • Wednesday, 18 November, 2020
      Mexico
      US drug charges dropped against Mexico’s former defence minister

      Country’s president thanks Trump administration for abandoning case against Salvador Cienfuegos

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