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drug trafficking
24/12/2024
Former Medellin cartel boss Fabio Ochoa deported to Colombia, released upon arrival
Americas
Science
17/12/2024
The captagon trafficking ring: How Assad turned Syria into a narco state
Middle East
15/12/2024
‘Bali Nine’ drug traffickers return to Australia after nearly 20 years in Indonesian prison
Asia / Pacific
13/12/2024
Syrian rebels discover large-scale drug factories
13/12/2024
Syrian rebels uncover Assad regime's large-scale illegal drug laboratories
Middle East
Talking Europe
29/11/2024
The rise of drug-related violence in Europe: EU searches for joint solutions
Europe
22/11/2024
Heroin destroying lives in Kenya: trafficking to Europe fuels rising local addiction
Africa
14/11/2024
Tipping point: How drug trafficking became a ‘national cause’ in France
EXPLAINER
Europe
01/11/2024
Five people wounded in drug trafficking shootout in western France
Europe
01/11/2024
Marielle Franco's killers sentenced to 78 and 59 years in jail
Americas
29/10/2024
New techniques developed to make drugs undetectable at border checks
29/10/2024
Ex-president Morales says Bolivia government has 'dark plot to destroy' him
Americas
17/10/2024
US sentences Mexico's ex-security chief to 38 years for aiding cartels
Americas
Focus
11/10/2024
Mexico’s city of Culiacán besieged by organised crime amid violence in Sinaloa state
Americas
08/10/2024
‘Radicalised by crime’: Teen hitmen take Marseille’s grisly drug violence to new level
ANALYSIS
France
06/10/2024
Teen 'stabbed 50 times' before being burned alive in Marseille
Europe
Focus
03/09/2024
Gun crime soars as Brussels becomes new drug trafficking hub
Europe
26/08/2024
Telegram founder Pavel Durov arrested over probe into cybercrime on app, French prosecutors say
France
25/08/2024
Telegram messaging app CEO Pavel Durov arrested at French airport
France
26/07/2024
US arrests Mexican drug kingpins ‘El Mayo’ Zambada and son of ‘El Chapo’
Americas
Focus
27/06/2024
Sierre Leone grapples with kush crisis as synthetic drug wreaks havoc
Africa
05/06/2024
Small-town French mayor and deputy go on trial for complicity in drug trafficking
FRANCE'S DRUG CRISIS
France
03/06/2024
Sheinbaum faces tough challenges ahead: Economy, violent cartels, pressing gender-related issues
03/06/2024
'Robust democracy': Fresh off historic election, Mexico exhibits 'solid democratic institutions'
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