French Guiana Cocaine Trial Opens in Poitiers
Six people went on trial in Poitiers over an alleged French Guiana cocaine route. Prosecutors seek 4 to 6 years;...
October 7, 2026Topic
cocaine
Spain’s Courts Put Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez in an Awkward Spotlight
Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela's acting leader, surfaces in two Spanish criminal inquiries: oil-deal chats and a diplomat's cocaine arrest. She is...
September 28, 2026
Brazil’s ‘Biggest Cocaine Bust’ Collapses as Tests Find No Drugs in Timber
Laboratory tests found no cocaine in Bolivian timber seized in Brazil and Chile. Prosecutors closed the case as a false...
June 23, 2026
Colombian authorities seize five tons of cocaine in three Caribbean ports
Colombian anti-narcotics police seized five tons of cocaine hidden in containers that criminals intended to take out of the country...
September 16, 2022
Cocaine trafficking shifts to Brazil’s smaller ports – UN
The city of Santos in the state of São Paulo, which has the largest port in Latin America, is on...
August 5, 2022
How Mexican cartels took over Colombia’s cocaine business
Mexican cartels are becoming increasingly active in Colombian organized crime networks. It was revealed by the director of Judicial Investigation
August 2, 2022
Argentine, Chilean and Uruguayan ports through which cocaine is exported to Europe increase
They conducted a study entitled "Cocaine trafficking from non-traditional ports: examining the cases of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay,"
January 26, 2022
Police fight for control of Ecuador prison after massacre leaves 116 inmates dead
Ecuadorian police were battling Thursday for control of a prison in the port of Guayaquil where a riot left at...
October 1, 2021
Plane carrying nearly 300 kg of cocaine left Bolivia and crashed in Brazil’s Mato Grosso
A plane that left Bolivia carrying almost 300 kg of drugs crashed in Brasnorte, in northern Mato Grosso, on Tuesday...
September 9, 2021