News of cocaine

‘Mochileros de la cocaína’ – Rising numbers of drug ‘mule’ backpackers

12-09-2024 13:00 Farm hands, manual labourers and local guides in the north of Argentina are being coopted by criminal organisations for the overland transfer of drugs across the frontier with Bolivia, crossing mountains and valleys without caring about the weather or the visibility.

by Leonardo Nieva

DRUG-TRAFFICKING

Cocaine ‘mules’ arrested in Jujuy with capsules hidden in bodies

12-09-2024 00:54 Bolivian nationals were transporting 323 capsules of cocaine hidden on their person, reports authorities.

FEATURE

Poverty, marginalisation, cocaine: Gangs find lucrative combo

30-03-2024 06:48 Argentina's economy is in intensive care. Financial stagnation, coupled with record inflation and the slashing of public spending have resulted in rising poverty and marginalisation. But in every crisis some see opportunity, and this time, it is crime groups. With drug-trafficking expanding in the barrios, analysts warn of new complex dynamics in the long run.

by Josefina Salomon*, In.Visibles

DRUG-TRAFFICKING

Bolivia says huge manhunt closing in on accused drug-lord

02-08-2023 12:59 Bolivian authorities conduct massive operation to capture alleged cocaine-trafficker Sebastián Enrique Marset Cabrera, wanted on drugs charges in several countries.

DEATH OF NATACHA JAITT

Four years after death, investigators gain access to Natacha Jaitt's iPad

20-06-2023 15:45 Four years after model and media personality’s body was found unresponsive at a party salon in Benavídez, prosecutors finally gain access to the tablet device in her possession on the night she died.

Drug-trafficking

Uruguay finds cocaine in surfboards bound for Europe

14-06-2023 10:32 Uruguay's anti-drug brigade seize almost 50 kilos of cocaine hidden in surfboards in an international operation launched in May with police from Spain, Portugal and Italy. The drugs were bound for Europe.

FEATURE: DRUG-TRAFFICKING

How drug smugglers infiltrated a global shipping giant

24-12-2022 09:40 As MSC grew into a dominant force in global trade, it also became a prime drug-trafficking conduit for Balkan gangs.

FEATURE: DRUG-TRAFFICKING

Cocaine is flooding into Europe and it's terrorising cities

24-12-2022 08:40 Cocaine often hitches a ride from Latin America in the same ships that carry produce. The drug is swamping Europe, and some communities have been terrorised.

FEATURE: DRUG-TRAFFICKING

The golden age of cocaine is happening right now

22-12-2022 14:09 Global fallout from Colombia's cocaine boom is showing up everywhere from the warehouses of Antwerp to coup plots in West Africa, bringing violence, corruption and big profits.

News of cocaine

‘Mochileros de la cocaína’ – Rising numbers of drug ‘mule’ backpackers

Cocaine ‘mules’ arrested in Jujuy with capsules hidden in bodies

Poverty, marginalisation, cocaine: Gangs find lucrative combo

Bolivia says huge manhunt closing in on accused drug-lord

Four years after death, investigators gain access to Natacha Jaitt's iPad

Uruguay finds cocaine in surfboards bound for Europe

How drug smugglers infiltrated a global shipping giant

Cocaine is flooding into Europe and it's terrorising cities

The golden age of cocaine is happening right now

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