China, Indonesia and Malaysia have dismantled a major transnational methamphetamine trafficking network, seizing approximately 1.2 tonnes of liquid methamphetamine and shutting down a large-scale processing facility in Indonesia, China’s Ministry of Public
A 46-year-old Indian engineer has been arrested at Bandaranaike International Airport in Sri Lanka after allegedly attempting to smuggle narcotics worth Rs 455.5 million into the country, including more than 23,000 drug tablets and 5.121kg of cocaine concealed in his
Sri Lankan Customs officers have seized narcotics with an estimated street value of 60.265 million rupees ($60.2 million in Sri Lankan rupees, not US
Sri Lanka’s coastline is increasingly exposed to international maritime drug trafficking, with official data recording 705 arrests between 2021 and July 2026, including 46
In the vast desert routes connecting Libya and Sudan, a group of fighters searching through documents recovered from an enemy convoy uncovered evidence of a new dimension in Sudan’s civil war. Among
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For decades, Africa served primarily as a transit route for international drug networks moving illicit substances toward major markets in Europe and North America. That role is now changing as Mexican cartel
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The United States military has killed Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, known as “Niño Guerrero,” in what President Donald Trump described as a “fast and lethal military strike” carried out by US Southern
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Guatemalan authorities have dismantled what officials describe as the largest narco-laboratory uncovered in the country in the past 15 years, in a major operation near the border with Mexico that signals an
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A senior official from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said Japan is being used as a transshipment point by drug-trafficking organizations seeking to evade detection, arguing that commercial shipments entering the United
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India’s first-ever seizure of Captagon, the notorious synthetic stimulant that became synonymous with the shadow economy of the Syrian civil war, has sent shockwaves through regional and international security circles. The interception
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro accused Ecuador on Tuesday of becoming the world’s largest cocaine exporter, alleging that massive shipments of narcotics produced in both Colombia and Peru are now flowing through Ecuadorian
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Editorial Alas, while a monk originally from Vietnam was walking for peace from Anuradhapura to Colombo—a journey we may not fully agree with, especially given how a private television channel known for
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A Brazilian criminal organization that began as a small prison-based fraternity demanding basic rights in the 1990s has grown into one of the most powerful and globally connected crime syndicates in the
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Colombian authorities have dealt a significant удар to international drug trafficking by seizing four tons of cocaine valued at more than $170 million in the northwestern Urabá region. The operation, which intercepted
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Dubai, once considered a secure sanctuary for high-level drug traffickers, is showing signs of becoming a far less reliable refuge as geopolitical instability and increased law enforcement cooperation begin to close in
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Drug gangs across Britain are adapting faster than the law can respond, exploiting digital platforms and shifting markets to operate with near impunity. A major investigation by Times UK has found that
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Editorial Sri Lanka now presents a deeply unsettling spectacle, not as a nation merely grappling with fiscal fragility or administrative disorder, but as an island where corrosive indulgence is being repackaged as
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Organized crime in the United Kingdom is entering a new technological frontier as drug gangs chemically alter cocaine and attach it to everyday materials, creating a smuggling method that experts say is
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Mexican authorities’ killing of Nemesio Oseguera, known as “El Mencho,” in a U.S.-backed raid on February 22 has been hailed as one of the most significant blows against organized crime in recent
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