The US Embassy in Colombo has declined to comment further on a special police investigation into a major narcotics seizure at the China-managed Colombo International Container Terminal (CICT), despite questions over the
A damning new report has accused senior Cambodian politicians of supporting and profiting from a vast criminal industry that uses trafficked forced labour to run online scam centres targeting lonely individuals in
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A second mass grave site linked to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) has been uncovered in western Mexico, again with the help of relatives of the country’s more than 120,000 missing
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A 21-year-old British woman has been arrested in Sri Lanka after allegedly attempting to smuggle £1.15 million worth of cannabis into the country in her luggage. Charlotte May Lee, from Coulsdon in
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France is facing a growing epidemic of drug-related violence, one that has been likened to the brutal cartel wars seen in Mexico. Turf wars between rival gangs claimed 110 lives last year
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Originally envisioned as South America’s answer to the Mississippi River, the Paraguay-Paraná waterway has become a critical artery for global commerce—and a new battleground in the fight against drug trafficking. Spanning 2,100
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Social media platforms are increasingly becoming the marketplace for illegal drug sales, with dealers using clever tactics—such as emojis—to evade detection, according to Wired magazine. For example, a snowflake, a snowman, or
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Editorial A scandal of monumental proportions is shamelessly emerging, with allegations of human trafficking and corruption extending all the way to former Labour Minister Manusha Nanayakkara. As the country reels from the shock of these revelations,
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Pavel Durov, the Russian-born founder of the popular messaging app Telegram, is scheduled to appear in a French court shortly after his recent arrest at Paris’s Le Bourget airport. Durov, a prominent
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Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has granted a sweeping pardon to nearly 4,800 individuals involved in illegal cannabis cultivation, as announced by the justice ministry on Monday. This move is part of a
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