Drug Trafficking

Arrest made after massive amount of cocaine mysteriously washes up on Australian beaches

An alleged drug trafficker has been charged after being linked to bricks of cocaine that mysteriousl...

world | 5 months ago

Prosecutors charge 5 men accused of impersonating Philadelphia police officers in 2006 to kidnap and kill a man

Federal prosecutors charged five men this week accused of impersonating Philadelphia police officers...

us | 5 months ago

Flight attendants charged in connection with scheme to smuggle drug money from U.S. to Dominican Republic

Four flight attendants have been charged in connection with an alleged scheme to smuggle drug money ...

us | 5 months ago

Video shows smugglers testing remote-controlled submarine to transport drugs, Italian police say

Italian police announced Tuesday the seizure of a remote-controlled submarine likely intended to tra...

world | 5 months ago

"Most wanted" Thai fugitive arrested on Bali after 17-hour speedboat escape

One of Thailand's most wanted fugitives will be escorted home on a Thai air force plane after being ...

world | 4 months ago

U.S. sanctions powerful Ecuador crime gang Los Lobos and its leader "Pipo"

The United States has sanctioned Los Lobos, a powerful crime gang based in Ecuador with ties to viol...

world | 4 months ago

$450,000 of cocaine found washed up on Alabama beach one day after divers found same amount off Key West

Authorities say 25 kilograms of suspected cocaine was found washed up on an Alabama beach — just one...

us | 4 months ago

U.S. customs officer accused of letting drug-filled cars enter from Mexico, spending bribe money on gifts, strip clubs

A former U.S. Customs officer has been convicted of accepting bribes to let drug-filled vehicles int...

us | 4 months ago

Notorious drug lord and former wrestler known as Bulgaria's "cocaine king" surrenders after years on the run

Fugitive Bulgarian drug lord Evelin Banev, wanted in several European countries, surrendered to law ...

world | 3 months ago

Ex-president of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández sentenced to 45 years in U.S. prison for cocaine trafficking

A court in New York on Wednesday sentenced former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández to 45 ye...

us | 3 months ago

Russia sentences U.S. man Robert Woodland to prison on drug charges

A Russian court has sentenced an American man to 12 and a half years in prison on drug charges, his ...

world | 3 months ago

Colombian warlord linked to over 1,500 murders and disappearances released from prison

Colombian warlord Salvatore Mancuso was released from prison Wednesday in the South American country...

world | 3 months ago

Accused drug trafficker dubbed "Pirate of the Unknown" extradited to NYC following arrest before international yacht race

A citizen of Montenegro nicknamed the "Pirate of the Unknown" has been extradited to New York City f...

us | 2 months ago

Authorities seize "narco sub" in South American jungle and illegal drugs, chemicals worth $1.6 billion

Authorities in Guyana seized a semisubmersible vessel that was being used for drug trafficking throu...

world | 2 months ago

Man accused of selling fake pills throughout U.S., running operation out of a garage turned "lab" in Connecticut

In a nondescript garage in Connecticut, a New Haven man manufactured hundreds of thousands of counte...

us | 3 weeks ago