An operation between Spain Y France allowed the dismantling of an organization accused of introducing cocaine into Europe through sailboats from America, with fifteen detainees and one thousand kilos of this drug seized, the Spanish Police and Civil Guard reported on Tuesday. Most of the cocaine, 740 kilos, was seized last December on one of […]
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Arrested 42 members of a network that flooded Europe with cocaine from South America
A large-scale operation in several countries, with the support of agencies such as the FBI, has allowed the arrest of 42 suspected traffickers of an Albanian criminal organization that “flooded Europe with cocaine” from South America, in which its members traveled to countries such as Colombia and Mexico to organize their activities. The Spanish Police […]
Europe dismantles network that moved cocaine from Latin America
Belgium and Spain arrested 45 people as part of an international operation between police from seven countries against a network that trafficked cocaine from Latin America to Europe, European Union (EU) agencies and prosecutors reported. The operation dismantled “one of the most active Albanian-speaking cocaine trafficking networks in Europe,” Europol and Eurojust said, adding that […]
More than 145.3 tons of cocaine seized in multinational operation “Orión”
Military and police authorities of 40 countries in America and Europe confiscated 145.3 tons of cocaine in the eighth phase of the multinational naval operation against drug trafficking “Orión”, reported the Navy of Colombia. This is the highest number of cocaine seized in the multinational operation to fight drug trafficking. In the Orion VIII Naval […]
With more troops, Colombia seeks to curb cocaine-fueled violence on the border with Venezuela
In sweltering heat, Colombian Army soldiers, wearing camouflaged suits and anti-COVID masks, walk through the dense vegetation with their assault rifles ready to respond to an eventual attack by their many enemies on the border with Venezuela. The soldiers are part of a new 14,000-strong military unit launched to stop escalating violence in the department […]
Coup against international drug trafficking with seizure of 5 tons of cocaine
The collaboration between Spain and Portugal in the fight against drug trafficking made it possible to seize a sailboat loaded with more than 5 tons of cocaine in Atlantic waters and detain three people, one of the largest apprehensions in Europe, official sources reported. The drugs were seized on a sailboat used by drug trafficking […]