La Paz and Coripata (Bolivia)July 2 (EFE) The increase in crops Coca leaf and “free sale” have had an impact on the price decrease in bolivian to the point that producers in legal areas complain that their income barely covers their food and many have gone to work in gold mining. About three years ago, […]
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Dutch striker Quincy Promes sentenced to 18 months in prison for stabbing cousin
Dutch striker Quincy Promes of Spartak Moscow, tried for stabbing a cousin at a family party, was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Monday in an Amsterdam court. The 31-year-old, who had pleaded not guilty to the charge of “attempted manslaughter”, lives in Russia and did not attend the hearings in the case. The […]
Dutch Spartak Moscow player accused of cocaine trafficking
Dutch striker Quincy Promes, from Spartak Moscow, already tried in the Netherlands for having stabbed a cousin, is now accused of having imported cocaine, the country’s justice said on Tuesday. Promes, 31, is accused, along with another Dutch citizen, of having imported “several hundred kilos” of cocaine in January 2020, mainly through the port of […]
The flavored coca leaf changes an ancient taste in Bolivia
Bitter, rough and hard, the coca leaf that is chewed in bolivian As a natural energizer, it now comes softer and with a fruit flavor. An initiative changed the ancient texture and taste of the stigmatized plant from the South American Andes. A decade ago, the crushed and flavored coca leaf was just an experiment. […]
Cooperating between States and following the money, keys against drug trafficking
The fight against organized crimeespecially against the drug traffickinghas in the concept of “follow the money” from these activities one of its main strategies and, for this, collaboration between States at a global level is essential. This was revealed this Tuesday and Wednesday at an international seminar held in Santo Domingo, which discussed the next […]
AMLO on the guilt of García Luna: “A corruption regime is being dismantled”
The president of Mexico Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) pointed out that a regime of corruption, injustices and privileges is being dismantled after the guilt of Genaro García Luna, former Secretary of Public Security of Mexico (SSP), for the process that is followed in the Brooklyn court (United States) for his relationship with drug trafficking […]
The economic empire of the godfather of Cosa Nostra captured: tourism, supermarkets, wind
A true economic empire of some US$ 5,000 million represents the assets seized from the front men of Matteo Messina Denarothe last godfather of Cosa Nostraarrested on Monday after 30 years on the run. According to sources from the investigators, who for years have been analyzing the economic movements of characters close to the capo, […]
Narcos in Rotterdam and Antwerp: young criminals in a bloody war
The ports of Antwerp and Rotterdam seized a record 160 tons of cocaine in 2022 from drug traffickers who recruit young people in schools, neighborhood squares or social networks like TikTok, and those who are caught in a bloody turf war that keeps Belgium on edge and the Netherlands. The Dutch and Belgian authorities announced […]
The Mexican avocado, hostage of the drug violence that worsens in Michoacán
While in the United States they devoured tons of guacamole to liven up the Super Bowl, in Michoacán, the huge orchard that produced the avocados (avocados)a soldier deactivated explosives planted by drug traffickers who make the law in this region of Mexico. In a race against time, both countries have recently reactivated exports of the […]
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 […]