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Maersk and CMA-CGM: The favorite shipping companies of the Colombian mafia
Leaked documents from the Prosecutor’s Office show that their vessels, the initials of their containers and the arrival docks of these companies in Europe are mentioned by criminals to speak in code about cocaine shipments and routes.
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Pirates of the Caribbean Trafficked in Maersk
Military intelligence officers and police, in a network with the principal of Daniel “El Loco” Barrera, sent 19 tons of cocaine to Central America, the United States and Europe; They corrupted inspectors at the port of Santa Marta to ship 70% of the drugs to the Danish shipping company.
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Fishing boats and cargo ships: How Colombian cocaine is trafficked worldwide
Official statistics on busts of drug shipments originating in Colombia — the world’s largest cocaine producer by far — are scattershot and hard to find. A leak of prosecutor’s office documents helped reporters fill in some gaps.
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Two teenagers charged over death of schoolgirl, 16, after night out at club
Lucy’s school hailed her ’bright, hard-working and well-motivated’
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Cocaine dealer apprehended when car he’s passenger in crashes following high-speed collision
Cocaine dealers Ryan Lawrence and Joshua Goodwin careered into the wall of a council building in Stanley, Co Durham, before police uncovered several bags of cocaine
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Half a ton of cocaine was found on a fishing boat in Australia
Men intercepted travelling on fishing boat off Gladstone in what federal police say is one of the state’s largest cocaine busts
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Syrian opposition supports US bill targeting Captagon trafficking
A U.S.-based Syrian opposition organization welcomed on Thursday a bill U.S. President Joe Biden signed a day earlier in order to combat the production and trafficking of a potent drug...
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Second fatality reported following alert on unusually potent heroin
A second man has died after what police described as a "bad batch" of heroin was circulated.
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According to a new white paper, an independent Scotland could have the freedom to determine its own drug laws
The Scottish Government’s latest independence paper says Scotland could take its own decisions on issues such as gambling and drug prohibition if it was to leave the UK.
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A warning is issued following the emergence of deadly pink cocaine drug detected in Ibiza and the UK
As the summer and party season hits soon, police have issued a warning about pink cocaine being used in places like Ibiza and the UK.
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Advertisements promoting the deadly nitazene drug have been found on X and SoundCloud platforms
Thousands of posts offering deadly drugs known as nitazenes have been found on X and the music platform SoundCloud by a BBC investigation.
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Criminal cousins establish a £1 million "secret lab" and transport heroin and cocaine to Scotland
Stephen Earle pleaded guilty to drug offences after he was returned to the UK. His fellow gang members were previously jailed last year
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The surge in Vietnamese migrants being smuggled into the UK on small boats is reportedly fueling the country’s cannabis and prostitution industries
Many in Vietnam are trapped in poverty and are susceptible to promises made by people smugglers of the riches to be found in the UK
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The Redditch United boss, who took an "immediate break from football," is facing charges related to the supply of cocaine and cannabis
A non-league footie boss who took a surprise leave of absence from the touchline is facing cocaine and cannabis supply charges.
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British student arrested in Colombia airport after ’trying to smuggle cocaine disguised as milk’
The 25-year-old British student has been detained in Colombia and forced to pose in front an illegal haul after reportedly attempting to smuggle cocaine disguised as milk out of the country
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Drug-fuelled thug guilty of murder after telling victim ’payback’s a bi**h’ following champagne bottle attack
’Never underestimate a short-a**e’, Dean Hughes told Shane Maloney as he lay unconscious
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Flesh-eating ‘zombie’ drug killed Britain’s first victim in our town – users with rotting wounds are flooding streets
Residents reveal drug use is leading to bigger issues in the town
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Crime boss who led drugs gang caught and jailed after visit to the dentist
A selfie from the dentist was sent by Khan Gorgulu to his crime partner - and was then used by police to identify him and prove his involvement in supplying cocaine and cannabis to Alderley Edge
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I stared down deadly assassins who kill for just £1k & are turning a holiday beach paradise into a blood-soaked warzone
Even out of work students are killing for cash - as journalist Mariana van Zeller reveals in our exclusive video
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Two dogs seized to be euthanised and nine puppies in police care after raid on suspected drugs den
Two ’adult dogs’ who were ’surrendered for humane destruction’ were seized, while nine puppies are ’currently awaiting an assessment for rehoming.’
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US veterans dodge gun-wielding kids & checkpoints to save civilians from Haiti’s gangs in daring SAS-style missions
Bryan Stern and his team at Project Dynamo specialise in ’hard cases in hard places’ and say they’ll never leave anyone behind
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Inside lavish life of ’El Chapo of the UK’ who fled to Dubai and blew £22k on bed before his arrest
Jonathan Cassidy was arrested at Manchester Airport in 2020 after returning from Dubai where he had fled to when the EncroChat app was hacked
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Drug smuggling death row gran teaches lags to knit as she awaits execution
A picture of Lindsay Sandiford shows the 67-year-old British inmate, who was jailed for drug smuggling, teaching other cons how to use knitting needles at Kerobokan jail in Bali
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Joe Wicks admits he could have ‘gone down different path’ due to dad's addiction
Joe Wicks has reflected on his difficult upbringing which including witnessing his father's drug addiction and mother's eating disorders - and he found relief via school PE classes
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Drug dealer remanded in same prison as man who murdered his father
Whilst on remand, Simms found himself in the same prison as his father's murderer and individuals he alledges assaulted and kidnapped him - Simms father was murdered and died of injuries
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