Posted on October 6th, 2009, by admin
Steve McGreevy for Irish Times - October 6, 2009
Revenue and Customs officers have seized €3.78 million worth of cigarettes in a major operation against smugglers.
The cigarettes came in a ship’s container from Egypt on Friday morning and were declared on the manifest as “bedroom furniture”.
The container was placed under surveillance by Customs and the cigarettes [...]
Tags: ireland, smuggling of cigarettes, UK
Posted on September 28th, 2009, by admin
The Royal Navy says it has seized its biggest haul of cocaine, estimating its street value at £240m ($380m).
The Portsmouth-based frigate HMS Iron Duke seized more than five-and-a-half tonnes of the drug from a 138ft fishing boat off the coast of Colombia.
The Royal Navy and US Coast Guard jointly intercepted the boat after it was [...]
Tags: Cocaine, drug, UK
Posted on August 4th, 2009, by admin
Zagreb – During an international operation called “Spartak”, which lasted for the past two months in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, 5,7 kg of heroin, one kg of marijuana and 28 grams of cocaine valued approximately 2.000.000 Kunas (300.000 euro) are confiscated in Croatia, it was announced during a press conference at the Zagreb police [...]
Tags: Bosnia and Herzegovina, croatia, Drug trafficking, operation "Spartak", Republika Srpska
Posted on July 9th, 2009, by admin
Five Macedonian citizens are hold suspect to have been involved in heroin trafficking. They were arrested in Bulgaria during the joint operation of the Macedonian and the Bulgarian police. The operation was named Corridor. The operation was carried out two days ago in Blagoevgrad.
Photo: Die Welt
The police holds them suspect for possession of 111 kilograms [...]
Tags: Afghanistan, Albania, Balkans, Bulgaria, Drug trafficking, heroin trafficking, Macedonia, operation Corridor
Posted on July 8th, 2009, by admin
Spanish police say they have broken up a drugs smuggling ring and arrested 18 people on suspicion they used Barcelona airport to introduce cocaine into the country.
Seven of those arrested worked at the airport, which is Spain’s second largest. Investigators observed them over a period of 10 months removing cocaine parcels from compartments in airliner [...]
Tags: BArcelona, Cocaine, Drug trafficking, spain
Posted on May 29th, 2009, by admin
by Ron Synovitz for RadioFreeEurope - May 28, 2009
From the Pentagon to the UN’s Office on Drugs and Crime, there appears to be growing recognition that Afghanistan’s counternarcotics strategy is failing.
Military and civilian officials admit they have focused too much on destroying opium fields without offering enough support to Afghan farmers who switch to [...]
Posted on May 27th, 2009, by admin
Regional leaders and police accused of protecting La Familia gang, one of the country’s most violent
Mexican forces arrested 10 mayors and 18 other officials yesterday for allegedly protecting one of the country’s most violent drug cartels.
Soldiers and federal agents fanned out across President Felipe Calderón’s native state of Michoacan on the Pacific coast to carry [...]
Tags: Cocaine, Drug trafficking, La Familia cartel, Mexico
Posted on May 25th, 2009, by admin
The Columbian Police discovered for the first time a shipment of black cocaine. The 15 packs were destined to El Dorado Airport in Bogota. Because of the lack of smell the packs were identified as cocaine only 2 days after being discovered in the tank of a vehicle. Not even the most experimented dogs could [...]
Tags: black cocaine, coca negra, Cocaine, Colombia
Posted on March 26th, 2009, by admin
We gladly receive and publish the speech given by Janet Napolitano, Secretary United States Department of Homeland Security, before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee of the United States on March 25, 2009.
Southern Border Violence:
Homeland Security Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Responsibilities
Chairman Lieberman, Senator Collins, and members of the Committee: I appreciate this opportunity to [...]
Tags: drug cartels, Drug trafficking, Janet Napolitano, Mexico, Secretary United States Department of Homeland Security, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, United States
Posted on March 13th, 2009, by admin
From BBC - March 13, 2009
Police in Amsterdam have arrested the main suspect in the gangland killing of six Italian men in the German city of Duisburg in August 2007.
Giovanni Strangio was detained with his brother-in-law - also a Mafia suspect - in a joint operation involving Dutch, German and Italian police. Police believe the [...]
