Cleaning house, Honduras extradited former police chief Juan Carlos Bonilla Valladares, alias El Tigre, to the United States to face drug trafficking charges similar to those ex-President Juan Orlando Hernández was accused of and handed over to the U.S. several weeks ago.

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who for years has been a principal suspect in a transnational drug trafficking conspiracy, pleaded not guilty Tuesday in U.S. federal court.

Soldiers and police officers raided over the last few days crime hotspots in several cities in Ecuador following a spike in gang crime and murders in three western provinces.

In a massive operation that spanned four Brazilian states, authorities cracked down on a sophisticated money laundering network of the criminal gang Os Manos, arresting nearly 60 suspects.

Authorities across Europe took down last week one of the continent’s most active drug trafficking networks in a joint operation that culminated in the arrest of 39 individuals linked to the importation of over 57 tonnes of cocaine since last year.

Spanish authorities arrested Tuesday 22 alleged members of a criminal organization linked to the construction of Miami Vice-like go-fast boats specifically outfitted to traffic large quantities of illegal drugs.

Croatian police arrested 10 people suspected of being part of a violent criminal network that brought cocaine from South America to Europe. Simultaneously, police in neighboring Serbia again arrested Serbian cocaine king Darko Šarić, who appears to have been cooperating with the group in Croatia.

There was no luck of the Irish for the Kinahan crime family this week.

Venezuela’s biggest organized crime group involved in robbery, murder and drug trafficking has been recruiting children as soldiers to secure the gang-controlled territories, non-governmental organization claim.

A British court sentenced a high-ranking member of an organized crime group to 21 years in prison for orchestrating the importation of multi-million pound drug shipments, the UK’s National Crime Agency announced in a statement.

About a month after his arrest, the Honduras Supreme Court ratified the extradition of former President Juan Orlando Hernández Alvarado to the United States where he could face a life sentence if convicted on drug trafficking and firearms charges.

The United States sanctioned seven suspected high-ranking members of the Los Huistas, Guatemala’s prominent criminal gang, accusing them of global illicit drug trade and cooperation with Mexico’s deadly Sinaloa and Jalisco cartels, the U.S. Department of the Treasury said.

Authorities in Albacete, Spain have dismantled part of a sophisticated network dedicated to drug trafficking, highlighting the province’s role as a power base for criminal groups with ties to other European countries.

European consumers love to buy and use cocaine. Criminal elements in Latin America are happy to feed that market, with the help of criminal groups in Europe.

The Sri Lankan Navy arrested on Wednesday one suspect and seized more than 400kg of cannabis concealed in a fishing trawler in the latest interception of vessels smuggling drugs from India to the island.

Paraguay’s president dismissed last week two ministers who were allegedly linked to organized crime. The move came after police dismantled a gang allegedly responsible for shipping about 21 tonnes of cocaine to Europe.

Mexican authorities arrested a suspected member of the Los Ardillos criminal group, seized 11 stolen vehicles, 28 kilos of marijuana, weapons, cartridges, and three Bengal tigers, the local Prosecutor’s Office said.

A Brazilian court sentenced 15 members of an organized crime group - among them a former police officer - for having trafficked tonnes of marijuana from Paraguay, the Brazilian Prosecutor’s office said.

Last Friday, a grand jury in the U.S. state of Utah indicted 17 people for drug trafficking and money laundering. A comprehensive investigation conducted by various U.S. law enforcement agencies uncovered links with drug traffickers in Mexico known to distribute fentanyl, methamphetamine, and marijuana.

Honduran authorities detained on Tuesday the country’s former President Juan Orlando Hernández at the request of the United States, where he is accused of being a member of a violent drug trafficking network.