US Sanctions Paraguayan Tobacco Firm Linked to Cartes
The U.S. government announced new sanctions against Paraguayan tobacco company Tabacalera del Este S.A. (Tabesa) for...
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Counterfeit Medicines Surge in Africa Amid Regulatory Gaps
Amid rising medicine prices, low health insurance coverage, and stagnant household incomes, alarming reports reveal that...
NarcoFiles: The New Criminal Order
Fishing Boats and Cargo Ships: How Colombian Cocaine Travels the World
Official statistics on busts of drug shipments originating in Colombia — the world’s largest cocaine producer by far — are...
Alleged Italian Mobsters Grew Powerful in Toronto. Experts Say Canadian Law Can’t Stop Them.
A fugitive in Italy, Angelo Figliomeni lives free in Canada, where a major organized crime case against him fell apart.
NarcoFiles: The New Criminal Order
The Highway to Europe - Inside A Global Drug Collaboration
Think of the drug trade, and you might think of rigid hierarchies run by drug lords like Pablo Escobar or Joaquín “El Chapo”...
A ‘Drug War’: Syria’s Neighbors Fight a Flood of Captagon Across Their Borders
A flood of drugs out of Syria has opened a new phase in the country’s conflict, pitting drug traffickers — with apparent...
How Bosses from Four Cocaine Cartels Planned a Wild Prison Break
Drug barons from Serbia, Brazil, Peru, and Mexico plotted a would-be escape from a maximum security prison using heavy...
In the News Andrew Tate Partnered in Casinos with Alleged Romanian Organized Crime Figures
New documents uncovered by reporters show that Andrew and Tristan Tate were involved in a profit-sharing agreement with a...
Companies Behind Malta Hospital Controversy Spent Millions on Luxuries, Payments to Director
In February a Maltese court annulled a 2.1-billion-euro public healthcare contract over suspicion of fraud. Financial...
China Tobacco Goes Global
Romanian Prosecutors Probe China Tobacco for Millions of ‘Disappeared’ Cigarettes
Anti-organized crime prosecutors are investigating China Tobacco in Romania for possible links to smuggling by organized...
Traders Are Sneaking Banned Russian and Belarusian Wood Into the EU By Pretending It’s From Central Asia
Not long after imposing sanctions on wood imports from Russia and Belarus, Europe saw an influx of wood supposedly coming...
Pacific Gambit: Inside the Chinese Communist Party and Triad Push into Palau
The tiny Pacific nation of Palau is a key hotspot in the growing rivalry between China and the West. Organized criminals...