Pakistan has detained 29 human trafficking suspects in an operation that was launched after the recent disaster that saw at least 78 people die and hundreds go missing when an overloaded fishing boat carrying migrants, mostly Pakistanis, sank off the coast of Greece.

In late 2018, Greek authorities busted a freighter carrying over $100 million worth of cannabis and the speed-like drug Captagon, evidence of a booming Mediterranean drug trade fueled by Syria’s civil war. An investigation into the vessel reveals a network of criminals associated with the shipment — with connections to the Assad family, a gang in Libya, and London-registered shell companies.

Seven Albanian drug trafficking suspects were arrested after authorities chased their speedboat for nearly 22 hours across the Mediterranean Sea in a movie-like operation involving high speed boats, helicopters and planes.