Cocaine Europe

The Pioneering Albanian Trafficker Who Took Ecuador’s Drug Trade By Storm

by Markus Espinoza and Douwe den Held 4 Jul 20245 Jul 2024

The headquarters of the UNODC in Vienna, Austria

News Drug Policy

Cocaine Surge Fuels Violence as Opium Falls: UN Drug Report 2024

by Christopher Newton 28 Jun 202428 Jun 2024

Containers on ships

Drug Traffickers Producing More Cocaine in Europe: EU Report

by Douwe den Held 17 Jun 202417 Jun 2024

Spanish National Police displays part of 1,800 kilograms of methamphetamine seized on May 16.

News Methamphetamine

Mexican Methamphetamine Increasingly Moving Through Europe

by Beatriz Vicent Fernández 22 May 202422 May 2024

The Civil Guard pursues a drug boat transporting cocaine on the coast of Huelva at the beginning of April. La Guardia Civil persigue a una narcolancha que transportaba cocaína en la costa de Huelva a principios de abril

Southern Spain Sees Wave of Drug Trafficking

by Beatriz Vicent Fernández 7 May 20247 May 2024

Agentes de policía

News Elites and Crime

Police Corruption Jeopardizes Drug Trafficking Trial in Spain

by Beatriz Vicent Fernández 29 Apr 202429 Apr 2024

Lines of cocaine on a dark surface. Líneas de cocaína en una superficie oscura.

News Cocaine Europe

Flood of Cocaine Spreads Beyond Europe’s Cities, Wastewater Shows

by Peter Appleby 12 Apr 202417 Apr 2024

A graffiti tag on a blue house marks AGC territory in Acandí, Colombia. Una etiqueta de graffiti en una casa azul marca el territorio de los AGC en Acandí, Colombia.

Q&A: How the AGC Threatens Colombia’s Plans for Total Peace

by Henry Shuldiner 2 Apr 20242 Apr 2024

InSight Crime’s 2023 Cocaine Seizure Round-Up

by Christopher Newton and Juliana Manjarrés 20 Mar 20247 May 2024

News Elites and Crime

The Surinamese Cocaine Trafficker Endlessly Evading Justice

by Douwe den Held 13 Mar 202419 Jun 2024

Ecuadorian soldiers patrol a street in Quito. Militares ecuatorianos patrullan una calle en Quito.

Unmasking the Foreign Players on Ecuador’s Criminal Chessboard

by Anastasia Austin and Henry Shuldiner 7 Mar 20243 Apr 2024

Masked police stand guard outside the extra-secure courtroom where the Marengo Trial delivered its verdict

News Cocaine Europe

Pioneering Dutch Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced to Life in Prison

by Douwe den Held 6 Mar 20246 Mar 2024

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