Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport Becoming Arrival Point for Mexican Drugs
Dutch authorities have intercepted three unusual drug loads from Mexico at the country’s main flight hub, Schiphol Airport, highlighting a…
How Important Is Peru’s Port of Callao for Cocaine Trade?
Despite not getting the same attention as major ports in Ecuador or Brazil, Peru’s port of Callao, near the capital…
Hong Kong Traffickers Receive Cocaine From Across Latin America
Hong Kong’s reputation as East Asia’s most important drug hub was enhanced over the festive period as traffickers there were…
Concrete Cocaine: Ecuador’s Pioneering Drug Destruction Method
With historic levels of cocaine seizures happening across Latin America, how can governments safely and quickly get rid of the…
Cocaine Trade Grows in East and Southern Africa
As global cocaine markets continue to expand, a new investigation suggests countries across east and southern Africa are receiving much…
GameChangers 2022: Drug Bonanza Amid Prohibition Challenges in 2023
As more governments in the region reject the drug war and prohibition model pushed by the United States, 2023 will…
Venezuela’s Opaque Drug-Seizure Figures Don’t Add Up
Venezuelan officials have reported seizing over 40 tons of drugs in 2022. But while the government claims this proves Venezuela’s…
How Did the Castedo Clan Run the Drug Trade in Northern Argentina?
The prison sentence handed down in early December to the leader of the Castedo Clan, one of Argentina’s major cocaine…
Panama Became Logistics Hub for Drug Trafficking ‘Super Cartel’
Panama’s role as a sophisticated drug trafficking hub, not a mere cocaine transit point, was revealed when the country was…
Lake Titicaca: A Smuggler’s Paradise in Bolivia and Peru
Lake Titicaca, nestled high in the Andean mountains between Bolivia and Peru, has been many things to many people. The…