After Historic International Crackdown, Are Multinational Drug Ops the Future?
A recent international anti-drug operation led by Colombia that seized 1,400 tons of drugs laid bare the size and complexity…
People Are Overdosing on Fentanyl Pills Bought From Fake Online Pharmacies
US authorities recently targeted a drug trafficking ring that set up fake online pharmacies selling counterfeit prescription pills laced with…
Truth or Lie? A Letter From El Mayo Fuels Mexico-US Tensions Over Sinaloa Cartel Arrests
Controversy and conflicting narratives persist around the arrests of two top Sinaloa Cartel leaders in the United States, raising questions…
US Customs Makes Historic Fentanyl Seizure
A massive seizure of the drug suggests that fentanyl production is thriving in Mexico, despite a ban by certain criminal…
Ketamine Trafficking Rising in Chile’s Thriving Synthetic Drugs Market
Record seizures of ketamine in Chile show how the drug is making its way into the country’s already extensive synthetic…
Sinaloa Cartel Leaders Arrested in Symbolic, but Hollow Victory for US
In a stunning turn of events, two of the Sinaloa Cartel’s most-wanted drug traffickers are in custody in the United…
How Mexico’s CJNG Controls Guadalajara’s Expanding Drug Market
One of Mexico’s most powerful crime groups, the Jalisco Cartel New Generation (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación – CJNG), is employing…
Mexico’s Meth Producers Are Making Their Own Precursors, Government Says
Mexico’s navy warned of an increase in the use of less regulated chemicals for methamphetamine production this week, confirming an…
Cocaine Surge Fuels Violence as Opium Falls: UN Drug Report 2024
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) released its annual drug report, highlighting the manifold destruction caused by…
US Drug Overdose Deaths Are Dropping, and Here’s Why
When Dennis Cauchon started to notice a sharp drop in drug overdose deaths in the fall of 2023 in the…