The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) last week released its annual report of the growing problem of county lines drugs gangs in Britain, which are now...
A joint operation conducted by Italian and Spanish police has resulted in the seizure of more than two tonnes of Colombian cocaine. The huge shipment, which...
Two aging drug traffickers have been handed lengthy jail sentences that could see them both spend the rest of their lives behind bars after they were...
Two flight attendants working for Malaysian airline Malindo Air were among eight people arrested by police in Australia over the past two weeks during an investigation...
A Canadian national has been sentenced to death in China after being convicted of plotting to smuggle a large quantity of methamphetamine out of the country....
Prisoners in UK jails are smoking dressing gowns soaked in synthetic cannabinoid Spice, the Governor of HMP Leeds has told the BBC. Speaking with Radio 4’s...
A Canadian national could face the death penalty if his appeal against charges of smuggling a large quantity of illegal drugs into China is rejected this...
The opioid crisis in the US continued to spiral last year, with overdose deaths linked to illegally-manufactured fentanyl rocketing by 45.2% between 2016 and 2017, the...
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has warned of the emergence of worrying new drug trafficking trends in Central and West Africa that...
A new trendspotter report from the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) has revealed that the EU cocaine trade is shifting, with smuggling...
Police in Portugal have warned that drugs gangs are recruiting aging cruise line passengers to act as mules on ships travelling from South America and the...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has threatened to flood Europe with heroin, migrants and terrorists in revenge for sanctions imposed on the country by the US over...