The availability and potency of cocaine is rising across Europe, according to a new report from the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)....
The UN has slapped sanctions on six major people smugglers involved in the trafficking of migrants from Libya to Europe. Four Libyan nationals, including the head...
Many experts believe that some drugs which are currently illegal in most countries are on balance far less harmful than alcohol and tobacco. Whether or not...
Customs officials in China have detained 245 people on suspicion of being members of a scrap steel smuggling ring that is said to have illegally sold...
Online retail giants such as Amazon and eBay and are allowing third-party sellers to use their platforms to sell fake and potentially-dangerous electrical products in the...
A senior Italian police officer has warned that the country’s ‘Ndrangheta mafia mob is going global after spreading into other European states. Giuseppe Governale, who heads...
A coalition of law enforcement agencies in the far north of Australia has seized hundreds of litres of alcohol that is said to have been destined...
Interpol has revealed that vehicle-related crime is becoming increasingly linked to other forms of organised illicit activity. In a statement released at the end of a...
Forty-four percent of people killed as a result of car accidents in the US in 2016 tested positive for drugs, up from just 28% a decade...
Military police in Thailand have been called in to crack down on organised garlic smugglers after local prices for the popular cooks’ ingredient plummeted. Customs officials,...
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