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Money laundering plays a key role in every part of the illegal drugs industry – here’s how it works

The global illicit drugs trade is estimated to be worth at least half a trillion US dollars each year. Drugs such as cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin generate large revenues all along their supply chains, from where the products (and precursor materials) are grown or made – principally Colombia and Bolivia,…

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Miquita Oliver criticises Jack Whitehall’s ‘inappropriate’ Brit Awards hosting performance

‘There were over 10 jokes about musicians taking cocaine,’ said Oliver

The Independent UK

Lawyer of man accused in mysterious deaths of Chiefs fans laments ‘long year’ for his client

‘This case is a tragic reminder of the dangers of street drugs,’ says Platte County Prosecuting Attorney Eric Zahnd

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Nigerians arrested, implicated in cocaine smuggling

Two Nigerian men have been arrested in Bangkok after a woman caught attempting to smuggle cocaine into Japan implicated them in drug trafficking.

Bangkok Post

Charges filed in deaths of 3 Kansas City Chiefs fans whose bodies were found in friend's backyard

Two men have been charged in the deaths of three Kansas City Chiefs fans whose bodies were found in a backyard two days after they got together to watch the final game of the regular season in 2024

The Independent UK

Marching Powder review – Danny Dyer still up for it in outrageous geezer comedy

Teaming up with writer-director Nick Love once more, Dyer is back in boisterous action as a middle-aged cocaine enthusiast and lower-leagues football hooligan

The Guardian - UK

Man caught with Mexican cocaine in Scottish airport claimed he only had sombreros

A man who smuggled cocaine worth £5 million from Mexico to a Scottish airport claimed that the only items he acquired on his trip were sombreros...

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Colombian President Announces Plan To Reduce Coca Planting

Colombian President Petro's initiative to eradicate coca in Catatumbo region to combat rebel violence and drug trafficking.

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Three Men Could Spend Decades Behind Bars After Being Charged With Firearms and Drug Trafficking in Texas

An undercover investigation led to the arrest of a Texas man and two undocumented immigrants for weapons trafficking

Latin Times

‘Cocaine is classless ... everyone’s at it’: Danny Dyer on fame, aliens, love and male violence

He went from Harold Pinter’s protege to barely scraping a living to roaring success in Jilly Cooper’s Rivals. With the release of his new film Marching Powder, he talks about his journey from national joke to national treasure

The Guardian - UK

'Out of time': ex-Test spinner's panic after coke deal

Texts from former cricketer Stuart MacGill before his kidnapping have been revealed in court as he faces trial for setting up a major cocaine deal.

AAP

‘It’s packed with dealers. Look around you’: life amid the cocaine cartels of the French Riviera

Nice may be at the heart of France’s upmarket Mediterranean coast, but violent drug gangs making €1.5m a month are colonising part of it

The Guardian - UK

The São Paulo connection: a Brazilian gang is spreading its cocaine business into Australia

The PCC – First Capital Command – formed in a Sāo Paulo prison but is now spreading its tentacles around the world

The Guardian - US

Marcus Jordan's drug charge changed

Marcus Jordan's drug charge has been changed to ketamine possession after he was initialy charged with cocaine possession following his arrrest earlier this month.

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Colombia wants to ban Pablo Escobar and other narco-themed merchandise – here’s why

When you think of Colombia, what images come to mind? For some, it may be coffee or perhaps the country’s diverse landscapes and cultures. For many others, it will be cartels, crime and cocaine.

The Independent UK

Drug gang used flights from France to drop £4m worth of cocaine in English countryside

Police say organised crime group would fly planes from Cherbourg, France, to southern England

Latin Times

Six People Arrested In Texas After Border Patrol Agents Find More Than 500 Pounds of Cocaine in Three Vehicles

Since the start of Fiscal Year 2025, CBP agents have already seized more than a third of the total cocaine seized during FY2024

Latin Times

Liam Payne's Alcohol Percentage When He Died Was 2,7%, Largely Exceeding Potentially Lethal Amounts

The former One Direction member also had "cocaine metabolites, methylecgonine, benzoylecgomine, cocaethylene and the medication sertraline" in his bloodstream when he fell from a third floor

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Colombian Police Bust Man Smuggling Cocaine In Toupee

Colombian police foil drug smuggling attempt at Cartagena airport as cocaine production rises in Colombia, highlighting ongoing challenges in combating dru...

The Independent UK

Colombian police catch a man smuggling packets of cocaine under toupee

Colombian police apprehended a 40-year-old man attempting to smuggle several bags of cocaine concealed beneath a meticulously attached toupee

Latin Times

Heir Of The Beltrán Leyva Cartel And Leader Of The H-2 Clique, Known as 'H-3,' Extradited To The U.S.

Between 2013 and 2017, the H-2 cartel smuggled hundreds of kilos of heroin, cocaine and meth into the U.S.

The Independent UK

Man caught trying to fly to Amsterdam with £8,000 of cocaine hidden under his wig

A man was caught trying to fly to Amsterdam with £8,000 of cocaine hidden under his wig.

Evening Standard

Man arrested after trying to smuggle 19 wraps of cocaine under toupee at Colombian airport

Around 220 grams of cocaine worth more than €10,000 were found under man’s toupee at Colombian airport, police said

The Guardian - UK

‘Liam Gallagher kissed me on the lips’: Ocean Colour Scene on making The Riverboat Song and 90s excess

‘Chris Evans told us he wanted it for the TFI Friday walk-on music. He had a thousand ideas – which is weird because he was probably the only one not doing cocaine’

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“We were just boozers and mounds of cocaine. Cocaine eventually is bad, but we were young kids. It didn’t hamper us”: The epic life and crazy times of Mick Fleetwood, the heartbeat of Fleetwood Mac

Mick Fleetwood was a member of Fleetwood Mac from the start – and lived to tell the tale

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