Drug trafficking

The DEA has described rainbow fentanyl as a scheme designed by Mexican drug cartels to market the deadly drug, disguised as candy, to children and young people.

Medical professor Kelly E. Dunn told Newsweek there is "no empirical or clinical evidence" to show that touching fentanyl could lead to poisoning.

Rainbow fentanyl—regular fentanyl dyed with food coloring—is an opioid drug responsible for 80 per cent of all overdose deaths in New York City.

The truck was stopped in Laredo, Texas, at the U.S.-Mexico border and sent for a second inspection that unveiled the haul.

The bust has prevented the consumption of nearly 8 million doses of cocaine worldwide.

Maria del Mar, also known as the "Queen of Ronda," is the head of an organized crime ring that smuggles illegal substances.

The trafficking organization had previously attempted to send the mobile home with cocaine from South America to Spain in 2019.

The high-speed craft carrying 800 pounds of cocaine and crewed by four suspects was stopped off the coast of Barranquilla, Colombia.

A plot to use submarine drones to traffic 2,600 pounds of drugs into Europe has been sunk by police in Spain.

"Law enforcement noticed Huang displayed suspicious behavior by eating a cheeseburger immediately upon arrival," a news release read.

The cops said they arrested 20 people and seized 4 tons of cannabis in hashish form.

Officials discovered a total of four packages containing an estimated street value of $378,000, according to officials.

Law enforcement say a stakeout of a suspected drug house led to the discovery of an elaborate smuggling tunnel and multiple arrests.

Authorities allege a FARC dissident group ran the drug-trafficking operation.

British businessman Chris Cleave was shot dead while driving with his teenage daughter near Playa del Carmen on Saturday.

Officers have seized 27 firearms, 1,877 rounds of ammunition, marijuana, cocaine, other illegal drugs and $34,439 in cash so far.

Around 54,500 pounds of cocaine and nearly 16,000 pounds of marijuana were confiscated by the Coast Guard.

The former president, who was arrested for drug trafficking charges on Tuesday, oversaw a government that has been called a "narco-dictatorship."

In addition to finding what they believe may be marijuana, police claim to have found suspected methamphetamine and two handguns.

For decades, the U.S. and Mexico have been locked in a blame game over illegal drugs.

The 32-year-old woman had been named as a co-conspirator in the Sinaloa Cartel and also faces a violation of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act.

Convicted drug trafficker Justino Cordovilla had disappeared two months before the severed foot was found.

"I'd like to say to this honorable judge and court how much I apologize for this mistake," Juan Carlos Dávila-Bonilla said.

"My message to you is simple: There is no dark internet. We can and we will shine a light," Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said.

The majority of online recruitment in active sex trafficking cases last year took place on Facebook, according to the Human Trafficking Institute, with perpetrators using strategies like fake identities or phony job listings to identify and recruit vulnerable users.

Omar Yacob Bamadhaj said he was coerced into confessing for fear that authorities would also hang his father who was in the car with him.

"We need to deal with the violence, dismantle the transnational criminal organizations and focus on prevention," a joint statement said.

A report from the inspector general found that the Drug Enforcement Administration failed to learn from its many well-publicized prior scandals.

The two cops face up to life sentences, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Ohio.

In the last year alone, the gang is believed to have scammed 10 million euros in profit, according to Europol.