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Italian authorities seize 435 kg of cocaine worth €70 million

Italian border police announced on Wednesday the seizure of more than 435 kilograms of high-purity cocaine at the port of Gioia Tauro, in southern Italy, dealing a significant blow to international drug trafficking networks. According to authorities, the narcotics were hidden inside a shipment of approximately......

Drug kingpin extradited from Morocco and charged in France

Paris – The alleged leader of a major drug trafficking network operating in the Paris region has been extradited from Morocco to France and formally charged by French judicial authorities, according to a statement released by the Lille public prosecutor’s office. The......

U.S. justice releases limited files related to Jeffrey Epstein investigation

The U.S. Department of Justice has released a limited selection of documents connected to the long-running investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, following the adoption of a bipartisan law requiring greater transparency. The publication, however, has fallen short of public expectations,......

Morocco-Spain cooperation dismantles transnational drug network

Authorities in Spain, in close collaboration with Moroccan police, have dismantled a major transnational drug trafficking network operating between Morocco and several European countries, ultimately targeting Belgium. The network reportedly used passenger buses to transport hashish across international......

Eight killed in new U.S. strikes on suspected drug-trafficking vessels in the Pacific

Eight people were killed on Monday during new U.S. military strikes targeting three vessels suspected of involvement in drug trafficking in the Pacific Ocean, according to an announcement by the United States Southern Command. The U.S. military stated that intelligence services had identified the boats......

Peru seizes 3.4 tons of cocaine bound for Belgium

Peruvian authorities announced an extraordinary drug seizure on Saturday, reporting that police had intercepted 3.4 tons of cocaine hidden in a shipment of organic bananas bound for Belgium. The operation, conducted in the northern region of Piura, marks one of the largest seizures recorded in the country......

Judge orders release of sealed court records in Jeffrey Epstein case

A federal judge in Florida has ordered the unsealing of grand jury transcripts from the 2005 and 2007 investigations into Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier and convicted pedophile. These court materials, long kept confidential, are being made public following the passage of the Epstein Files Transparency......

Two French Nationals extradited from Morocco in cocaine trafficking case

Two French citizens were extradited from Morocco and placed under formal investigation in Toulouse on Friday, authorities confirmed, as part of a crackdown on an organized drug trafficking network operating between Spain and France. Both suspects were also placed in pre-trial......

El Jadida: the gendarmerie foils a drug trafficking operation in El Khemis El Metouh

The Royal Gendarmerie unit of El Khemis El Metouh, in the province of El Jadida, successfully foiled a major drug and tobacco trafficking operation on Saturday in the Al-Ababda village. The operation, conducted at dawn, forms part of ongoing security campaigns targeting networks involved in the distribution......