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A convicted cocaine trafficker's return to Europe has reignited concerns over Balkan traffickers dominating the continent's cocaine trade.

In 2018, convicted cocaine trafficker Slobodan Kostovski fled a Brazilian prison and made his way back to Europe with a fake passport…

In 2018, convicted cocaine trafficker Slobodan Kostovski fled a Brazilian prison and made his way back to Europe with a fake…

Clashes between inmates belonging to the autochthonous Rotela Clan and Brazils First Capital Command (PCC) left four of them dead and three others wounded Wednesday at the Regional Penitentiary in Pedro Juan Caballero, in the Paraguayan department of Amambay. A team of the National Polices Special Operations Group (GEO) and the riot squad were deployed to restore normalcy.

Three military police officers from Bahia are on trial for allegedly killing three young people in cold blood, planting weapons on them and altering the crime scene during the 2022 Carnival

The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, declared that "we can fix" the ongoing political turmoil and rampant gang violence in Haiti.

Part One of our Where Are They Now drug dons series dealt with politics plus global and local figures and their (suspected or confirmed) links to SA’s narco trade. Part Two focuses on another kingpin following his US-driven arrest once he was out of this country.

Ecuador’s military was sent in to seize control of the country’s prisons last month after two major gang leaders escaped and criminal groups quickly set off a nationwide revolt that paralyzed the country. In Brazil last week, two inmates with connections to a major gang became the first to escape from one of the nation’s five maximum-security federal prisons, officials said. Officials in Colombia have declared an emergency in its prisons after two guards were killed and seve...

Uruguay's main port received two cargo scanners sixteen years ago to detect drugs and other suspicious loads. Unfortunately…