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Traffickers in Ireland Can Run the Entire Cocaine Extraction Process
Irish police went looking for a cannabis shipment in County Kildare and found a mobile laboratory built to recover cocaine hidden inside imported…
Sep 22
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Chris Dalby
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The Criminal Pipeline Turning US Wrecks Into European Cars
American vehicles, written off in crashes, were repaired in Lithuania and sold across Europe, their buyers unaware of their history. The fraud was worth…
Sep 18
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Chris Dalby
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How Cocaine Traffickers Built Their Own International Bank
A ship sunk with 1.6 tonnes of cocaine still hidden aboard led investigators to the “Dubai Bank”, a financial network allegedly serving some of Europe’s…
Sep 10
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Chris Dalby
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What Were 30 Armed Men Looking for in a Dutch Village?
Dutch media have linked the attack to Jos Leijdekkers, one of the country’s most notorious traffickers, who has a record of ordering violent retribution…
Sep 2
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Chris Dalby
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August 2026
Why are Mexican Suspects Turning Up at Meth Labs Across Africa?
From South Africa to Mozambique and Nigeria, Mexican specialists are bringing industrial meth production closer to new markets.
Aug 26
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Chris Dalby
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What Mexico’s CJNG Is Looking for in Europe
A weapons deal in Czechia, a cartel “office” in Spain and a meth lab in Catalonia show Europe becoming more than a destination for CJNG drugs.
Aug 19
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Chris Dalby
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Colombia’s President Has Promised to Bring Down 10 Kingpins in 90 Days. Here Are the Men in His Sights.
Colombia’s most wanted men lead very different organisations. Some would be far harder to replace than others. World of Crime examines 17 possible…
Aug 11
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Chris Dalby
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What Britain's Prisoner-Release Backlash Gets Right and Wrong
The UK will release around 5,000 prisoners from October to free up overcrowded prisons. New Prime Minister Andy Burnham is being sharply criticized…
Aug 8
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Chris Dalby
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Did Human Smugglers Cause the Ceuta Migrant Crisis?
More than 72,000 people crossed into Ceuta in two days. Spain and Morocco say human traffickers sent them. The evidence tells a stranger story.
Aug 4
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Chris Dalby
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July 2026
How a Small Australian Crime Network Showed the Future of Criminal Communication
After the EncroChat fiasco, criminals may be moving toward simpler, scattered setups with no single network for police to seize.
Jul 17
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Chris Dalby
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Erdoğan Gave NATO Leaders Personalised Guns. Chaos Ensued.
Turkey's President Erdoğan gave heads of state engraved revolvers as parting gifts. Their governments then had to establish, urgently, what their own…
Jul 13
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Chris Dalby
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How the Netherlands' Orange Wave Became a Mexican Governor's Campaign Prop
A World Cup match in Monterrey exposed how a governor with presidential ambitions used the tournament as campaign infrastructure and got caught.
Jul 1
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Chris Dalby
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