Polen. Mexican Cartels Are Already Operating in Poland and Central Europe Instead of smuggling drugs, the cartels send ‘cooks’ to produce them in laboratories hidden in villages in the Polish regions of Pomerania or Podlaskie. (Birn, Reporting Demo…

‘It's Just Business’: Texts Reveal the Daily Work — and Drama — of an International Cocaine Syndicate  Thousands of private messages lay bare the day-to-day operations of a major cocaine trafficking organization that shifted large volumes of d…

Spanien. Speedboats, Guns, Cocaine: Spanish Court File Details Record Bust  A Spanish court file details a record-breaking bust of 30 tonnes of cocaine by Spanish forces in international waters off the West African coast.  (OCCRP – O…

Afghanistan/USA. Losing His Immunity: Former Afghan MP Haji Zaher extradited to US on drug charges Kenya is extraditing the Afghan commander and politician, Haji Abdul Zaher Qadir, to the United States, after arresting him at a hotel in Nairobi. Th…

Kenia/Afghanistan/USA. Court okays extradition of Afghani to face drug, illegal trade in firearms charges in the US (Nation Africa / Daily Nation, Kenia, 22.04.2026) https://nation.africa/kenya/news/court-okays-extradition-of-afghani-to-face-drug-…

InSight Crime’s 2025 Cocaine Seizure Round-Up As the United States drags the drug war back in time, traffickers are leaping forward, creating new ways of disguising and moving cocaine while weaving sophisticated global networks to reach new markets…