Kolumbien/Europa. Colombia’s cartels target Europe with cocaine, corruption and torture Armed Belgian police raids have lifted the lid on a sinister new front in the drugs war. (The Guardian, UK, 11.04.2021) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/…

A Synthetic Age - The Evolution of Methamphetamine Markets in Eastern and Southern Africa The purpose of this report is to examine the existing retail markets for meth across several countries in eastern and southern Africa. This will be achieved t…

The global illicit economy: Trajectories of organized crime Through stark images and charts, this report gives a graphic illustration of how the global illicit economy has boomed in the past 20 years and how it poses a serious threat to security, d…

Webinar. The cocaine pipeline to Europe (English) Over the past few years, the cocaine trade has enjoyed an unprecedented boom, fuelled by soaring production. In 2018, the combined production for Colombia, Bolivia and Peru – the three main producer…

USA. The US Arrests Mileta Miljanić, the Alleged Leader of ‘Group America’  U.S. authorities have arrested the alleged leader of a criminal clan known as Group America, believed to have smuggled tons of cocaine across the world. The gang is kn…

GROUP AMERICA: A US-Serbian Drug Gang With Friends In The Shadows They’ve been accused of dismembering enemies with chainsaws, assassinating senior government officials and trading on ties with intelligence agencies. They’ve smuggled cocaine — tons…