All news on the topic: Cocaine

Brazil has pressed charges for drug trafficking against Alexandre Rodrigues Gomes, the son of an ex-member of parliament from Paraguay's governing party who was killed during a police operation in 2024

The ancient Soviet ship Turbo sm, which operates routes connecting Crimea, Abkhazia, and Turkey, was transporting 5 tons of Venezuelan cocaine while using an assumed name

Three British drug couriers who tried to bring �300,000 of cocaine into Bali are allegedly going to be sent back to the UK after escaping the death penalty

Shipping containers dispatched by Noboa Trading Co. have become entangled in significant drug consignments sent from Ecuador to the Balkan region

Two days before the tragic accident that resulted in four fatalities, an inquest was told that the pilot had allegedly been spotted using cocaine at a party

Purchasing cocaine on a Friday evening in the UK might unintentionally contribute to financing Russia's conflict in Ukraine, according to the National Crime Agency (NCA)

The FBI is on the hunt for a former Olympic snowboarder alleged to have murdered witnesses and managed a cocaine enterprise akin to that of Escobar's

Portuguese authorities intercepted a ship transporting drugs in the Atlantic Ocean, seizing 1.7 tonnes of cocaine that was bound for European markets

On a chilly, clear morning at first light last December, officials observed two speedboats transporting several large parcels at the entrance to the Guadalquivir River in the southwest of Spain

This week, the Pakistan Navy intercepted narcotics in two significant operations in the Arabian Sea, marking one of the largest hauls on record and a vital move towards limiting drug smuggling routes throughout the area, an expert informed OCCRP on Friday

A drug dealer has been imprisoned after being apprehended by an undercover officer. Officers moved in on Adi Skura, 22, on Cannon Street on 18 September, after he was observed passing a dubious package to an individual on Garlick Hill

A grandmother who was at risk of being executed by firing squad is set to be returned to the UK

Five individuals from a Tyneside grooming network are likely to receive long prison terms following their conviction for numerous sexual assaults on minors

Twelve individuals from a criminal syndicate have been sentenced to over 100 years in prison after police discovered three guns, ammunition, money, and cocaine valued at £100,000 in properties and vehicles in Litherland

A British man was discovered deceased at a hotel in Dubai after ingesting multiple drug packages

Montenegro's Special State Prosecutor's Office has submitted charges against five more individuals alleged to be members of an international cocaine smuggling ring that was taken down during Operation “General” in July of the previous year—one of the most significant international raids on cocaine smuggling at the time

A record-breaking cocaine confiscation by Russian officials aligns with recent findings that the nation has become a primary endpoint for consignments departing from Ecuador, the largest global exporter of the drug

French authorities announced on Thursday, 25 September, that their navy had apprehended almost 10 tonnes of cocaine, valued at nearly €519 million, from a fishing boat near the West African coast

The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on the Los Mayos section of the Sinaloa Cartel, including its armed faction's leader, Juan Jose Ponce Felix, also known as "El Ruso."

Operations backed by Europol in Spain and Portugal have resulted in the confiscation of more than four tonnes of cocaine and the arrest of over 60 individuals between November 2024 and September 2025

Cocaine consumption has become more widespread than ever before in the United States, experiencing a significant revival in recent years, enabling the Mexican drug lord chiefly behind the surge to benefit financially

The purported leader of a significant cocaine trafficking enterprise, who was among the most sought-after individuals in Europe at the time of his capture, is now facing trial in Brussels

A lorry driver tried to conceal £2.9 million worth of cocaine in a vehicle transporting a consignment of Lego

A British law student is facing a 25-year imprisonment in a Dubai prison after consuming "a single line of cocaine" at a party

The UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) revealed that two supposed heads of a British criminal organisation have received prison terms spanning several decades for scheming to import multi-ton consignments of cocaine and cannabis into the nation