the story has echoes of the Peru Two case, when two women from the UK were arrested on suspicion of drug smuggling in Lima, after being stopped with 12kg cocaine in their luggage. Homeland ...

Criminal clans in South America operate like corporations, with hierarchical structures and well-organized operations. These ...

Peru's former president Alejandro Toledo on Monday was sentenced to 20 years and six months in prison in a case involving ...

Delhi police have seized nearly 570kg of cocaine worth more than Rs65bn (£643m) in the international market, marking the ...

Evidence suggests that Edin ‘Tito’ Gacanin, who is accused of being one of the world’s most prolific drug traffickers and the head of an organised crime cartel, has been operating via Durban. This ...

Paddington Bear has officially received a UK passport, according to co-producer Rob Silva. The UK Home Office issued the ...

A SCOTTISH tourist has been arrested and remanded in custody after allegedly trying to fly out of Colombia with nearly two kilos of cocaine in his suitcase. The 32-year-old, named locally as Ricky ...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel on Tuesday on his 11th visit to the region since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war. The U.S. hopes to revive ceasefire efforts after the killing ...

Kimberly Hall, a 28-year-old British beautician, faces up to 60 years in a US prison for allegedly smuggling £3.5 million worth of cocaine, with her father insisting she was coerced and is "only ...

A 32-year-old Scottish tourist has been detained by authorities in Colombia after sniffer dogs alerted to a suspicious ...

The cartel has been supplying cocaine, smuggled from Latin and central American nations such as Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and Mexico, to college students, working professionals and rich businessmen ...

The supply of coca, the staple ingredient for cocaine, grown in Colombia, Peru and Bolivia, more than doubled from 2014 to 2024, while European — and to a lesser extent, Asian and African ...