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Italy detains 38 in crackdown on migrant-trafficking ring
ROME (AP) — Italian authorities detained 38 people in a crackdown on a migrant trafficking ring that used a Rome cosmetics shop as a base for illegal financial transactions, officials said...
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Here's the bizarre way New Zealand made its largest cocaine bust ever
On Friday morning, police in New Zealand seized a horse's head statue covered with diamantes (like sequins) and stuffed with 77 pounds of cocaine worth more than $10 million, in what may be the latest...
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A cocaine-stuffed horse-head statue might be the latest sign of Mexican...
On Friday, New Zealand made its largest cocaine bust ever, seizing nearly 80 pounds of the drug hidden in a horse's head statue that arrived in the country from Mexico.While three people are in custody...
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Take a look inside the dirty process that produces one of the world's most...
Coca plants grow just two months a year amid the lush greenery of the Colombian countryside. But the cocaine those plants produce powers a multibillion-dollar industry that has spread around the...
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Colombian drug kingpin sentenced to 35 years in US prison
A Colombian drug kingpin was sentenced on Monday to 35 years in a U.S. prison for engaging in a multi-million dollar scheme to manufacture hundreds of tons of cocaine that he trafficked throughout the...
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The city where Democrats are holding their national convention has become a...
The Democratic Party will meet in Philadelphia this week for its national convention amid an increasingly contentious political environment.But the convention will also take place against the backdrop...
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Homicides are on the rise in Mexico after years of decline, and it's the...
After several years of declines, Mexico's homicide rate has started to rise, with the total body count for the first half of 2016 the highest since 2012.The total number of homicides in the first half...
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Colombia is about to end a 52-year war, but a bigger, tougher fight is looming
In June, the Colombian government reached a deal with the left-wing Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) to end the 52-year war the latter group had waged against the Colombian state.Myriad...
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Watch Chilean police bust $12 million worth of cocaine that was headed to Europe
A drug bust in Arica, Chile, turned up more than $12 million worth of cocaine that was bound for Spain, Reuters reported on Friday.Three suspected traffickers were arrested, two of whom are confirmed...
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The US government is zeroing in on a suspected 'global hub of drug trafficking'
The US government has named two high-level Venezuelan officials, both former members of that country's antidrug agency, as suspected drug traffickers in an indictment that was unsealed on Monday.The...
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The world's 3rd-biggest cocaine producer says it struck 'the most important...
Earlier this week, Bolivian police struck what the government called a vital blow against drug trafficking when they seized more than 8 tons of cocaine hidden in a shipment of mineral ore.The shipment...
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Philadelphia police say they busted a drug ring and captured $23 million in...
Pennsylvania investigators said Thursday they charged six people after recovering more than a quarter-ton of cocaine from a Philadelphia warehouse and two vehicles.The investigation involved a...
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Two guys in a Connecticut jail cell helped change the way America does drugs
George Jung is one of America's most well-known drug dealers, having been immortalized in the Johnny Depp film "Blow."But in 1974, he was a relatively low-level drug smuggler; one who had just been...
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A fridge full of cocaine found in southwest Mexico is the latest sign of an...
In late July, Mexican police in Manzanillo, the biggest port on the country's west coast, intercepted 860 pounds of cocaine being smuggled inside a shipment of refrigerators.The discovery was made by...
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How US sanctions targeting a single Belize banana farmer hurt an entire economy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When the United States blacklisted John Angel Zabaneh, a banana farmer and exporter in Belize, for alleged ties to a top drug lord, it did more than just sideline one local...
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A tour bus from Paraguay was busted with 300 kilos of cocaine on its way to...
Officials in Paraguay intercepted a tour bus loaded with 296 kilos of cocaine on its way to the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro on August 14.The bus, empty except for two men and the cocaine, was stopped on...
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The US Coast Guard busted 11 tons of cocaine being smuggled in the Pacific Ocean
The crew of the US Coast Guard Cutter Sherman unloaded roughly 11 tons of cocaine in San Diego on August 18. The haul was the result of seizures performed by USCG Cutters Alert, Reliance, Sherman,...
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Colombia's historic peace plan has a drug problem
The Colombian government and rebels of the left-wing Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) may have agreed to a landmark peace plan on Wednesday, but the long-term viability of the deal hinges...
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4 telltale physical signs your coworker is up to something sketchy, according...
If you suspect someone of being up to no good, it can be difficult to tell whether you're perceptive or just paranoid.This is especially true when you're worried about your coworkers.Detecting subtle...
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'It doesn't matter how tall of a wall you put up': Trump's border-wall plan...
Donald Trump's border-wall proposal has been roundly excoriated, and despite confusion over the proposal that arose during his meeting with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto earlier this week, Trump...
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