Europol busts a massive crime network involving cocaine, hashish, cannabis, and methamphetamine

According to Europol and Eurojust, authorities from 11 nations collaborated and carried out an operation to target one of Europe's most dangerous criminal networks.

"Several criminal groups were cooperating to conduct out large-scale polycriminal operations both within and beyo...

FORMER POLICE CHIEF ARRESTED FOR COCAINE TRAFFICKING IN BELGIUM

HIGHLIGHTS

• Belgian police has arrested a former police chief for cocaine trafficking.
• Most of locations searched by police were in Limburg province.

Searching several locations as part of an investigation into large-scale cocaine tra...

NETHERLANDS: POLICE FOUND BIGGEST COCAINE LABORATORY IN FORMER RIDING SCHOOL

Highlights:

• The Netherlands Police have arrested 17 people by putting a raid on a massive cocaine lab
• The cocaine lab was made inside an old riding school in Nijeveen, the Netherlands

The Netherlands or the Dutch police have org...

ITALY POLICE FIND A SHIPMENT OF COCAINE STUFFED IN COFFEE BEANS

Highlights

• 130 grams of cocaine was found in a two-kilogram shipment of coffee beans
• It arrived at Milan's Malpensa Airport from Colombia

Italy Police discovered cocaine stuffed inside individually hollowed-out coffee beans. It w...

MANCHESTER: MAN JAILED FOR HIDING FOUR KILOS OF COCAINE

In the Moston district of Manchester, a man by the name of Daniel Norris was found hiding around four kilograms of cocaine which was estimated to be worth between £130,000 and 170,000 if sold. He was hiding this cocaine under his bed in his home in the city of Moston. 
Daniel No...

AMIDST THE CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC, THE ITALIAN MAFIA FINDS OPPORTUNITIES

Highlights:

• The pandemic for the mafia is a chance for consolidating its market
• The mafia is looming near people as a benefactor
• Italian mafia experts in the police and the government keeping a close watch on their activities

When most of ...

YOKOHAMA: 700 KILOGRAMS OF COCAINE SEIZED FROM SHIP AT YOKOHAMA PORT

Highlights

• In the month of October last year, 400 kg of cocaine was discovered by the customs officials from Kobe Port

• The seized cocaine was hidden with boxes of bananas and other items

Cocaine weighing about 700 kilograms worth 14 billion yen ($130 mi...