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Drugs trade
January 2024
The Guardian view on Ecuador’s gang violence: a domestic crisis with transnational roots
Editorial:
The Latin American nation, once relatively safe, is now in the grip of organised crime. There are no swift or easy solutions
Is Ecuador at war with its armed gangs?
Storming of TV station by gunmen follows gang leader’s escape from prison and declaration of state of emergency
First Edition newsletter
Wednesday briefing: Why masked gang members stormed an Ecuadorian TV station
Ecuador declares emergency as drug-gang kingpin vanishes from prison
As the mayor of Amsterdam, I can see the Netherlands risks becoming a narco-state
Femke Halsema
December 2023
Cocaine packages totalling 124kg found washed up on beaches between Sydney and Newcastle
Crew arrested after yacht in Atlantic intercepted with £96m worth of cocaine
Myanmar becomes world’s biggest producer of opium, overtaking Afghanistan
AFP warns travellers about new scam where ‘UN officials’ recruit drug mules
Clash between criminal gang and villagers leaves 14 dead in central Mexico
Rights and freedom
Dutch fightback to save teenagers from ‘narcoterrorism’ and drug gangs
November 2023
Biden hails arrest in Mexico of notorious Sinaloa cartel enforcer ‘El Nini’
Biden and Xi to announce deal cracking down on fentanyl export
How a Brazilian prison gang became an international criminal leviathan
On mute: Tijuana passes law banning ballads praising Mexican drug trade
October 2023
Families of victims of UK’s notorious ‘Burger Bar Boys’ killers targeted 20 years on
Campaign of intimidation began after the Birmingham gang were jailed for new year’s shooting of two teenage girls
EU warns of ‘child soldiers’ exploited by drug gangs
Young people are being ‘groomed to become killers’ as figures show half of homicides in bloc are drug-related
‘The tsunami just keeps coming’: Europe’s growing cocaine market
Customs officials face losing battle as €10bn cocaine trade leads to dramatic increase in violent crime in north-west Europe
September 2023
Blinken unveils steps to tackle ‘global threat’ of synthetic drugs at UN summit
Almost 1,000 people arrested and $500m in drugs seized in police raids across Australia
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