Tag: cocaine

• Monday, October 30th 2023 - 08:32 UTC

  Brazilian researchers developing vaccine against cocaine consumption

  

  A Brazilian-developed vaccine against cocaine addiction is almost ready for public distribution. The drug, named Calixcoca, “would block the effects on the brain,” according to the researchers behind the project.

• Wednesday, August 23rd 2023 - 10:49 UTC

  Spanish Civil Guard seizes 700 kilos of cocaine headed to Europe via Canary Islands

  

  Europol has supported the Spanish Civil Guard (Guardia Civil) in dismantling a criminal organization smuggling large quantities of cocaine from South America to the European Union via the Canary Islands. The operation also involved law enforcement authorities from Croatia, Italy and Serbia. The investigation identified a significant threat; criminal organizations' increasing ability to collaborate closely and deploy members to different locations for longer periods to enable large-scale drug trafficking. The international cooperation of law enforcement authorities across the EU was therefore crucial for intercepting the suspects and halting their criminal activities.

• Friday, August 11th 2023 - 11:17 UTC

  Major haul of cocaine in Rotterdam: eight tons in a shipment of Ecuadorean bananas

  

  Ecuador again is headlines. Netherlands authorities have seized eight tons of cocaine in the port of Rotterdam, prosecutors announced on Thursday. The drug is valued at an estimated US$660 million and represents the biggest haul ever recorded at the port. The last biggest was a 4,500-kilogram haul made in 2020.

• Thursday, July 6th 2023 - 11:13 UTC

  Brazilian syndicate flooding Europe with cocaine, in fruit shipments, busted in operation led by Europol

  

  A number of actions have been carried out over recent months in Brazil, Spain and Portugal, with the support of Europol, to target the members of a Brazilian highly professional criminal syndicate flooding Europe with cocaine.

• Wednesday, July 5th 2023 - 10:45 UTC

  Secret Service finds cocaine in the West Wing of the White House

  

  A white substance found inside the White House late on Sunday, that prompted a brief evacuation, tested positive for cocaine, sources told two news agencies on Tuesday.

• Saturday, March 4th 2023 - 07:47 UTC

  Argentine Customs create Uruguay River task force to tackle cocaine trafficking

  

  Argentina's Customs General Directorate created a department within its structure to monitor drug trafficking through the Uruguay River, it was announced Friday. The new task force will increase controls on regional transshipments where various containers featuring cocaine have been detected recently.

• Wednesday, November 9th 2022 - 10:16 UTC

  Brazil and Uruguay manage significant seizures of cocaine bound for Europe

  

  Brazil and Uruguay have been quite active in their combat against the drug trade. In Brazil in the northeast of the country, the state of Pará, Federal Police seized 2,75 tons of pure cocaine bound for Europe, which has been considered one of the largest drug seizures in a port.

• Thursday, July 21st 2022 - 10:10 UTC

  Brazilian prosecution begins accusation against gang that shipped cocaine to Europe in fruit containers

  

  Brazil's Federal Prosecution Service formally accused eighteen of belonging to criminal gangs involved in sending cocaine in fruit containers to Europe through the port of Salvador, north of the country. With Operation Decontamination, twelve search and seizure warrants were ordered plus eight preventive arrests last April in several cities of the states of Bahia and São Paulo.

• Friday, July 15th 2022 - 10:18 UTC

  Cocaine production in Bolivia “stable,” US agency reports

  

  The United States' Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Thursday published a report thoroughly describing crops and distribution activities in Bolivia, Peru and Colombia.

• Friday, July 8th 2022 - 09:05 UTC

  Bolivia to produce toothpaste made of coca leaves

  

  The Bolivian government Tuesday announced the creation of the state-run Empresa Pública Productiva de Industrialización to start the production of a new brand of toothpaste made from coca leaves to fulfill the Constitutional mandate to capitalize on a native and ancestral natural resource, which is the cultural heritage of the country.