Tag: drugs

• Thursday, April 24th 2025 - 10:45 UTC

  Former Colombian FM says Petro has a drug problem

  

  Former Colombian Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva caused an international uproar when he published a letter saying President Gustavo Petro has a drug addiction problem. He insisted he noticed the matter during a joint official trip to France in 2023.

• Tuesday, March 11th 2025 - 09:55 UTC

  Belgian Customs seize 547 kilos of cocaine in container shipped from Montevideo

  

  Customs officials in Antwerp, Belgium seized some 547 kilos of cocaine inside a container with rice that left the port of Montevideo. The catch took place at the end of February and involved the vessel Grande Nigeria, belonging to the Grimaldi Group, according to Uruguayan prosecution sources.

• Friday, December 13th 2024 - 10:40 UTC

  Fears of illegal goods trading as China’s takes control of Latin American ports along the Pacific

  

  A report by the Washington-based think tank, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) indicates strong concern with the increasing number of Chinese-operated ports in Latin America, fearing an increase in criminal networks and the trafficking of illicit goods and smuggling.

• Friday, November 8th 2024 - 09:50 UTC

  Three people indicted in Buenos Aires in connection with Liam Payne's death

  

  Three people have been arrested in Argentina in connection with the death of British pop musician Liam Payne. Prosecutors are charging them with various crimes, including the abandonment of a person followed by death, in addition to the supply and facilitation of narcotics.

• Saturday, October 19th 2024 - 10:08 UTC

  VIP drug dealing gangs linked to Payne's death in Buenos Aires

  

  Investigators in Buenos Aires believed VIP drug dealers for the rich and famous played a part in the death of pop music star Liam Payne in the Argentine capital this week. According to a post-mortem, the former One Direction singer fell from the balcony of a hotel in the Palermo district, which caused hemorrhages. Payne had been in Argentina since appearing at a concert by former bandmate Niall Horan on Oct. 2.

• Thursday, July 18th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

  Operation Sweetness, check your sugar when having coffee or tea

  

  The discovery of cocaine and other hard drugs shipments to Europe from South American Atlantic ports is not new and despite all efforts, the network of contacts coupled with ingenious methods to adapt to circumstances and obviously a notorious degree of corruption, keeps information flowing.

• Friday, January 12th 2024 - 11:21 UTC

  Drug trafficking scandal: How cocaine made it from Uruguay to Belgium undetected?

  

  A shipment of 22,320 units of Portezuelo brand budines and alfajores (La Plata river sweets), along with 1,122 bottles of vermouth, originating from Uruguay and bound for Belgium, was found to contain 2.16 tons of cocaine. The discovery was made by Belgian Customs on December 28, sparking an investigation into the oversight during its transit through the Uruguayan port.

• 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.

• Saturday, July 8th 2023 - 14:00 UTC

  US invites countries to combat synthetic drugs, but China, main producer of fentanyl declines

  

  The United States on Friday called on dozens of countries to work together to combat synthetic drugs, but China declined an invitation to attend.

• Saturday, April 29th 2023 - 10:39 UTC

  Drug trafficking gangs labeled as “terrorists” by Ecuador's gov't

  

  Ecuadorian gangs linked to drug trafficking have been likened to “terrorists” by the administration of President Guillermo Lasso in a move to curb the escalating violence, it was reported. The decision was taken after a State and Public Security Council (Cosepe) meeting.