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Peruvian police on Tuesday burned about 11 tons of drugs confiscated in raids in recent months.

• 30 апреля 2014, 12:39

First-term US congressman Trey Radel of Florida has been arrested for possession of cocaine, court documents showed Tuesday.

• 20 ноября 2013, 14:06

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Wednesday he was investigating whether US drug enforcement agents were involved in a huge cocaine drug bust as part of a plot to brand Venezuela a "narco state."

• 04 октября 2013, 10:03

The global war on heroin, cocaine and cannabis is failing to stem supply, as prices of these drugs have tumbled while seizures of them have risen.

• 01 октября 2013, 14:33

Venezuela has arrested 22 people including eight military staff in a smuggling case in which 1.3 tons of cocaine were flown from Caracas to Paris on an Air France jet.

• 27 сентября 2013, 10:24

Nine people are being held in France and Venezuela in connection with the seizure of 1.3 tonnes of cocaine stashed in suitcases on an Air France flight.

• 25 сентября 2013, 10:20

Three members of Venezuela's security forces were arrested in connection with the 1.3 tonnes of cocaine French police found aboard an Air France flight that originated in Caracas.

• 23 сентября 2013, 12:43

The profile is often the same: European, often young and female, and facing hard economic choices. A perfect mark for Peruvian cocaine traffickers seeking couriers.

• 22 августа 2013, 15:31

France's surprise intervention in northern Mali against Islamist fighters involved in lucrative drug-running has disrupted cocaine supply to Europe but smugglers are already finding new routes.

• 11 марта 2013, 12:43

Australian police said Wednesday they had seized cocaine and methamphetamine worth Aus$237 million (US$246 million) shipped from China in a consignment of heavy machinery.

• 22 ноября 2012, 15:04

Criminal groups from Columbia and Peru tried to set cocaine sales networks in Kazakhstan.

• 08 октября 2012, 16:08

Brazil is the world's largest market for crack and the second for overall cocaine use, researchers from the Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP) said Wednesday.

• 06 сентября 2012, 18:29

Bolivia President Evo Morales accused the US military of commanding Colombia's armed forces and of having a military base in the South American country.

• 04 сентября 2012, 10:47

Faced with rising cocaine consumption linked to economic prosperity, Brazil is cracking down harder on trafficking along its borders with three top neighboring coca leaf producers: Bolivia, Peru and Colombia.

• 27 августа 2012, 11:46