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Fueron incautadas una aeronave boliviana con cargamento de cocaína y una camioneta. La carga será pesada con balanza de precisión en la base regional de la Senad en Ciudad del Este; serían más de 300 kilos de cocaína, según estimaciones preliminares.
[Ampliaremos] 🔴 La Senad señaló que la aeronave boliviana trajo un importante cargamento de cocaína. En el lugar encontraron una camioneta que también fue incautada por el @MinPublicoPy. Son seis detenidos de diferentes nacionalidades.
Traficantes de quatro nacionalidades foram presos hoje (16), na Operação Sol Nascente, desencadeada pela Senad (Secretaria Nacional Antidrogas) do Paraguai, em San Alberto del Paraná, no Departamento (equivalente a Estado) de Alto Paraná, a 120 quilômetros da região de Sete Quedas (MS).
Avec la victoire des talibans, il est donc peu probable que l’économie de la drogue connaisse un ralentissement. Certes, les combattants islamistes, qui avaient banni la culture du pavot en 2001 quelques mois avant l’intervention américaine, restent officiellement opposés aux drogues illicites, mais les moteurs sous-jacents restent trop puissants et la manne financière trop importante. En conséquence, le conflit actuel devrait contribuer à alimenter le marché mondial de l’héroïne, dont près de 90 % est produite en Afghanistan, ainsi que le problème croissant de la drogue dans la région.La longue guerre en Afghanistan a atteint un tournant le dimanche 15 août lorsque les talibans ont investi le palais présidentiel à Kaboul après la fuite du président Ashraf Ghani qui a reconnu leur victoire. Cette prise de pouvoir intervient à l’issue d’une offensive au cours de laquelle une douzaine de villes majeures du pays sont tombées aux mains des combattants islamistes en quelques jours.
Cependant, l’échec du processus de paix ne suffit pas à expliquer la situation : des facteurs économiques influencent également les événements en cours, dont le commerce de l’opium et de l’héroïne que la dizaine de milliards de dollars investis par Washington depuis 2002 dans la lutte anti-drogue n’ont pas réussi à endiguer.
L’histoire se répète
Cela nous ramène à Zaranj. Ce n’est pas une coïncidence si les talibans se sont d’abord concentrés sur les villes frontalières, car celles-ci ont une importance économique considérable. Les combattants contrôlent désormais une dizaine de points de passage internationaux. Outre Zaranj, ils ont Spin Boldak, une porte vers le Pakistan, Islam Qala, le principal point de passage vers l’Iran, et Kunduz, qui leur confère le contrôle des routes vers le Tadjikistan.
L’histoire récente a largement démontré l’importance de ces villes. Lorsque les factions en guerre en Afghanistan ont cessé de recevoir une aide militaire et financière, principalement de la part des Russes, à la fin des années 1980, puis de la part des Américains, le contrôle du commerce est devenu essentiel.
Évolution de la surface dédiée à la culture du pavot entre 1994 et 2020 en Afghanistan (en hectares).Unodc.org (mai 2021).
Ce phénomène se reproduit aujourd’hui. Dans les années 1990, par exemple, Zaranj était une sorte de Far West qui s’est développé comme plaque tournante du commerce illicite, s’appuyant sur des connexions transfrontalières de longue date entre les tribus baloutches spécialisées dans la contrebande de carburant, de drogues et de personnes.
Des activités similaires s’y poursuivent aujourd’hui : l’opium et l’héroïne, provenant des champs de pavot des provinces voisines de Farah et du Helmand, passent en contrebande de l’autre côté de la frontière. Tout comme le trafic d’êtres humains, qui est en plein essor.
Dans une interview accordée au Figaro, le ministre de l’Intérieur révèle le bilan de la lutte contre les stupéfiants depuis janvier. Il annonce une extension des «quartiers témoins» et une vaste offensive contre la drogue au volant.
Christophe CORNEVIN : Vous avez déclaré une guerre totale à la drogue, et pourtant les trafics affichent une insolente santé en dépit de la crise sanitaire. N’êtes-vous pas en train de perdre ce combat?
Gérald DARMANIN. – Non, bien au contraire! Si l’on considère les priorités fixées il y a un an, c’est-à-dire la reconquête de la rue pour empêcher que ces trafics minent nos quartiers et nos villages, nous avons gagné une bataille dans cette guerre difficile et très ancienne. Pour les six premiers mois de l’année, 57 tonnes de cannabis ont été saisies. C’est une augmentation de 37% par rapport à la même période de l’année 2020, qui était déjà une année record. Dans le même temps, les saisies de cocaïne ont bondi de 91%, avec quasiment 9 tonnes interceptées, tandis que les prises d’héroïne ont progressé de 60% et celles de l’ecstasy de 24%.
La France reste gangrenée en profondeur par les trafics de drogue, 4000 points de deal ayant été répertoriés sur l’ensemble territoire.
Dopé par les pratiques commerciales agressives des dealers, le trafic semble plus que jamais florissant. Experts et policiers évaluent qu’entre 12 et 20 tonnes de cocaïne par an sont nécessaires pour satisfaire le marché français, où se trouvent 600.000 usagers. Sur le front du cannabis, consommé par 900.000 fumeurs réguliers, la poussée de l’herbe affole les compteurs.
Authorities in Rotterdam discovered 2,100 kilos of cocaine in banana pulp containers on Friday.
The drugs that were found in Rotterdam were discovered in a container from Costa Rica. The company to which the container was likely not involved in the drug.
That same day, the coast watch in Curaçao found over one thousand kilos of cocaine on a speedboat. Authorities detected the drugs after they received an alert of a speed boat near the coast which they suspected to be smuggling narcotics.
Les garde-côtes de Curaçao ont intercepté avant-hier un hors-bord avec à son bord douze contrebandiers, 1050 kilos de cocaïne et 275 kilos de marijuana. Des coups de feu ont dû être tirés pour forcer le bateau à s’arrêter.
A La Goulette, les douaniers en contrôle à l’arrivée du ferry en provenance de Gênes ont découvert plus de 17 kg de cocaïne cachés dans une voiture conduite par une tunisienne, en provenance de Rome.
Il y a quarante ans, le juge Pierre Michel était tué de trois balles dans le centre de Marseille. Bête noire des héritiers de la French Connection, cet homme était alors la terreur des barons de la drogue. Dans les rangs de la police et de la justice, le souvenir de cet assassinat est encore très présent. Depuis, les méthodes de travail des enquêteurs ont changé, mais celles des trafiquants aussi, qui ne cessent de fabriquer de nouvelles substances et d’inventer de nouveaux modes de commercialisation.
A Glasgow man has been jailed for five years for smuggling a potentially deadly stun gun into the UK, following a National Crime Agency and Police Scotland investigation.
A lorry driver from West Lothian has been handed a seven-and-a-half-year jail sentence following the seizure of cocaine worth almost £900,000 in Bathgate.
Six men have been convicted after a National Crime Agency investigation uncovered their role in the supply of cocaine and a separate plot to torture and rob a Manchester man’s home and business.
A man has been found guilty of attempting to smuggle cocaine with an estimated street value of £160k into the UK after a “Christmas shopping” trip with his wife in the Netherlands.
The National Crime Agency has issued an alert to furloughed port and airport workers warning they may be vulnerable to organised crime groups seeking to exploit the Covid crisis.
A woman from Kent who headed up a crime group that supplied over half a tonne of cocaine and laundered millions of pounds in illicit cash has been jailed for 15 years.
Seven British fugitives have been arrested in Spain in the space of just three weeks as a result of joint operations between the National Crime Agency and the Spanish National Police.
NEW YORK – Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Humberto Baez, a produce importer based in Pennsylvania, was sentenced by United States District Judge Allyne R. Ross to 13 years’ imprisonment for conspiring to import and distribute cocaine, and for possessing with intent to distribute cocaine. Baez was convicted…
Amarillo, TX – An Amarillo man has been sentenced to 35 years and five months in federal prison for gun and drug crimes, announced today by Eduardo A. Chavez, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Dallas Field Division, which is responsible for the Amarillo area. In April, a federal…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Kansas, man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to distribute more than three kilograms of heroin that was intercepted by law enforcement officers when it was shipped from California to Kansas City, Missouri. Solomon B. Hawthorne, 31…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Bates City, Missouri, man who was responsible for distributing nearly 100 kilograms of methamphetamine, has been sentenced in federal court after law enforcement officers seized nearly two dozen firearms and illegal drugs from his residence. Daniel Dewayne Gregg, 58, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge…
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Acting U.S. Attorney William T. Stetzer announced today that Mitchell Glenn Bell, 45, of Monticello, Kentucky, was sentenced to 226 months in prison and five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Chief U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger presided over the hearing. Robert…
MACON, Ga. – A federal jury convicted a Macon resident with a lengthy criminal history of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, heroin and Tramadol, as well as illegally possessing a firearm and possessing a gun in furtherance of drug trafficking this afternoon. Kelvin Henry, 56, of Macon, was found…
MADISON, Wis. – John G. McGarry, Assistant Special Agent in Charge for DEA Wisconsin, and Acting U.S. Attorney Timothy M. O’Shea, Western District of Wisconsin, announced that a federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin returned the following indictments of two men charged with drug trafficking crimes. Levonte…
EL PASO – A federal grand jury in El Paso returned an indictment last week charging an El Paso man with distribution of a controlled substance causing death. According to court documents, on or about March 11, 2019, Michael Martinez, 30, distributed oxymorphone, also known as numorphan, to another individual…
HOUSTON – Today, Drug Enforcement Administration Houston Division diversion investigators served three Immediate Suspension Orders that immediately suspended the DEA registrations held by Woodfield Distribution, LLC. and Woodfield Pharmaceuticals, LLC. (collectively, Woodfield) for failure to maintain effect controls against the diversion of controlled substances and the imminent danger to public…
Baltimore, Maryland – A 16-month investigation by the Baltimore OCDETF Strike Force into drug dealing in Baltimore has led to eleven alleged wholesale drug suppliers being charged in a federal indictment for conspiracy, drug distribution, and firearms charges. The indictment was returned under seal on July 29, 2021, and was…
Greenbelt, Md., – Ian Carlton Alexander a/k/a “Shawn Alexander”, age 49, of Towson, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and being a felon in possession of a firearm. The guilty plea was announced by Jarod Forget, Special Agent in Charge…
Greenbelt, Md., – Ludin Alfredo Ipina-Ipina, age 33, of Chillum, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute over 2,000 grams of cocaine. The guilty plea was announced by Jarod Forget, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Washington Division; Jonathan Lenzner, Acting United States Attorney for the…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Las Vegas, Nevada, man was indicted by a federal grand jury today for possessing more than eight pounds of methamphetamine in his duffel bag aboard a bus passing through Kansas City, Missouri. Reginald S. Thomas Sr., 52, was charged with possessing methamphetamine with the intent…
NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Rachael A. Honig announced an Essex County, New Jersey, man with previous felony convictions today admitted illegally possessing firearms and ammunition as…
FRESNO, Calif. — Modesto residents Genaro Serrato Calles, 49, and Antonio Valencia Hernandez, 65, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and heroin, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Wade R. Shannon announced. According to court documents, Serrato and Valencia, along…
EL PASO – A former El Paso police officer pleaded guilty on Aug. 9, 2021 to conspiracy to maintain a drug-involved premise. According to court documents, Monica Garcia, 24, conspired with Fred Saenz, her stepfather and co-defendant, to use Saenz’s residence to distribute cocaine. Agents determined that Saenz was using…
ALBANY, NY – Dr. Larry Bruni has agreed to pay the United States $50,000 to resolve allegations that on numerous occasions from 2016 through 2020, he prescribed controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose or outside the usual course of a professional medical practice, in violation of the Controlled Substances…
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Two West Plains, Missouri, men were sentenced in federal court today for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Howell, Greene, and Texas counties. Benny D. Griffin, 59, and Jordan W. Gutierrez, 26, were sentenced in separate appearances before U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough…
SAN DIEGO – Acting U.S. Attorney Randy Grossman announced federal drug charges today against Defendant Carlos Gerardo Symonds Saavedra following the seizure of more than 2,500 kilograms of methamphetamine and 50 kilograms of fentanyl found in a commercial trailer at the Otay Mesa, California Cargo Port of Entry (POE). The…
RICHMOND, Va., – A Guatemalan national was sentenced today to 17 and a half years in prison for his role as a transportation manager in a large-scale Guatemalan drug trafficking organization (DTO). According to court documents, between 2015 and 2016, Edi Barrera-Salguero, 46, conspired to distribute thousands of kilograms or…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Eleven members of a methamphetamine trafficking ring have been ordered to serve prison sentences ranging from 36 months to 210 months for federal drug conspiracy charges, announced William T. Stetzer, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. According to filed court documents and court…
SAVANNAH, GA: Two Bryan County men face up to life in prison after another man’s fatal fentanyl overdose. Javarus McKinney, a/k/a “Jody,” 32, of Richmond Hill, Ga., is charged with Distribution of Fentanyl Resulting in Death, Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl, and Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl Near…
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Three Springfield, Missouri, residents were sentenced in federal court today for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of methamphetamine. Jeremy A. Ingram, 42, Laurie B. Holmes, 39, and Lonnie J. Tinker, 36, were sentenced in separate appearances before U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool…
DETROIT — An investigation out of the Drug Enforcement Administration Lansing Post of Duty has led to charges for 16 individuals for various drug distribution charges, Aug. 4. U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced 16 defendants were arrested and charged with drug-trafficking crimes arising out of the Lansing, Michigan area. Eight…
ALEXANDRIA, Va., – A Georgia man pleaded guilty yesterday to distributing illicit prescription drugs over the Darknet and shipping them across the country via the U.S Postal Service. According to court documents, from around April 2020 through October 2020, Cullen Roberts, 23, of Duluth, Georgia, used the moniker “Pillpusher” to…
SEATTLE – A Tacoma couple who had large quantities of methamphetamine, cocaine and MDMA in their home were sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma for being armed drug traffickers. Jaymes Arthur Gallagher, 34, was sentenced to 7 years in prison and Brittany Nicole Chipman, 28, was sentenced to…
SEATTLE – Three men were convicted late yesterday of multiple federal felonies for distributing fentanyl disguised as oxycodone pills in Snohomish, Skagit and Whatcom Counties, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. The leader of the drug ring, Bradley Woolard, 42, of Arlington, was convicted of 28 counts involving conspiracy…
BROOKLYN, NY – Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Carlos Gentil Ordonez Martinez was sentenced to 210 months’ imprisonment by United States District Judge Edward R. Korman for conspiracy to internationally distribute cocaine. As part of the sentence, the Court entered a forfeiture money judgment of $10 million. Ordonez…
OMAHA, Neb. – As students across Nebraska return to school, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Omaha Division is reminding families to make time for conversation about the dangers of drugs and is encouraging discussions on the risk of overdose associated with counterfeit pills. “Students can face an enormous amount of…
TAMPA, Fla. – Jared Collins (28, Pasco County) was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment for distributing narcotics, resulting in death. Collins had pleaded guilty on April 27, 2021. According to the plea agreement, on Dec. 16, 2019, Collins distributed narcotics to M.B. in Wesley Chapel. M.B. injected the narcotics and…
TAMPA, Fla. – David Burkes (52, Safety Harbor) was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment for distributing narcotics, resulting in death to one individual and seriously bodily injury to another. Burkes had pleaded guilty on April 21, 2021. According to the plea agreement, beginning on Aug. 12, 2019, Burkes distributed fentanyl…
WASHINGTON – A Chinese national and naturalized U.S. citizen pleaded guilty yesterday to his involvement in a conspiracy to launder at least $30 million in drug proceeds on behalf of foreign drug-trafficking organizations. Another Chinese national was sentenced to seven years in prison today for his role in the same…
WASHINGTON, D.C., – The DEA Washington Division will join community organizers, neighbors, and law enforcement partners to participate in National Night Out events this evening, August 3. During this year’s National Night Out, Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Jarod Forget and Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) Michael Rothermund will…
NEWARK, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. Gibson and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey Rachael A. Honig announced a Hudson County, New Jersey, man today admitted possessing with intent to distribute heroin, cocaine and cocaine base…
MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Assistant Special Agent in Charge John McGarry, Drug Enforcement Administration – Wisconsin announced that following a jury trial concluding on July 30, 2021, Royel Page, 31, was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute more than 100 grams of heroin, as well…
Greenbelt, Md., – U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis sentenced Russell Stanley III, age 40, of Bowie, Maryland, today to 11 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, conspiracy to commit an offense against the United…
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., – A dermatologist formerly employed at a dermatological practice in the City of Charlottesville was sentenced last week to 12 months probation, including a period of home confinement and electronic monitoring, for using the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registration number of her co-workers to obtain prescription opioid pain…
TAMPA, Fla. – A federal jury has found Wilis A. Santiago Rivera (60, St. Petersburg) guilty of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl. Santiago faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 10 years, and up to life, in federal prison. A sentencing date…
Las investigaciones permitieron conocer que la organización ilegal obtenía la sustancia ilícita en el Catatumbo y la transportaba vía terrestre a inmediaciones de las zonas portuarias de Barranquilla.
Luego de varias incautaciones realizadas en aguas del mar Caribe y en los puertos de la costa Atlántica, en las que fueron encontrados estupefacientes adheridos a los buques de carga o embalados para ser sometidos a un método de transporte subacuático, pusieron en evidencia a ‘Los Buzos’.
La Fiscalía General de la Nación, en un trabajo articulado con la DIJIN de la Policía Nacional y agencias estadounidenses, identificaron y capturaron a ocho presuntos integrantes de esta red narcotraficante trasnacional que estaría involucrada en la salida de cocaína a Estados Unidos y países de Centroamérica y Europa.