"The Venezuelan government mantains that a recently launched, massive security plan is intended to break the power that criminal gangs wield over urban neighborhoods. Yet the operation may ultimately …
Trinidad prison escape involves shootout with police
"Trinidad and Tobago's capital city is on alert after a brazen prison escape that involved explosives and a deadly shootout with police." Source: Trinidad prison escape involves shootout with police …
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Special Report: West Africa’s alarming growth industry – meth
"When customs officers in the sleepy Senegalese town of Koumpentoum discovered a stash of pills hidden in a bus from Mali in late February, they initially thought it was counterfeit medicine. They …
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Gunmen stage attack in southern Mexico, killing 7 people
"Mexican officials say seven people have been killed in an ambush in a restive southern state. A statement from Guerrero state prosecutors says 10 to 15 armed men attacked a group of civilians …
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Argentina’s Extortion Gangs Move to ‘Virtual’ Kidnappings
"The arrest of six members of a family running an extortion gang in Buenos Aires has drawn attention to a new trend in extortion in Argentina, known regionally as 'virtual kidnappings.' La Nacion …
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Mexico arrests seven officials over escape of drug kingpin
"The Mexican Attorney General's office said on Friday it had arrested seven officials over suspected involvement in the jail break of drug kingpin Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman. Guzman's escape last …
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Eleven sentenced in UK for sex trafficking
"Eleven people were sentenced on Thursday for trafficking sex workers from Hungary to Britain, in what the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said was one of the largest sex trafficking cases prosecuted …
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Mexico deploys thousands to hunt down Joaquin Guzman
"Mexico says it has stepped up its search for drug lord Joaquin Guzman, who escaped from jail on Saturday. The Interior Ministry said it had deployed almost 10,000 police and 48 dogs to track down the …
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214 Kilos of Cocaine Seized from Ambulance in Northeast Colombia
"Colombian police reported Tuesday the arrest of five people who were riding in an ambulance as if on a medical mission, while the true purpose of their trip was to transport 214 kilos (470 pounds) of …
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Huge Bangladesh cocaine seizure points to growing south Asia drug route
"Police who seized Asia’s largest known shipment of liquid cocaine at a Bangladeshi port in late June say it was headed for India, the latest sign drug cartels are increasingly plying their trade in …
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