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Coronavirus creates problems and opportunities for world’s drug traffickers Rip-off

Coronavirus creates problems and opportunities for world’s drug traffickers

Security forces seized 4 tons of cocaine and arrested 28 people, during a raid to disband a 'narco-carrier' network in Vigo, northwestern Spain, in April - SALVADOR SAS/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock The coronavirus pandemic is having a dramatic if unintended impact on the global drugs trade, with closed borders making smuggling more difficult…
bubmag
May 7, 2020
COVID-19: Latin American cocaine floods Europe during pandemic — some of it stashed in squid Rip-off

COVID-19: Latin American cocaine floods Europe during pandemic — some of it stashed in squid

BRUSSELS — Latin American drug lords have sent bumper shipments of cocaine to Europe in recent weeks, including one in a cargo of squid, even though the coronavirus epidemic has stifled legitimate transatlantic trade, senior anti-narcotics officials say.The illegal drugs industry has been disrupted by the virus, with international supply…
bubmag
April 30, 2020
Latin America Drug Lords Flood Europe with Cocaine Despite Coronavirus Trade Disruptions Rip-off

Latin America Drug Lords Flood Europe with Cocaine Despite Coronavirus Trade Disruptions

VanderWolf Images / Shutterstock.comBy Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS, April 30 (Reuters) – Latin American drug lords have sent bumper shipments of cocaine to Europe in recent weeks, including one in a cargo of squid, even though the coronavirus epidemic has stifled legitimate transatlantic trade, senior anti-narcotics officials say. The illegal drugs…
bubmag
April 30, 2020