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Alleged cocaine trafficker at center of international smuggling operation arrested in Dubai

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An alleged drug trafficker wanted in connection with an international drug smuggling operation through the Belgian port of Antwerp has been arrested, Dubai police said Monday. “El Ballouti has been handed over to Dubai Public Prosecution for legal proceedings related to extradition,” a police statement said. He was sanctioned in 2023 by the U.S. Treasury …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Trafficker nabbed in Hyderabad after 2,500-km chase by Delhi Police

Deccan Chronicle

New Delhi: The Delhi Police Special Cell has arrested a man from Hyderabad allegedly involved in the illegal trafficking of Indian youths and forcing them to work in fake call centres engaging in cyber fraud, an officer said on Sunday. "After a long persevering chase of 2,500 km, Kamran Haider alias Zaidi was nabbed from Hyderabad," Deputy Commissioner of Police …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Son of ‘El Mago,’ Sinaloa cartel legend killed in L.A., seeks new family legacy

LA Times

Eddie Escobedo Jr. is carrying on the hibachi restaurant business started by his father, a convicted Sinaloa cartel marijuana trafficker known as “El Mago,” who was killed Nov. 23, 2023. The oldest, Eddie Escobedo Jr., says he knows he will always be known first and foremost as “El Mago’s son,” though his dad never wanted his children to follow him …

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1 month ago

Singapore hangs drug trafficker, third such execution in a week

Al Jazeera

Southeast Asian city-state is among a handful of countries that impose the death penalty for drug offences. Rosman Abdullah, 55, was executed for trafficking 57.43 grams of heroin into the Southeast Asian city-state, Singapore’s drug enforcement agency said on Friday. Rosman’s hanging at Singapore’s Changi Prison comes exactly a week after the execution of a 39-year-old Malaysian and a 53-year-old …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Drug trafficker wanted over seizure of 15,000 bottles of cough syrup arrested

The Hindu

The Narcotics Control Bureau in Kolkata has arrested a drug trafficker in connection with the seizure of 14,998 bottles ofCodeine Based Cough Syrups on November 13. NCB officials on Saturday said, “In one of the most challenging anti-drug operations regarding interception of illicit trafficking of CBCS destined to Bangladesh, NCB Kolkata has, on 13.11. 2024, arrested an international drug trafficker …

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1 month, 1 week ago

NCB Kolkata arrests smuggler in Phensedyl case

Deccan Chronicle

The Narcotics Control Bureau Kolkata arrested a notorious drug trafficker with a history of gold smuggling wanted in a seizure of a huge quantity of bottles of Codeine Based Cough Syrups, officials said on Saturday. As per a release, in one of the most challenging anti-drug operations regarding interception of illicit trafficking of Codeine Based Cough Syrups destined to Bangladesh, …

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Kolkata: Drug trafficker wanted for smuggling 15k cough syrup bottles nabbed by NCB

Hindustan Times

The Narcotics Control Bureau Kolkata arrested a notorious drug trafficker with a history of gold smuggling wanted in a seizure of a huge quantity of bottles of Codeine Based Cough Syrups, officials said on Saturday. The man was wanted for smuggling Codeine-Based Cough Syrup As per a release, in one of the most challenging anti-drug operations regarding interception of illicit …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

"My closest friend for 10 years": Epstein discusses Trump friendship in newly released tapes

Salon

The notorious sex trafficker and financier Jeffrey Epstein once called Donald Trump his "closest friend." And that is charming.” Epstein said that his "closest friend for 10 years" had a great mind for real estate, but was otherwise a complete dullard. "Anyone who he first tries to gain their trust, and then uses it to do bad things.” It's far …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Chinese chemical manufacturer is targeted by federal prosecutors trying to stop flow of fentanyl

LA Times

Before harmful and deadly drugs such as fentanyl and xylazine reach the streets of cities such as Los Angeles, they must first make their way into the country. “These chemical companies ship fentanyl precursors and adulterants around the world, including to the United States and Mexico, where drug cartels and traffickers use the precursors to synthesize and manufacture fentanyl into …

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3 months ago

Mexican cartel leader's son convicted of violent role in drug trafficking plot

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Rubén Oseguera, known as “El …

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3 months, 1 week ago

DEA closing 2 offices in China even as the agency struggles to stem flow of fentanyl chemicals

Associated Press

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is shutting down two of its hard-won offices in China, The Associated Press has learned, a move that comes even as the agency struggles to disrupt the flow of precursor chemicals from the country that have fueled a fentanyl epidemic blamed for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans. “These closings reflect the need …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Alleged trafficker captured in Cambodia

China Daily

Chinese police officers recently repatriated a man who is alleged to have engaged in the abduction of women from Cambodia to China, the Ministry of Public Security announced on Thursday. In September last year, public security authorities in Hunan province investigated a transnational criminal group that used online social networking platforms to lure Cambodian women to China and then forced …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Mercedes Corby doesn't look like this anymore! Schapelle's sister unrecognisable as she stuns fan with bold new look

Daily Mail

Mercedes Corby recently stunned her fans by showcasing her bold new appearance to social media, which was worlds away from her signature look. The Australian bar owner looked like a completely different person as she flaunted her bold new look while on holiday in Japan. The sister of convicted drug trafficker Schapelle Corby shared a gallery of photos to Instagram …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

ED identifies multiple properties of Dubai-based ‘drug trafficker’ Jasmeet Hakimzada

The Hindu

The Enforcement Directorate has identified several properties of Jasmeet Singh Hakimzada, a Dubai-based alleged international drug trafficker also sought by the enforcement agencies in the United States. At the instance of PhD, Hakimzada’s men in India would send a significant portion of the drug proceeds to Dubai via “hawala” channels and then to Pakistan. The decision was based on about …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

ED conducts searches in four States in case against international drug trafficker linked to Khalistan outfit

The Hindu

Jasmeet Hakimzada, who is wanted in the U.S., operated a narco-terror network in India and sent the proceeds of crime through ‘hawala’ to Dubai The Enforcement Directorate has searched 10 locations in Delhi, Punjab, Maharashtra, and Madhya Pradesh in a money-laundering probe against Jasmeet Hakimzada, an alleged international drug trafficker operating from Dubai and also wanted by enforcement agencies in …

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54 years, 11 months ago

The Trump Campaign’s Rhetoric About Women Sounds a Lot Like Andrew Tate’s

Wired

When US senator JD Vance, an Ohio Republican, was rolled out as former president Donald Trump’s running mate last month, the move had several seeming aims. All of this was almost immediately undermined when comments Vance made in a 2021 Fox News interview, claiming the country is being run by “childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Over fourfold surge in cases filed over illicit traffic of drugs since 2020: Data

Hindustan Times

The number of cases registered under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act — with provisions to detain habitual drug traffickers for a year and attach their properties — has gone up by over four times in the last few years, people familiar with the matter said, pointing to the extensive use of the stringent …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia releases US journalist and other Americans and dissidents in massive 24-person prisoner swap

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The United States and Russia completed their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history on Thursday, with Moscow releasing journalist Evan Gershkovich and fellow American Paul Whelan, along with dissidents including Vladimir Kara-Murza, in a multinational deal that set two dozen people free, officials said. Under the deal, Russia released Gershkovich, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal who …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Why Mexico was in the dark about the arrest of top Sinaloa cartel leaders

LA Times

Days after the surprise arrest on U.S. soil of two of Mexico’s most wanted fugitives, the details of what exactly transpired remain murky. “We need them to tell the truth.” The president has come under heavy criticism for being blindsided by the capture of Sinaloa cartel leaders Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada García and Joaquín Guzmán López, the son of notorious …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

NIA Chargesheets Arms and Explosives Trafficker Linked With Myanmar Insurgents

Deccan Chronicle

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency on Tuesday charge-sheeted an accused in a pan-India illegal arms and ammunition trafficking case linked with Myanmar-based insurgent groups. The charge-sheet against Lalngaihawma was filed before the NIA Special Court, New Delhi, under various sections of IPC, Arms Act, Explosive Substance Act, and UA Act. The NIA had registered the case RC-31/2023/NIA/DLI on December …

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5 months ago

Inside the risky U.S. probe of allegations that drug mafias financed Obrador campaign

Raw Story

In the summer of 2010, as U.S. agents dug into allegations that a powerful drug mafia had poured money into Mexican politics, the investigators took direct aim at the man who is now the country’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador. “Thus, this investigation could ultimately affect who runs for president from the PRD party.” The candidate’s possible indictment in the …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Was Donald Trump a regular client of Jeffrey Epstein’s 'Massage' services, new memo goes viral

Hindustan Times

On Tuesday, a judge in Florida ordered the release of the transcripts from a 2006 prosecution of paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, which have reportedly linked former President Donald Trump to the sex scandal in a very direct fashion. NBC News aired footage which showed Trump partying with Jeffrey Epstein at the former's Mar-a-Lago property in Florida in 1992. Facts: Donald Trump …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Justice Department charges nearly 200 people in $2.7 billion health care fraud schemes crackdown

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Nearly 200 people have been charged in a sweeping nationwide crackdown on health care fraud schemes with false claims topping $2.7 billion, the Justice Department said on Thursday. “If you profit from the unlawful distribution of controlled substances, you will be held accountable.” In the Arizona case, prosecutors have accused two owners of wound care companies of accepting …

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6 months ago

Melinda French Gates on ‘horrible’ divorce with Bill Gates: 'It's just painful'

Hindustan Times

Melina French Gates reflected on divorce from Bill Gates and said that the couple separated first before making the final decision in 2021. Melinda French Gates on her children She said, “I thought a lot about my three children. I absolutely love it.” Melinda French Gates on her charity work On exiting the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation after more …

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Alleged cocaine trafficker at center of international smuggling operation arrested in Dubai

Trafficker nabbed in Hyderabad after 2,500-km chase by Delhi Police

Son of ‘El Mago,’ Sinaloa cartel legend killed in L.A., seeks new family legacy

Singapore hangs drug trafficker, third such execution in a week

Drug trafficker wanted over seizure of 15,000 bottles of cough syrup arrested

NCB Kolkata arrests smuggler in Phensedyl case

Kolkata: Drug trafficker wanted for smuggling 15k cough syrup bottles nabbed by NCB

"My closest friend for 10 years": Epstein discusses Trump friendship in newly released tapes

Chinese chemical manufacturer is targeted by federal prosecutors trying to stop flow of fentanyl

Mexican cartel leader's son convicted of violent role in drug trafficking plot

DEA closing 2 offices in China even as the agency struggles to stem flow of fentanyl chemicals

Alleged trafficker captured in Cambodia

Mercedes Corby doesn't look like this anymore! Schapelle's sister unrecognisable as she stuns fan with bold new look

ED identifies multiple properties of Dubai-based ‘drug trafficker’ Jasmeet Hakimzada

ED conducts searches in four States in case against international drug trafficker linked to Khalistan outfit

The Trump Campaign’s Rhetoric About Women Sounds a Lot Like Andrew Tate’s

Over fourfold surge in cases filed over illicit traffic of drugs since 2020: Data

Russia releases US journalist and other Americans and dissidents in massive 24-person prisoner swap

Why Mexico was in the dark about the arrest of top Sinaloa cartel leaders

NIA Chargesheets Arms and Explosives Trafficker Linked With Myanmar Insurgents

Inside the risky U.S. probe of allegations that drug mafias financed Obrador campaign

Was Donald Trump a regular client of Jeffrey Epstein’s 'Massage' services, new memo goes viral

Justice Department charges nearly 200 people in $2.7 billion health care fraud schemes crackdown

Melinda French Gates on ‘horrible’ divorce with Bill Gates: 'It's just painful'