Tag: Drug trafficking
Spain dismantles Chinese gang selling cannabis across Europe
BARCELONA, Spain — Police in Spain said Tuesday they have dismantled one of the largest criminal gangs growing cannabis in the country and trafficking...
195 arrested in vast international human trafficking sweep
PARIS — Interpol says police in Africa and Europe arrested 195 people and rescued nearly 500 victims of human trafficking in a vast crackdown...
Howard Weitzman, lawyer for Jackson, Bieber, DeLorean, dies
LOS ANGELES — Howard Weitzman, an attorney whose clients included Michael Jackson, Justin Bieber, and auto maker John DeLorean, has died. He was 81....
North Macedonia crime ring sold passports to criminals
SKOPJE, North Macedonia — Nine officials in North Macedonia's interior ministry were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of illegally issuing passports to overseas criminals.
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Ex-Olympic silver medalist Baggaley guilty of drug importing
BRISBANE, Australia — Former two-time Olympic silver medalist canoeist Nathan Baggaley and his younger brother have been found guilty of plotting to smuggle 200...
Colombia midfielder Viafara gets 11 years on US drug charge
SHERMAN, Texas — A former midfielder for Colombia’s national soccer team has been sentenced in a Texas courtroom to more than 11 years in...
Serbian soccer association president Slavisa Kokeza resigns
BELGRADE, Serbia — The president of the Serbian soccer association resigned Monday after being linked to a fan group accused of murder, kidnapping and...
Honduran drug trafficker convicted in US trial
NEW YORK — A Honduran man was convicted of drug trafficking in U.S. federal court Monday in a trial that also raised allegations against...
State TV: Explosion kills 1, wounds 3 in southeastern Iran
TEHRAN, Iran — An explosion Sunday killed one person and wounded three others in the restive southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchistan, state...
US prosecutors say Honduras president took bribes in 2019
NEW YORK — Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández accepted bribes from a drug trafficker as recently as 2019 — not just while running for...
