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New OCCRP Report: Narco Files: The New Criminal Order

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1 year ago

November 7, 2023

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Organized crime in Latin America has changed quite a bit since the days of Pablo Escobar.

Today, OCCRP and over 40 media partners revealed what this modernization looks like in the Narco Files: The New Criminal Order — the largest investigative project of its kind to originate in Latin America.

See what the OCCRP network uncovered

After obtaining over 7 million leaked emails from the Colombian prosecutor’s office, reporters found rare details about the inner workings of transnational criminal gangs and law enforcement’s efforts to dismantle them. In their stories, reporters explored six main themes:

Criminal Empires investigates how organized crime groups have fanned out around the globe, permeating economies, corrupting authorities, and expanding their reach across borders.
Narcotics Inc. looks at how criminal gangs are innovating and evolving their business models in the face of new economic incentives and opportunities for experimentation.
Drowning in Drugs dives into the murky world of commercial ports that have become a hotbed of criminal activity, from Antwerp and Rotterdam to Gioia Tauro, Guayaquil, Santa Marta, and Limón.
Dark Money investigates underground flows of illicit drug profits and the financial professionals who help enable these crimes.
Green Crimes exposes the environmental impact of organized crime, and how their activities are destroying wildlife, polluting rivers, and threatening protected areas.
Police and Thieves looks at the role of law enforcement agencies who are on the front lines in the fight against organized crime — but sometimes become part of the problem.

If you want to learn more about how we reported this investigation, you should join our upcoming OCCRP Discussion. You can access webinars like these by becoming an OCCRP Accomplice.

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ABC (Australia News) Victorian men jailed over attempted ‘astronomical’ cocaine import into South Australia

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3 weeks ago

January 30, 2025

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In short:

Two men have been sentenced to three years’ jail with a non-parole period of 18 months for trying to import more than 100 kilograms of cocaine into South Australia.

The judge said the pair had followed the drugs from WA to SA on the instruction of their drug dealers in order to pay off drug debts they had accumulated.

What’s next?

The men’s sentences have been backdated to when they were first imprisoned last February and they will both be eligible for parole in August.

Two young Victorian men who were involved in the attempted importation of an “astronomical” amount of cocaine into South Australia have been labelled “muppets” and sentenced to three years’ imprisonment.

Rayn Sadik, 20, and Yousif Al-Asadi, 23, were sentenced in South Australia’s District Court on Wednesday after they each entered a guilty plea to one count of attempting to possess a commercial quantity of an unlawfully imported border controlled drug last year.

The maximum penalty for that offence is life imprisonment or a fine of $2,347,500.

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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-29/victorian-men-sentenced-over-attempt-to-import-100kg-of-cocaine/104870476

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Military-trained narcos arrested in three tonne cocaine bust in south of Spain: Kalashnikov assault rifles among weapons seized

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1 month ago

January 18, 2025

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NEARLY three tonnes of cocaine and four military-grade weapons have been seized in a major drug bust along the Guadalquivir River in Sevilla.

Spanish police reported that the men had ‘paramilitary training’ and were armed with what appeared to be Kalashnikov assault rifles.

The presence of such weapons suggests a level of organisation and capacity for violence far beyond typical drug smuggling operations.

Military-trained narcos arrested in three tonne cocaine bust in south of Spain: Kalashnikov assault rifles among weapons seized

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Shipment of grapes entering Canada hid massive stash of suspected cocaine

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4 months ago

November 3, 2024

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More than 600 kilograms of suspected cocaine — roughly the weight of a concert grand piano — was discovered inside a shipment of grapes intercepted by border officers earlier this month.

The seizure took place on Oct. 15 at the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ont.

A spokesperson for the Canada Border Services Agency says an investigation is underway with law enforcement partners.

The agency declined an interview and said it doesn’t comment on the status of ongoing investigations.

CBSA hasn’t provided an estimate of the street value of the 615 kilograms, but earlier this year estimated the value of a cocaine seizure less than half this size at $6.5 million.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/ambassador-bridge-cocaine-grapes-1.7368639

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