US Appeals Court Ruling Throws Wrench in Maritime Drug Prosecutions
US Appeals Court Ruling Throws Wrench in Maritime Drug Prosecutions
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While the ruling found the act could not be used to prosecute suspected drug smugglers arrested within a country's 12-mile territorial waters, it does not impact cases against smugglers using “stateless” submarines, nor impede the ability of US … Read more on The Daily Chronic
The Caribbean and the cartels
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The Mexican cartels control their own cocaine production units in Peru and Bolivia and move cocaine from there to North America, Europe and Asia via the Caribbean Basin and other trafficking routes. … gangs of young men from underprivileged areas … Read more on Trinidad & Tobago Express
Daughter Of Bulgaria's 'Cocaine Kingpin' Abducted
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He is currently being held by Italian authorities, who plan to try him on allegations he was involved in trafficking cocaine from Latin America to Europe between 2004 and 2007. The 48-year-old was arrested in Italy last May in an international police … Read more on Sky News