Mexican drug cartels have expanded and are increasingly producing methamphetamine in Africa. This was highlighted in mid-May when Nigerian authorities…
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Three Mexican nationals were among nine people arrested by Nigerian authorities on May 20 at the largest industrial-scale methamphetamine laboratory…
Nigerian authorities arrested a Chinese grandmother in mid-May when they discovered more than 1,825,000 tablets of Indian tapentadol worth nearly…
Four Mexican nationals were among 11 people arrested at an elaborate crystal methamphetamine production facility in a small farming town…
Mozambique has long been a key transit point for the trafficking of drugs such as cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and opioids,…
In what has been described as a first-of-its-kind operation targeting how crime finances terrorism, authorities working with Interpol and Afripol…
Since Sudan’s civil war erupted in April 2023, the production of synthetic drugs such as Captagon, a highly addictive, amphetamine-like…
Opioids and other synthetic drugs are increasingly invading parts of Africa, attracting organized crime and overwhelming countries’ medical facilities, according…
In the past year and a half, South African police have busted three industrial-scale drug labs where they found more…
Monitoring vast expanses of sea requires cooperation and technological tools. During the Cutlass Express 2026 (CE26) maritime security exercise, East…