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Italian authorities seized 2.7 tons of cocaine in the port of Gioia Tauro. Having arrived from Ecuador, the cocaine’s alleged final destination was Armenia.
In today’s #CriminalThreads, we explore the expansion of cocaine trafficking to ports throughout Europe. 🧵
In today’s #CriminalThreads, we explore the expansion of cocaine trafficking to ports throughout Europe. 🧵
Gioia Tauro is a crucial entry point for cocaine to Europe. Located in Calabria, it has traditionally fallen under the influence of the ’Ndrangheta. For decades, the ’Ndrangheta made millions from the port’s control. bit.ly/3nqL2rD
While Gioia Tauro remains a key port of entry, the mega ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp have grown in importance for cocaine traffickers. Authorities seized a record 110 tons of cocaine in Antwerp in 2022. bit.ly/41Cljud
In Honduras, authorities have incinerated over 3 million coca bushes, the largest incineration of the crop ever carried out in the country.
In today’s #CriminalThreads, we explore the progress of coca cultivation in Honduras. 🧵
In today’s #CriminalThreads, we explore the progress of coca cultivation in Honduras. 🧵
Coca crop discoveries have steadily increased in Honduras over the past decade, signaling the country’s potential transformation from a drug trafficking corridor to a coca producer. rb.gy/z1gw2
After years experimenting with cultivating the crop, criminal groups began to expand both coca cultivation and cocaine production efforts. rb.gy/9rwk4
Mexican states like Sinaloa, Michoacán, and Baja California are already experiencing the deadly consequences of the methamphetamine and fentanyl boom.
In today’s #CriminalThreads, we outline the situation. 🧵
In today’s #CriminalThreads, we outline the situation. 🧵
Collectives searching for missing loved ones in Sinaloa say disappearances have increased there as criminal groups have imposed strict and violent rules over the consumption and sale of synthetic drugs. rb.gy/9f00h
In Michoacán, meanwhile, forced displacement is on the rise due to the proliferation of clandestine methamphetamine laboratories and armed disputes between criminal groups. rb.gy/or973
This morning, the 15 members of the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution which sanctioned #Haiti’s most powerful gang leader, Jimmy Cherizier, alias “Barbecue.”
In today’s #CriminalThreads we explore Barbecue’s ascension to prominence and power🧵👇
In today’s #CriminalThreads we explore Barbecue’s ascension to prominence and power🧵👇
The sanctions come after the former police officer blocked the entrance to Terminal Varreux, the country’s largest oil terminal, for the second time in a year. The blockade has worsened a massive fuel crisis and paralyzed the country’s economy.
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Barbecue has been a centerpiece of Haiti’s criminal landscape for years. He was fired from Haiti’s National Police and an arrest warrant was issued for his alleged participation in the 2018 La Saline massacre, which left at least 71 people dead.
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The Dominican Republic prides itself on drawing tourism and business. But criminals may feel welcome as well.
In today's #CriminalThreads we tell you more about the networks facilitating organized crime in the country. 🧵👇
In today's #CriminalThreads we tell you more about the networks facilitating organized crime in the country. 🧵👇
The Port of Caucedo is one of the largest and best-connected ports in the Caribbean. This has not gone unnoticed by drug traffickers, who send cocaine to the country on its way to Europe and the United States.
Port authorities have invested in security measures to combat cocaine trafficking, but criminal networks have managed to maintain their advantage in this cat-and-mouse game. bit.ly/3TLQnVM
Juan Francisco Sillas-Rocha, a lieutenant in the Tijuana Cartel who once boasted of killing 30 people a month, has been extradited to the United States eleven years after his arrest in Mexico.
In today’s #CriminalThreads, we take a look at the once-mighty Tijuana Cartel🧵👇
In today’s #CriminalThreads, we take a look at the once-mighty Tijuana Cartel🧵👇
The Tijuana Cartel, also known as the Arellano Félix Organization, controlled the vital drug trafficking border city of Tijuana in the 1990s and early 2000s. Its power has since waned. Read its history here: bit.ly/3RRs0o7
The Tijuana Cartel was built around the Arellano Félix family. In 2014, Enedina Arellano Felix took over the family’s dealings following the capture of her son, Fernando Sánchez. bit.ly/3dh9WFd
In the Venezuelan mining region of Bolívar, the Tren de Guyana and the Perú Syndicate appear to be on the brink of another clash over the control of key gold mining areas in El Callao. We explain this dynamic in today’s #CriminalThreads:
Since 2018, but especially since 2020, the Perú Syndicate – a gang that extorts illegal miners and operates crude gold processing plants in southern Bolívar state -- has been weakened by repeated attacks by security forces.
In response to attacks in 2021, the gang abducted a politician and accused security forces of committing crimes. bit.ly/3Ee9UH1
InSight Crime published a list of seven “narco-fugitives” that were enjoying their illegal fortunes in Brazil. One of them, Rocco Morabito, has a life story fit for a gangster movie. 🧵👇
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Giuseppe Morabito – Rocco's father who was known as U’Tiradrittu, or “the straight shooter” –
was a premier figure within the 'Ndrangheta crime syndicate. Rocco later replaced his father within the organization.
was a premier figure within the 'Ndrangheta crime syndicate. Rocco later replaced his father within the organization.
Known as the “Cocaine King of Milan,” Rocco had a Red Notice issued against him by Interpol in 1995, when he traveled to Brazil under the alias “Francisco Antonio Capeletto Souza” and passed himself off as a Brazilian businessman working in the soy business.
