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[TRENDING NEWS] Italian Police Break Up Drug Smuggling Ring Tied to Calabria Mob

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Author: BY GAIA PIANIGIANI - Publish Date: November 17, 2021 at 02:24AM Over 100 people were arrested in Italy as members of a mafia ring that smuggled drugs from Latin America and infiltrated businesses in southern and northern Italy.

[TRENDING NEWS] Authorities on 3 Continents Crack Down on Dark Web Drug Sales

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Author: BY KATIE BENNER - Publish Date: October 27, 2021 at 12:43AM The Justice Department said the global operation led to the arrests of over 150 people and the seizure of large quantities of opioids and other drugs.

[TRENDING NEWS] As Dutch Prime Minister Gets Extra Security, Fears Focus on Drug Gangs

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Author: BY ELIAN PELTIER - Publish Date: October 1, 2021 at 12:21AM Signs of concern for the country’s leader have rattled many in the Netherlands, but experts are split on whether criminal organizations there would really risk targeting politicians.

[TRENDING NEWS] Keith McCants, Football Star Laid Low by Drugs, Dies at 53

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Author: BY KEN BELSON - Publish Date: September 5, 2021 at 04:11AM At one time the N.F.L.’s highest-paid defensive player, he left the league after six seasons and fell into a spiral of addiction, homelessness and desolation.

[TRENDING NEWS] How the Pandemic Is Changing Restaurants

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Author: Unknown Author - Publish Date: August 22, 2021 at 11:30PM Readers discuss rising prices, customer abuse of employees and unionization. Also: The opioid crisis; summer's pleasures.

[TRENDING NEWS] Cuidaba al presidente de Haití. Y es sospechoso en una investigación de narcotráfico

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Author: BY MARIA ABI-HABIB - Publish Date: August 22, 2021 at 12:18AM Los funcionarios averiguan si el magnicidio de Jovenel Moïse está relacionado con el tráfico de drogas. El hombre a cargo de su seguridad ha sido persona de interés en un gran caso, dicen.

[TRENDING NEWS] Purdue Pharma’s Creditors Overwhelmingly Endorse Bankruptcy Plan

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Author: BY JAN HOFFMAN - Publish Date: July 28, 2021 at 12:39AM If approved by a judge next month, the plan would resolve thousands of lawsuits and set in motion the release of $4.5 billion to help cover costs from the opioid epidemic.

[TRENDING NEWS] Eurovision-Winning Band Leader Did Not Use Drugs, Broadcaster Says

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Author: BY NEIL VIGDOR - Publish Date: May 25, 2021 at 09:22AM Damiano David of the Italian rock band Maneskin hunched over a table in a sniffing motion during the show’s finale, fueling speculation of drug use.

[TRENDING NEWS] Biden nominates former New Jersey attorney general to head D.E.A.

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Author: BY CORA ENGELBRECHT - Publish Date: April 13, 2021 at 08:03AM Anne Milgram built her reputation fighting crime in the city of Camden.

[TRENDING NEWS] 5 Takeaways From the Second Week of the Derek Chauvin Trial

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Author: BY WILL WRIGHT - Publish Date: April 10, 2021 at 08:00PM Witnesses addressed two key issues: What caused George Floyd’s death, and whether Mr. Chauvin violated police policies on the use of force.

[TRENDING NEWS] A Detective Was Accused of Lying. Now 90 Convictions May Be Erased.

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Author: BY TROY CLOSSON - Publish Date: April 7, 2021 at 07:45AM The Brooklyn district attorney will move to dismiss old convictions in which a former narcotics detective, accused of perjury in Manhattan, played a key role.

[TRENDING NEWS] George Floyd’s Girlfriend Says Opioid Addiction Was a Struggle They Shared

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Author: BY TIM ARANGO, NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS AND JULIE BOSMAN - Publish Date: April 2, 2021 at 07:04AM The testimony was partly an effort by the prosecution to show that Mr. Floyd had a high tolerance for fentanyl, which could undercut any argument that he died of a drug overdose.

[TRENDING NEWS] George Floyd’s Girlfriend Says Opioid Addiction Was a Struggle They Shared

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Author: BY TIM ARANGO, NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS AND JULIE BOSMAN - Publish Date: April 2, 2021 at 07:04AM The testimony was partly an effort by the prosecution to show that Mr. Floyd had a high tolerance for fentanyl, which could undercut the defense’s argument that he died of a drug overdose.

[TRENDING NEWS] México se dispone a legalizar la marihuana y a convertirse en el mayor mercado del mundo

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Author: BY OSCAR LOPEZ - Publish Date: March 11, 2021 at 09:05AM Los legisladores aprobaron un proyecto de ley para legalizar el cannabis recreativo, una propuesta divisiva en un país marcado por una mortífera guerra contra el narcotráfico.

[TRENDING NEWS] Mexico Set to Legalize Marijuana, Becoming World’s Largest Market

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Author: BY OSCAR LOPEZ - Publish Date: March 11, 2021 at 07:59AM Lawmakers in Mexico have approved a bill to legalize recreational cannabis, but in a country still marred by a deadly drug war, the proposal has proved divisive.

[TRENDING NEWS] Fiscales dicen que el presidente hondureño prometió ayudar a inundar Estados Unidos con cocaína

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Author: BY EMILY PALMER AND KIRK SEMPLE - Publish Date: March 10, 2021 at 07:30AM En el juicio contra Geovanny Fuentes Ramírez, un hondureño acusado de conspirar para importar cocaína a Estados Unidos, la fiscalía también señaló a Juan Orlando Hernández, presidente de Honduras.

[TRENDING NEWS] Blood Bath at Ecuador Prisons as Drug Gangs Battle for Control

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Author: BY JOSÉ MARÍA LEÓN CABRERA AND ANATOLY KURMANAEV - Publish Date: February 24, 2021 at 06:35AM More than 60 prisoners were killed in gruesome violence, some of it videotaped and posted online, that the authorities tied to the drug trade.

[TRENDING NEWS] Emma Coronel fue detenida en Estados Unidos y acusada de narcotráfico

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Author: BY ALAN FEUER AND ADAM GOLDMAN - Publish Date: February 23, 2021 at 07:05AM Coronel Aispuro, quien fue investigada durante al menos dos años, también fue acusada de conspirar para facilitar la fuga de su esposo, el Chapo Guzmán, el capo de la droga más famoso de México.

[TRENDING NEWS] 3 Detectives Obtained a False Murder Confession. Was It One of Dozens?

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Author: BY JAN RANSOM - Publish Date: February 15, 2021 at 03:00PM Huwe Burton was wrongly convicted because of deceptive interrogation techniques. How many more cases were “solved” the same way?

[TRENDING NEWS] McKinsey Settles for $573 Million Over Role in Opioid Crisis

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Author: BY MICHAEL FORSYTHE AND WALT BOGDANICH - Publish Date: February 4, 2021 at 08:07AM The consulting firm has reached the agreement with 47 states because of its advice to drugmakers, including Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin.