Thai Authorities Seize Cocaine Disguised As Beauty Creams, With Links To Russian Mob
By Mohd Haikal Mohd Isa
BANGKOK, Feb 14 (Bernama) — A woman from Ecuador at the Suvarnabhumi Airport became suspicious of an Ecuadorian woman behaving strangely. Narcotics police would then seize 2.35 kg of cocaine that was disguised as beauty cream products. Police believe the cocaine originated from Russian criminal elements and were packaged as international brands of body lotions and facial creams. Read Article
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(Reuters) reported – North Korea accused Mexico on Wednesday of illegally detaining one of its ships with some 50 crew and warned it would take “necessary measures” to release the vessel, which United Nations sanctions monitors say belongs to a blacklisted shipping firm. The 6,700-tonne freighter Mu Du Bong, which had come from Cuba, ran […]
ticotimes.net reported during the summer of 2014, massive flows of Central American migrants – many unaccompanied children – flooded the southwestern border of the United States. While tens of thousands of migrants have been fleeing violence and poverty in search of new opportunities in the U.S., other migrants from Africa and Asia have been traveling […]
eluniverso.com reported Costa Rica police found 27 undocumented citizens of Nepal in an area of Paso Canoas, border with Panama, joining other intercepted seven Nepalese weekend, in operations against the trafficking, officials said Monday. The regional director of the police in the South, Commissioner José Domingo Cruz, pointed out that the undocumented were found in […]
Elcomercio.com reported inn Ecuador were marketed 52 brands of vehicles during 2013.Of that number, 21 correspond to brands from Asian countries such as China, Japan and Korea in the South and India, according to figures from the Association of automotive companies of Ecuador (Aeade). I.e., the 40% of automotive brands that circulate in the Ecuador […]
Ecuador, the small South American country is the only Andean Community Nation (CAN) that has yet to sign a trade pact with Korea. Other CAN members are Colombia, Chile and Peru. Worries already have become a reality as the Ecuadorian producers of 15 commodity goods were hit hard after Korea’s FTA with Chile and Peru […]
The Mexican mafia have now spread their killing tentacles across the world to the Philippines as local Manila Police claim that they are behind a murder plot to kill rival Canadian drug lords operating in an international drugs ring. Police in the Philippines say they have intelligence about a plot by a Mexican cartel to […]
vancouversun.com reported that police in the Philippines believe Vancouver gangster James Riach was working directly with a Mexican cartel when he set up a major drug operation in Manila last year. Rommell Vallejo, chief of the Anti-Organized and Transnational Crime Division of the National Bureau of Investigation, said Riach and three other Canadians have been […]
intellasia.net reported that North Korea has agreed to pay a reduced fine to ensure the return of a ship stopped near the Panama Canal which had military weapons from Cuba on board. The settlement should end a protracted dispute over the Chong Chon Gang, the freighter intercepted by Panamanian customs officers on July 10 as […]
On August 15, 2013 Perú 21 Noticias reported the rescue of 5 foreign trafficking victims during a police operation in Cusco. The male victims, all from India, had been forced by a compatriot to work for the past year as food preparation workers at the San Pedro Hotel. The victims were unable to escape as […]
On August 21, 2013 La Hora Noticias reported that a judge in Cartagena has sentenced to pretrial detention four individuals accused of involvement in an international human trafficking organization. According to the investigation, the accused suspects allegedly participated in the transport of immigrants from Africa and Asia to Colombia and then to Panama, with the […]
On August 15, 2013 El Colombiano Noticias reported the arrest of two Africans and four Colombian citizens on charges of human trafficking. The arrests occurred Monday in Bogotá, Medellin, Turbo and Gamarra. The suspects are accused of involvement in a criminal organization that trafficked immigrants to Panama with a final destination in the United States. […]
On August 14, 2013 Infosur Noticias reported the arrest of twelve suspects and the rescue of nine undocumented immigrants after Colombian authorities dismantled an international human trafficking network in the department of Antioquia. The traffickers were planning to transport the immigrants, five Nepalese and four Bangladeshis, to Panama where they would then be sent to […]
On August 2, 2013 El Espectador Noticias reported that a criminal court in Medellín has sentenced Nidia Castro Torres to 15 and half years prison on charges of sex trafficking. Nidia Castro Torres had been previously sentenced in 2009 for obtaining falsified public documents. This time, Castro Torres was found guilty of trafficking an 18-year-old […]
On July 27, 2103 El Comercial Noticias reported in Chaco the arrest of a taxi driver and two natives of Formosa, on charges of trafficking a total of 7 individuals originally from China. Marcos Alberto Yulán was arrested this past week at a police checkpoint while attempting to transport four Chinese females. Pedro Vásquez and […]
On July 25, 2013 Diario Chaco Noticias reported that a Chinese language translator has been called in so that authorities in Resistencia can question 7 undocumented Asians, three of which were detained following a routine stop at a police checkpoint. The driver was later arrested for violation of the law against Migrant Smuggling and Human […]
On July 24, 2013 Norte de Corrientes Noticias reported that while checking vehicles for proper documentation at a traffic checkpoint, authorities stopped a suspicious vehicle carrying four Asian women. When questioned, the driver told police that he was taking them from a hotel in downtown Resistencia to the Reconquista-Santa Fe terminal. After requesting the four […]
On June 25, 2013 El Nacional reported that police in La Vega, Dominican Republic have arrested a woman suspected of heading an international trafficking network. Anyely Margarita Méndez is accused of recruiting women under the false promise of jobs working in Lebanon as belly dancers in a nightclub. Instead, the Dominican victims were sent to […]
On May 15, 2013 La Hora reported that Ecuadorian police have broken up a gang of Indians and Ecuadorians allegedly involved in a human trafficking network from India to the United States, with a connection in the port city of Guayaquil. As part of the so-called “Operation Hindu”, special units of the police and the […]
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According to dispatch.com, Pottery offers a bonanza of information for archaeologists. It represents a revolution in container technology, and the clay from which it is made provides a canvas with many possibilities for self-expression.As a result, differences and similarities in pottery decorations can offer clues about cultural relationships over space and through time. Residues on […]
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Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ has been beefing up its project finance business in Latin America, hiring specialist bankers who speak Spanish and Portuguese to gain better access to projects involving exclusively local parties. Last summer, the bank hired Ralph Scholtz, BNP Paribas’ Latin America project finance managing director, as its region’s project finance team head, […]
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The projects are the construction of Line 2 of the Lima Metro, the gas pipeline of the south, the optical fibre backbone, and the Cusco-Chinchero International Airport (AICC) among others. Several projects presented by Peruvian President Ollanta Humala during road shows in Asia have aroused great interest among investors and entrepreneurs, according to Peru’s private […]
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Anti-narcotics officials in Guatemala seized 80 tons of cocaine paste in the port of Puerto Quetzal. The shipment had remained unclaimed since its arrival on July 21, 2012, Siglo 21 reports. Documents indicated it contained varnish, but upon opening the container, it was clear that it was concealing cocaine paste. Officials believe the drugs originated […]
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Four people were arrested in Argentina after officials found 10 Chinese individuals being transported in two cars near Las Lajitas. Two women and eight men between 18 and 42 years of age were found in a Chevrolet Astra and a Toyota Corolla, El Diario 24 reports. Authorities believed the Chinese citizens entered Argentina illegally through […]
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A Spaniard and a Venezuelan were arrested after officials in the Maiquetía airport seized two drug shipments. The first occurred when the Spaniard was caught with 12.5 kilos of cocaine taped to his body. He attempted to board a Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt, Germany, Correo del Orinoco reports. The 41-year-old Venezuelan citizen attempted to board […]
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Three containers with chemicals used for the production of synthetic drugs were found by authorities at the Santo Tomás de Castilla port on the Caribbean. According to Prensa Latina, two of the containers were shipped from Russia and contained 800 kilograms of sodium carbonate. The other, shipped from Shanghai, China, contained 19,600 kilos of sodium […]
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1,484.9 kilos of drugs have been seized in various locations in the Americas, Europe, and Asia so far in 2012. The total value of these drugs is valued at over $190 million, El Universo reports. Several notable seizures include one that took place in the Milan, Italy airport in January, when police arrested five people […]
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Customs officials in Hong Kong announced the seizure of 649 kilos of cocaine, the largest drug discovery ever made in the city. The drugs were found inside a truck that was traveling to the industrial zone of the city, Diario Hoy reports. The shipment had arrived in the country on a ship at the Kwai […]
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