Tag: drug trafficking

• Painkiller Pipeline: 300 Million Tapentadol Pills Sent from India to West Africa – bellingcat

  May 17, 2026

  Indian companies have sent more than 320 million synthetic opioid pills to West Africa – where they have not been approved by regulators – in three years. https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/04/17/painkiller-pipeline-300-million-tapentadol-pills-sent-from-india-to-west-africa/ more ›

• The Daily: Is the U.S. Attempting a Coup in Venezuela?

  October 23, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/O6VdEY2 For months, President Trump has been ratcheting up the pressure on Venezuela with increasingly aggressive military actions that the administration claims are about targeting drug traffickers. But behind… more ›

• Rising deaths, fake pills, gang violence: How the EU is struggling to cope with illegal drug problem

  June 5, 2025

  Europe’s emerging drug threats span everything from fake medicines, cocaine busts, and synthetic weed, according to a new report. https://www.euronews.com/health/2025/06/05/rising-deaths-fake-pills-gang-violence-how-the-eu-is-struggling-to-cope-with-illegal-drug- more ›