Spanish authorities have intercepted a freighter in international waters, seizing an estimated 30,000 to 45,000kg of cocaine in what is being described as a national record. The vessel was intercepted off Spain’s Canary Islands on Friday, leading to the arrest of approximately 20 individuals. Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska characterized the operation as
Daniel Kinahan, an alleged leader of the Kinahan organised crime group, has been arrested by Dubai police on charges linked to organised criminal activity. Authorities confirmed the arrest followed the receipt of a judicial file from Irish officials, although police initially did not publicly name him. A law-enforcement source later verified his identity. The arrest […]
Tim Gilchrist, a 56-year-old former company director from Mavis Bank, Newrath, County Waterford, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for flying €8.4m (£7.1m) worth of cocaine from France into the Republic of Ireland. On 4 August 2022, Gilchrist was arrested with 120kg of cocaine in his car after landing a Cessna light aircraft […]
A man in his 30s was killed, and several others were wounded in a shooting at a Turkish wedding in north-east France, police reported. French media indicate that three armed, masked men arrived at the reception in Thionville late on Saturday night and began firing at the guests. According to Le Figaro newspaper, citing police […]
Marco Raduano, a notorious Italian mafia boss who successfully escaped from a high-security prison in Sardinia last year by ingeniously using bed sheets, has been recaptured in Corsica, France. Europol had listed Raduano among Europe’s most wanted criminals, and his capture represents a significant success for Italian and French authorities. The 40-year-old mafia
Italian police have busted a huge drug trafficking network run for a terrorist group, Islamic State. Around 14 tonnes of amphetamines have been seized by the police. As per a latest report, about 84 million counterfeit Captagon pills worth an estimated €1bn were found in containers at the port of Salerno. According to the report, […]





