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How the Kremlin uses Italian organized crime groups to sponsor pro-Russian forces in Slovakia
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How the Kremlin uses Italian organized crime groups to sponsor pro-Russian forces in Slovakia

The Slovak politicians-Italian mafia business links were discovered following the killing of Slovak journalist Ján Kuciak in 2018. The authorities believe Kuciak was murdered in relation to his work. He…
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February 5, 2024Tags: cocaine, mafia, Orban, Russia, Slovakia
Why does Saudi Arabia seek rapprochement with Bashar al-Assad?
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Why does Saudi Arabia seek rapprochement with Bashar al-Assad?

The era of isolation for the President Bashar al-Assad's Syria seems to have ended even from Saudi Arabia, one of the countries that in 2011 took the initiative to break…
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April 17, 2023Tags: captagon, China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria
Guinea-Bissau’s foiled coup: linked to drug or against French-friendly President
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Guinea-Bissau’s foiled coup: linked to drug or against French-friendly President

According to various accounts, gunmen entered the government palace complex – which houses the various ministries on the outskirts of Bissau, the capital, near the airport – in the early…
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February 4, 2022Tags: Guinea-Bissau
Hezbollah’s involvement in cocaine trafficking
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Hezbollah’s involvement in cocaine trafficking

Hezbollah involved in the drug trade. American law enforcement discovered Hezbollah’s drug activity by chance in 2006, when Colombian wiretaps monitoring a Medellin- based drug cartel known as the Oficina del Envigado picked up…
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July 16, 2021Tags: cocaine, Hezbollah, Latin America
Drug gangs along with local power brokers allegedly linked to assassination of Haitian president
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Drug gangs along with local power brokers allegedly linked to assassination of Haitian president

Haitian president assassination was orchestrated by drug gangs, backed by some Haiti’s power brokers, as the attackers tried to indict the U.S. government of murder. Colombian and Venezuelan citizens, with drug…
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July 9, 2021Tags: Colombia, Haiti, Venezuela
Pro-Iranian proxies export Captagon as hybrid war weapon
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Pro-Iranian proxies export Captagon as hybrid war weapon

Tehran and Damascus use the drug trafficking both as a source to finance their activities and as hybrid war weapon. In order to weaken the West the Soviet Union has…
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June 29, 2021Tags: captagon, Hezbollah, Iran
Maduro regime to shield Alex Saab from extradition
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Maduro regime to shield Alex Saab from extradition

Venezuelan regime of Nicolas Maduro has launched a campaign to save Alex Saab, his Alleged financier, from extradition to the USA. Maduro fears that investigation of Saab’s case may expose his connections with…
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June 23, 2021Tags: Alex Saab, Venezuela
The USSR and Illicit Drugs: facing Up to the Problem, 1986
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The USSR and Illicit Drugs: facing Up to the Problem, 1986

The lansinginstitute.org would like to highlight the CIA research paper “The USSR and Illicit Drugs: facing Up to the Problem” published in November 1986. We want to point out on…
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July 10, 2020Tags: drugs
Assad regime ramping up facilities for drug smuggling
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Assad regime ramping up facilities for drug smuggling

Assad regime in Syria and its backers from Hezbollah are involved in drug trafficking to supply the Middle East market and run into Europe. The scope and geography of amphetamine…
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July 8, 2020Tags: captagon, drugs, Lebanon, Syria
Mexico: Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking Organizations, 2019
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Mexico: Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking Organizations, 2019

Mexican drug trafficking organizations (DTOs) pose the greatest crime threat to the United States and have “the greatest drug trafficking influence,” according to the annual U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA’s)…
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July 5, 2020Tags: cocaine, heroin, Mexico

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