Paraguayan police arrested five suspects and seized two large stockpiles of cocaine authorities announced on Friday. Drug agents found one ton of cocaine in a ranch in the state of Presidente Hayes and 1.8 tons in the state of Concepcion on Thursday.
Ecuadorian narcotics police arrested Jorge Dominguez Falla Elieze, one of the leaders of the Colombian group the Rastrojos, the Ecuadorian government said on Tuesday. The arrest is a significant blow to the already struggling organization that was once one of Colombia's most powerful cartels.
Police in New York City arrested 19 people and recovered 254 firearms in the city's largest-ever weapons bust, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Monday.
An Egyptian court dropped a corruption charge against former president Hosni Mubarak, who may be released soon according to Reuters.
Thai authorities acting on a tip stopped a truck carrying about 980,000 methamphetamine pills at a military roadblock, according to the BBC. Four suspects were arrested.
Mexican authorities captured Gulf Cartel leader Mario Armando Ramirez Trevino, also known as "X-20" or "The Bald One," in the northern state of Tamaulipas Saturday.
Eleven members of a Bulgarian crime group face charges of murder and drug trafficking. Eight were arrested Friday while three more remain wanted.
Horacio Cartes, 57, who has faced down allegations of drug trafficking, cigarette smuggling, money laundering and currency fraud, was sworn in as President of Paraguay on Thursday.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and 10 other NGOs are calling for the end to a smear campaign directed at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reporter Khadija Ismayilova. In an open letter to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and prosecutor-general Zakir Garalov this week, RSF urged an investigation into the repeated threats made against the investigative reporter.
Colombian authorities arrested 12 suspects in an international human trafficking ring, the Colombian Attorney General's office announced Tuesday. Nine undocumented migrants were rescued.