BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Paraguayan authorities arrested 26 people in a crackdown on suspected illegal deforestation along the ...

This follows a recent crackdown on drug smuggling at the airport, which has led to more than 15 arrests in the past two ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Criminal gangs are operating in over a third of municipalities in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest driving a ...

Police have caught roughly a dozen suspected drug mules at OR Tambo International Airport over a few months, most with ties ...

According to a new report, organized criminal gangs have expanded their presence in over a third of municipalities in Brazil's rainforest region.

Two Brazilian drug traffickers aged 30 and 35 were arrested on Sunday with cocaine shortly after landing at OR Tambo ...

The murder rate in Brazil's Amazon is far higher than the national average, largely because of territorial conflict in a ...

Brazilian and Italian authorities said they launched two joint operations on Tuesday aimed at dismantling a transnational plot to transport cocaine from South America to Europe using cargo ships or ...

Brazilian and Italian authorities launch joint operations to dismantle a cocaine trafficking scheme involving Brazil's PCC ...

Brazilian and Italian authorities initiated two operations targeting a transnational drug trafficking network transporting ...

Over 1,000 drug cases have been investigated by the police so far in 2024. From January 1 to November 30, 2024, a total of 1,008 cases involving 1,065 individuals have been investigated, the ...

Dec. 9 on multiple drug dealing charges stemming from a "lengthy drug-trafficking investigation." In September 2024, police said investigators identified a "significant source" of drug trafficking ...