Transnational organised crime: ‘It’s time we pull together to push back’

15 november 2024 - 06:37:32
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Marking the inaugural International Day for the Prevention of and Fight against All Forms of Transnational [...] Full text...

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Suspected South African drug mule arrested in Ethiopia

15 october 2024 - 07:42:00
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Police on Tuesday confirmed that a female South African drug trafficker was arrested [...] Full text...

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12 kg of cocaine seized at Bamako international airport

25 july 2024 - 11:17:01
Bamako, Mai (PANA) - The Central Narcotics Office (OCS) at Bamako's Modibo Keita Sénou International Airport seized 12 kg of [...] Full text...

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Out of 2.5 million migrants in Libya, almost 80% entered illegally -Interior Minister

11 july 2024 - 15:25:43
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Out of some 2.5 million foreigners in Libya, 70-80% of them entered the country without a [...] Full text...

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World Drug Day report highlights spike in drug use, increased trafficking

26 june 2024 - 13:11:39
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - The UN agency tackling crime and drug abuse (UNODC) released its annual World Drug Report on [...] Full text...

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Trafficking in the Sahel: Cracking down on illicit drugs (Feature by UN News)

06 may 2024 - 05:29:35
 Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Cocaine, cannabis and opioids are getting easier to buy as criminal networks and armed groups capitalise [...] Full text...

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Drug trafficking undermining stability and development in Sahel region: UN drug agency

21 april 2024 - 05:13:41
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Drug trafficking in the Sahel region – Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, and the Niger – [...] Full text...

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Drugs online: UN-backed body offers solutions to counter narcotics surge

06 march 2024 - 07:01:52
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Drug dealers have continued to use cutting-edge digital technology, social media platforms and disinformation to sell [...] Full text...

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US top diplomat reiterates commitment to deepening, strengthening partnerships across Africa

22 january 2024 - 16:55:38
Praia, Cabo Verde (PANA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has reiterated his country's commitment to deepening, strengthening, and [...] Full text...

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5 kg of cocaine seized by Malian customs on the Mali - Guinea road link

02 june 2023 - 17:34:01
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian customs, through its mobile intervention brigade (BMI) based in Bancoumana, in the circle of Kangaba, [...] Full text...

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Libyan Prime Minister justifies security operation launched in western Libya

02 june 2023 - 14:09:14
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister and Minister of Defence in the Government of National Unity, Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba, [...] Full text...

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Malian customs seize 5.2 kg of cocaine

29 may 2023 - 13:06:45
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Mali Customs Mobile Intervention Brigade (BMI) last week seized packets of cocaine weighing a total [...] Full text...

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Kenyan woman arrested for attempting to smuggle cocaine worth US$300,000

18 april 2023 - 13:06:00
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) annouced here Monday the arrest of a 35-year-old Kenyan woman who [...] Full text...

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Cocaine trafficking surges following COVID-19-related slowdown: Report

16 march 2023 - 07:35:34
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Routed through new hubs and expanded criminal networks, cocaine trafficking has made a dramatic comeback following [...] Full text...

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Legalising cannabis fails to address health risks: UN drugs control board

10 march 2023 - 05:22:54
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Moves by a small number of governments to legalise the non-medical use of cannabis have led [...] Full text...

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Ten Malian hostages kidnapped by drug traffickers freed on Sunday

28 november 2022 - 14:06:06
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Ten Malian hostages, including three women and six children, held captive since 18 November by a [...] Full text...

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Leading Israeli fugitive arrested in South Africa

18 november 2022 - 07:46:44
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A team of elite South African policemen has caught a leading global fugitive with [...] Full text...

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Mauritius to authorise use of medical cannabis soon - Health minister

06 october 2022 - 09:46:07
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Health and Wellness, Kailesh Jagutpal, said on Wednesday that his ministry will [...] Full text...

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Gambian leader sneaks through backdoor to attend UNGA amidst Gambians protest

22 september 2022 - 20:02:51
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President Adama Barrow was sneaked through the backdoor of his Manhattan hotel to attend the [...] Full text...

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Guinea security forces seize large quantity of cocaine

04 august 2022 - 12:48:40
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Five Sierra Leoneans and one Guinean have been charged with possession of cocaine and belonging to an [...] Full text...

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Mali burns drugs worth 140 million CFA francs

28 june 2022 - 20:04:32
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Mali Central Narcotics Office (OCS) on Monday burned drugs valued at 140 million CFA francs [...] Full text...

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UN drug report shines light on cannabis, cocaine and methamphetamine trends

28 june 2022 - 05:25:08
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - Legalised cannabis use in some countries and states appears to have accelerated daily use and related [...] Full text...

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About 30kg of cocaine seized in power plant west of Tripoli

20 may 2022 - 11:03:27
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - About 30 kg of cocaine was seized during an inspection inside a power plant in Khoms, [...] Full text...

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Two tons of cocaine seized in Côte d'Ivoire

24 april 2022 - 17:12:18
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Ivorian police last week seized more than two tons of cocaine in Abidjan and San [...] Full text...

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Newspaper sheds light on extent of drug trafficking in Libya

26 february 2022 - 17:12:20
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya has since the revolution of 17 February 2011,  become a breeding ground for drug trafficking. It [...] Full text...

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Malian National Police seize 4.3kg of cocaine at Bamako-Sénou airport

25 february 2022 - 14:35:26
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian police seized during the night of 22 - 23 February at Bamako airport a [...] Full text...

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Huge quantity of drug seized in Bamako

14 february 2022 - 21:11:29
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Malian national police have seized a package of several quantities of drugs, especially Indian hemp, police [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's suspended cop, Abba Kyari, declared wanted by NDLEA for drug trafficking

14 february 2022 - 16:48:54
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has declared the suspended head of the Inspector-General of [...] Full text...

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15 kg of cannabis resin, 1 kg of cocaine and narcotic tablets seized in Libya

27 january 2022 - 18:58:08
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - At least 15 kg of cannabis resin, 1 kg of cocaine and 3,692 Tramadol tablets were [...] Full text...

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UN top envoy: Resurgence of coups d'état, consequence of being ‘completely out of step’

11 january 2022 - 05:48:14
New York, US (PANA) - After a recent wave of attempts and coups d'état in Central African Republic, Mali, Sudan and Guinea, the UN Special [...] Full text...

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Record cocaine seizure in Niger en route to Europe via Libya

06 january 2022 - 21:31:27
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - The Nigerien police seized more than 214 kilograms of cocaine in northern Niger, a record, and [...] Full text...

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Over 1.5 kg of cocaine seized in Bamako

09 october 2021 - 18:19:42
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Officers of the Anti-Trafficking Airport Unit (CAAT) of the Central Narcotics Office (OCS) on Wednesday seized [...] Full text...

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US offers $5 million for information to arrest ex-Guinea-Bissau Armed Forces head

20 august 2021 - 09:07:22
Washington, US (PANA) - The US has announced a reward offer of up to $5 million for information leading to [...] Full text...

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Malian narcotics office seizes 1.4 kg of cocaine from French-Malian

13 june 2021 - 11:27:21
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's Central Narcotics Office on Saturday announced that it has seized 1.4 kg of cocaine with [...] Full text...

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Guinean woman arrested in Morocco with 1.577 kg of cocaine

15 february 2021 - 10:12:18
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Police at Mohammed V International Airport in Casablanca, Morocco, on Sunday arrested a Guinean national with [...] Full text...

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Gambia's largest ever cocaine shipment seized by drug officials

10 january 2021 - 19:57:32
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Drug Law Enforcement Agency of The Gambia (DLEAG) Thursday seized cocaine worth GMD 4.5 billion [...] Full text...

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Gambia opposition party calls on government to conduct investigation into impounded cocaine

10 january 2021 - 18:51:58
Banjul, Gambia(PANA)  - The Gambia opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) has urgently called on the Gambian government to conduct a [...] Full text...

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Mali destroys tons of illicit drugs and counterfeit pharmaceuticals

19 november 2020 - 15:47:49
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's Central Office of Narcotics (OCS) in Dio, some 40 km from Bamako, on Wednesday incinerated [...] Full text...

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Mali customs seize large quantity of cannabis in Segou

27 august 2020 - 18:20:27
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian customs services on Monday seized a ton of cannabis in Ségou, central Mali, some [...] Full text...

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UN Representative in Guinea Bissau urges political leaders to enact reforms

11 august 2020 - 06:10:34
New York, US (PANA) - Entrenched political divisions in Guinea-Bissau pose a serious threat to stability in the West African country, [...] Full text...

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Malian customs arrest Nigerian national with 500 grams of cocaine in stomach

28 june 2020 - 10:56:23
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian customs Friday arrested a Nigerian citizen, Jude Ezeh, carrying 500 grams of cocaine worth 50 [...] Full text...

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'Niger is a transit country for international drug trafficking'

26 june 2020 - 17:55:35
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - "Niger is certainly not a drug-producing country, but its pivotal position between sub-Saharan and North Africa [...] Full text...

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Over one ton of illicit drugs, two tons of fake medicines seized in Burkina Faso

26 june 2020 - 15:54:33
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Between 2019 and the first quarter of 2020, over one ton and half of illicit [...] Full text...

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More than 5 tons of cannabis and other illicit drugs seized in 2019 in Mali

27 may 2020 - 14:20:43
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Intervention units of the Central Narcotics Office (OCS) in charge of the fight against illicit drugs [...] Full text...

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South African police confirm major drug bust

18 may 2020 - 15:50:50
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's  elite Hawks crime-fighting unit on Monday announced that they have made a [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Pandemic causes some illegal drug prices to surge, as supplies are disrupted worldwide - UNODC

08 may 2020 - 05:38:43
Vienna Austria (PAN) - Measures by governments across the world to curb the COVID-19 pandemic have led to the widespread [...] Full text...

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Biggest alleged drug trafficker arrested in Tunisia

05 april 2020 - 16:04:14
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)  -  The Tunisian security on Friday night arrested one of the biggest alleged drug traffickers involved in [...] Full text...

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Dakar port: Senegalese customs seize 120 kg of cocaine

29 january 2020 - 17:24:36
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese Customs on Tuesday at the Port Autonome de Dakar, seized 120 kg of cocaine onboard [...] Full text...

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Some 14.3 million Nigerians addicted to various forms of drugs - Minister

13 december 2019 - 07:05:58
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, says that the country has an estimated 14.3 million [...] Full text...

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Senegalese Customs seizes cocaine, methamphetamine from Guinea-Bissau

28 november 2019 - 11:12:07
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegalese Customs says it seized on Wednesday 5.05 kg of cocaine and 500 grams of methamphetamine [...] Full text...

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Interpol issues arrest warrant against Bissau-Guinean and Colombian for drug trafficking

07 october 2019 - 17:10:19
Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) - Interpol has issued international arrest warrants for a Luso-Guinean and a Colombian man suspected of drug [...] Full text...

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Drug trafficking: ENACT research finds Africa’s drugs crisis stimulated by poor policy

26 september 2019 - 12:42:08
New York, US (PANA) -  A looming drugs crisis in Africa is being made worse by ineffective drug policy, fuelled [...] Full text...

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Africa’s drugs crisis stimulated by poor policy - ENACT

24 september 2019 - 23:41:28
New York, United States (PANA)  -  A new research report on transnational organized crime released here Tuesday says a looming [...] Full text...

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Senegalese customs seized 4 kg of cocaine at Dakar port

15 august 2019 - 14:21:22
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese Customs authority seized four kilograms of cocaine on Wednesday at the port of Dakar and [...] Full text...

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Cape Verdean Police seize more than 2,000 tons of cocaine

05 august 2019 - 18:11:35
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - The Cape Verdean judicial police announced on Sunday the seizure of 2256.27 kg of cocaine [...] Full text...

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Cape Verde is a major transit centre for drugs - Police

24 july 2019 - 18:15:37
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Cape Verde is becoming a major transit point for drug traffickers, Jacqueline Semedo, deputy national [...] Full text...

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2 kilogrammes of cocaine seized at Mali international airport

16 july 2019 - 18:34:58
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Members of the Air and land brigade of Modibo Kéita Bamako Segou international airport of Bamako [...] Full text...

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95 kilos of cocaine seized in Mauritius

11 july 2019 - 22:26:47
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA)   -   The Mauritius Police Anti-Drug Brigade Wednesday evening seized in Pailles, a suburb of the capital, [...] Full text...

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Nine people arrested in possession drugs in Praia

06 july 2019 - 16:08:44
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Nine people were arrested on Wednesday in the Eugénio Lima neighborhood of Praia in possession [...] Full text...

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Cannabis, cocaine, heroin destroyed in Burundi

05 july 2019 - 19:52:28
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Some 1,660 kg of cannabis,7 kg of cocaine and 3 kg of heroin were destroyed on [...] Full text...

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Several tons of drugs worth CFAF 1.5 billion burnt near Bamako

02 july 2019 - 23:58:39
Bamako, Mali (PANA)    -   The Central Narcotics Control Office (OCS), dedicated to the fight against drugs and other narcotics, Tuesday [...] Full text...

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Senegal: 238 kilograms of cocaine from Brazil seized in Dakar

26 june 2019 - 18:29:31
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese Customs announced on Wednesday that it seized 238 kilograms of cocaine, concealed in cars aboard [...] Full text...

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Niger now transit country for drugs - Minister

26 june 2019 - 11:38:39
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger is a non-drug-producing country that has become a major transit area where large quantities of [...] Full text...

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Cape Verdean arrested with 5.2 kilograms of cocaine at Praia airport (Pls hold story to get the actual identity of the suspect)

27 may 2019 - 20:44:39
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA)   -   A 47-year-old Cape Verdean national was arrested at Praia International Airport with 5.2 kg of [...] Full text...

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Moroccan police remove more than 1.3 kg of cocaine from South African woman's stomach

16 may 2019 - 22:58:27
Rabat, Morocco (PANA)   -   Moroccan police Thursday removed 1.375 kg of cocaine from the stomach of a South African national [...] Full text...

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Brazilian arrested in Cape Verde with 9.3 kilos cocaine

02 may 2019 - 14:35:52
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - A 30-year-old Brazilian has been in pre-trial detention since Tuesday in Cape Verde, after being [...] Full text...

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Apartheid-era killer walks free

02 april 2019 - 14:36:16
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Apartheid-era policeman Ferdinand Barnard was released from a Pretoria prison on Tuesday after serving [...] Full text...

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Burkina schools affected by drug consumption

12 february 2019 - 11:03:39
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - In Burkina Faso, like other countries of the West Africa sub-region, drug abuse is presented [...] Full text...

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Suspected rapist in South Africa 'fit to stand trial'

08 february 2019 - 07:42:01
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A 22-year-old man accused of raping a seven-year-old girl in the bathroom of an [...] Full text...

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Cape Verdian police seize 9.5 tonnes of cocaine

02 february 2019 - 13:32:13
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) – Cape Verdian judicial police has seized 9.5 tonnes of cocaine, the largest quantity ever seized [...] Full text...

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Guinea police parade Ghanaian drug dealer in Conakry

22 january 2019 - 19:34:04
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Mr. Golfreid Diomated, said to be a Ghanaian but resident in Brazil, was paraded before the [...] Full text...

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Suspected rapist in South Africa sent for psychiatric observation

09 january 2019 - 12:49:19
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The 22-year-old man accused of raping a seven-year-old girl in the toilet of an [...] Full text...

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Security Council highlights 'new alarming trends’ in drugs, crimes in West, Central Africa

20 december 2018 - 04:18:44
New York, US (PANA) - West and Central Africa face “disruptive and destabilising” new trends regarding drug trafficking, drug use [...] Full text...

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Angolan arrested in Morocco with 230 grams of cocaine in his stomach

19 december 2018 - 12:34:48
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Moroccan Border Police at Casablanca's Mohammed V airport have arrested a 35-year-old Angolan for allegedly attempting [...] Full text...

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Global spotlight on world drug problem ‘is personal’ for many families, says UN chief

25 september 2018 - 06:50:51
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations focused a global spotlight on the world-wide drug problem during a high-level [...] Full text...

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Cocaine and opium production worldwide hit ‘absolute record highs’ - says UN study

27 june 2018 - 05:17:28
Vienna, Austria (PANA) - The scourge of opium-based drugs and cocaine are a bigger global threat to public health and [...] Full text...

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‘Former Gambian leader was involved in illegal drug trade’

16 january 2018 - 15:10:10
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Pateh Jallow, a former deputy director l of the Gambian national drug law enforcement agency, has [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigerian judge sentences two Brazilians to 15 years in jail for drug trafficking

07 july 2017 - 17:23:39
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Two Brazilians were on Friday sentenced by a Nigerian court to 15 years in prison or [...] Full text...

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US: Global narcotics market 'thriving' – UN

22 june 2017 - 19:40:50
New York, US (PANA) – Of the quarter of a billion people who used drugs in 2015, about 29.5 million [...] Full text...

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Belgium: EC, Parliament agree on mechanism to protect Europeans from new psychoactive substances

29 may 2017 - 13:25:49
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council and the Parliament on Monday reached a political agreement on a package reforming [...] Full text...

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France: INTERPOL border operation targets organized crime networks across West Africa

08 december 2016 - 11:37:36
Lyon, France (PANA) - An INTERPOL-led border security operation across West Africa has resulted in the arrest of human traffickers, [...] Full text...

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UN: UNODC calls for more action to reduce impact of drugs on societies

23 june 2016 - 14:57:56
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Thursday launched its annual World Drug [...] Full text...

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Botswana: Cocaine, marijuana abuse worries Botswana law enforcers

14 april 2016 - 16:46:45
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s law enforcement officers have bemoaned the increase in drug abuse by young people in the [...] Full text...

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Benin: Drugs, criminals, guns and gold intercepted in INTERPOL border operations in West Africa

15 february 2016 - 14:34:49
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - An operation to strengthen border controls along the Abidjan-Lagos corridor has resulted in major seizures of [...] Full text...

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France: Operation targeting drug trafficking nets couriers in Africa, Latin America

09 october 2015 - 13:21:26
Lyon, France (PANA) - An operation targeting drug trafficking from Latin America to Europe via Africa has resulted in the [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Govt. launches national drug monitoring system

26 september 2015 - 14:35:24
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – A national drug monitoring system, otherwise called "A Drug Observatory", was launched Saturday in Mauritius with [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Mauritius, Seychelles police, customs officers trained to combat terrorism, drug trafficking

14 september 2015 - 12:02:57
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Police and Customs Officers from Mauritius and Seychelles Monday started an international seaport interdiction training to [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Airport cleaner arrested with US$270k

04 september 2015 - 08:30:59
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - An airport cleaner has been arrested with US$271,135 at Nigeria's main gateway Murtala Muhammed International Airport [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Anti-narcotics agency probes Nigerian airline crew member caught with cocaine in London

26 august 2015 - 09:13:25
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) is probing the crew member of Nigerian carrier Arik [...] Full text...

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Gambia: Jammeh pardons jailed murderers, traitors, rapists on 21st anniversary of his rule

22 july 2015 - 19:38:58
Banjul, Gambia (PANA)- Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh on Wednesday turned a new page in his 21 years in power by [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Major cocaine find at OR Tambo Airport

07 july 2015 - 14:56:28
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Police and customs officials have confiscated a bag of pure cocaine, weighing about an [...] Full text...

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UN: UN says efforts to combat illicit drugs must be linked to development

26 june 2015 - 22:21:29
New York, US (PANA) - Marking the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, top UN officials have focused [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Kenyan authorities hand over Rwandan drug trafficker to Kigali

23 may 2015 - 18:26:01
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Kenyan authorities on Saturday handed over an alleged Rwandan drug trafficker to Rwandan Police at Kigali [...] Full text...

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Mali: 2 kg of cocaine seized from 2 Sierra Leoneans at Bamako airport

08 april 2015 - 15:02:16
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Anti-drug agents in Mali have seized, from two Sierra Leoneans, cocaine, weighing more than 2 kg [...] Full text...

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Libya: Anti-drug brigade seizes drugs in Tripoli

19 january 2015 - 21:49:21
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The anti-drug brigade in Libya has, in several operations in the capital, Tripoli, seized 4 kg [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Mahama's second year in office, jailing of drug queen reported in Ghana

10 january 2015 - 07:53:11
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The second anniversary of President John Dramani Mahama's inauguration on 7 January and the jailing of [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Ghanaian woman jailed by London court for drug offences

06 january 2015 - 20:39:07
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A 32-year-old Ghanaian woman who was arrested late last year in London after arriving by air [...] Full text...

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Libya: Security situation in Libya, a threat to stability in Sahel, says UN official

12 december 2014 - 12:31:52
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – A senior UN official Thursday warned that the persistence of insecurity in Libya represents a threat [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Drug saga, energy reported in Ghana

29 november 2014 - 08:36:31
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The loud and highly politicised debate following the arrest of a woman in London with 12.5 [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Budget, media goof on arrest of cocaine courier reported in Ghana

22 november 2014 - 07:55:25
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The 2015 budget presented to Parliament by Minister of Finance Seth Terkper and the media’s handling [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: AU wants drug possession offences lifted to lessen health risks

09 october 2014 - 15:37:44
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has proposed the lifting of offences associated with the possession of [...] Full text...

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Senegal: 1.9 kg of drugs seized at Dakar airport

28 august 2014 - 20:36:37
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Nearly 1.9 kg of cocaine mixed with synthetic drugs has been seized at Dakar airport by [...] Full text...

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Gambia: ‘Prisons conditions horrible’

18 august 2014 - 12:17:12
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - An opposition politician in The Gambia has described the prison conditions in the West African nation [...] Full text...

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Gambia: Progress slow in implementation of money laundering measures

18 august 2014 - 11:43:24
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Progress in the implementation of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Financing Terrorism (AML/CFT) measures in The Gambia has [...] Full text...

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Belgium: EU commits 3 million euros to fight counterfeit products in Africa

09 august 2014 - 14:40:03
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Union (EU) has added 3 million euros to finance a programme designed to fight [...] Full text...

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Senegal: Police destroy over 3 tons of illicit drugs

08 august 2014 - 18:33:40
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Senegalese police in Dakar on Friday incinerated 3.87 tons of Indian hemp and 1.25 kilogram [...] Full text...

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Mauritania: Jailed son of ex-Mauritanian president extradited from Morocco

25 july 2014 - 11:52:23
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Jailed Sidi Mohamed Ould Haidallah, son of the former Mauritanian president, Mohamed Khouna Ould Haiddallah, has [...] Full text...

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UN: Global drug use stable, but nearly 200,000 drug-related deaths still recorded

26 june 2014 - 16:26:48
New York, US (PANA) - A World Drug Report from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) says global [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Govt. drafts tough law to stem drug trafficking

25 june 2014 - 12:32:00
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania intends to amend its law on curbing illicit drugs and set up [...] Full text...

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Togo: Angolan, with 8.96 kg of cocain, arrested in Togo

18 june 2014 - 17:17:13
Lomé, Togo (PANA) – An Angolan, Pedro Patricio Makiese, in possession of 8.96 kg of cocaine, has been arrested by the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Centre to coordinate maritime safety, security in Gulf of Guinea established

06 june 2014 - 13:41:37
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Chief executives of the three organisations in the Gulf of Guinea have signed an agreement to [...] Full text...

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Morocco: Sierra Leonean, Nigerian arrested with 3 kg of cocaine

03 june 2014 - 21:13:34
Rabat Morocco (PANA) - The Moroccan authorities have arrested a Sierra Leonean and Nigerian on their arrival at the Casablanca [...] Full text...

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Zambia: SADC, UNODC pledge to make region safer from crime, drugs

23 may 2014 - 16:48:37
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – A special high-level session of the Annual General Meeting of the Southern African Regional Police Chiefs [...] Full text...

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Zambia: Police hunt for 13 notorious fugitives

14 may 2014 - 15:24:13
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The Zambian Police have appealed to the public to help locate 13 dangerous suspects who escaped [...] Full text...

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Libya: Over 44kg of cocaine seized in Tripoli

17 april 2014 - 11:39:52
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan anti-drug agency on Wednesday in Tripoli seizure 44.600 kg of cocaine, reported to be [...] Full text...

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Guinea: Drug dealer arrested at Conakry airport

15 april 2014 - 08:42:07
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - A suspected drug dealer has been arrested at the Conakry Gbessia international airport after he was [...] Full text...

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Senegal: UNODC says West Africa is one of the largest producers of cannabis

11 april 2014 - 20:48:46
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - West Africa is one of the largest producers of cannabis and it is also a transit [...] Full text...

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Senegal: 1,724 kg of illegal narcotics seized under COCAIR IV operation

11 april 2014 - 18:30:22
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The COCAIR IV operation, targeting cocaine trafficking from South America and Africa into Europe, led in [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Businessman jailed for 2006 cocaine import

10 april 2014 - 17:13:21
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A businessman was on Thursday jailed 22 years by an Accra High Court for his involvement [...] Full text...

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Senegal: 'Drug use increases in Africa'

04 march 2014 - 22:53:19
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB ) says there has been an increase in drug trafficking [...] Full text...

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UN: Report urges greater prevention, treatment of drug abuse

04 march 2014 - 20:10:52
New York, US (PANA) - A UN report says investment in prevention and treatment of drug abuse can lead to [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia/AU: Sahelo-Saharan security ministers solicit support for Libya

20 february 2014 - 11:37:39
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - As Libya prepares for an international support meeting on dealing with its internal security challenges, [...] Full text...

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Senegal: Wrestling promoter jailed five years for cocaine trafficking

21 january 2014 - 22:16:18
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The criminal court of Dakar on Tuesday sentenced a Senegalese wrestling promoter, Luc Nicolaï, to five [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Two jailed over huge cocaine import

08 january 2014 - 08:26:09
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Two people have been jailed by the High Court in Accra for importing 414 kg of [...] Full text...

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Bolivian arrested at Bamako int'l airport with 5kg of cocaine

31 december 2013 - 15:21:36
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Officials of the Malian Drug Central office at the Bamako international airport on Monday seized cocaine, [...] Full text...

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Angolan who ingested 700g of cocaine arrested in Togo

31 december 2013 - 13:02:05
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - An Angolan citizen who ingested 58 capsules containing 700 grams of cocaine was arrested in Lome, [...] Full text...

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UN Security Council concerned over growing threat of organised crime in W/Africa

18 december 2013 - 19:40:58
New York, US (PANA) – The UN Security Council on Wednesday said it was deeply concerned over the increasing links [...] Full text...

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Football, budget, cocaine haul highlighted by Ghanaian media

23 november 2013 - 08:04:30
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Ghana’s qualification to its third straight FIFA World Cup finals, government’s 2014 budget and financial statement [...] Full text...

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5 drug smugglers charged to court in Ghana

22 november 2013 - 16:04:43
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Five persons arrested by Ghanaian security officials on board a Guyanese ship carrying 21 bags of [...] Full text...

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Ghana security impounds ship laden with cocaine

20 november 2013 - 13:33:55
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's security agencies have impounded a fishing vessel carrying 21 bags of substances suspected to be [...] Full text...

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UNODC chief calls for more action against drug abuse, trafficking

10 september 2013 - 07:35:07
New York, US (PANA) - With demand soaring for untested concoctions of psychoactive substances, the Executive Director of the UN [...] Full text...

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Ecuadorian arrested in Togo for cocaine trafficking

28 august 2013 - 17:58:24
Lome, Togo (PANA) - An Ecuadorian, Reyes Machay Carlos Andres, was arrested Wednesday at Lome airport in possession of 1.9 [...] Full text...

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2 Colombians, 1 Ecuadorian arrested for drug trafficking in Lome

19 august 2013 - 17:12:36
Lome, Togo (PANA) – Two Colombians and one Ecuadorian have been arrested by the Togolese police in connection with drug [...] Full text...

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Anti-drugs agency discovers another abandoned cocaine shipment in Lagos

01 august 2013 - 19:04:22
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's anti-drugs agency, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has discovered a cocaine shipment, abandoned [...] Full text...

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Two Nigerians arrested for drug trafficking in Togo

25 july 2013 - 12:36:14
Lome, Togo (PANA) - Two Nigerian nationals were arrested within five days at the Lome airport in Togo for alleged [...] Full text...

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Cocaine worth US$460,000 abandoned at Lagos airport

11 july 2013 - 09:20:39
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Cocaine weighing 5.9kg and worth 74 million naira (US$460,000) has been abandoned by a suspected drug [...] Full text...

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Nigerian airline jolted by arrest of two crew members over drugs

22 may 2013 - 13:18:09
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Apparently jolted by Monday's arrest of two of its crew members in London for alleged drug [...] Full text...

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2 crew members of Nigerian airline arrested in London over drug trafficking

21 may 2013 - 18:52:22
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Two crew members of Nigeria's Arik Air were arrested in London on Monday over alleged drug [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's anti-drug agency intercepts 3.9 kg of cocaine in Lagos

04 may 2013 - 15:45:39
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 3.9 kilogrammes of cocaine stashed in female [...] Full text...

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AU official: Guinea Bissau needs help to fight drug trafficking

02 april 2013 - 20:01:26
Paris, France (PANA) – The Special representative of the African Union (AU) in Guinea Bissau, Ovido Pequeno, on Tuesday appealed [...] Full text...

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Senegalese woman arrested for drug trafficking in Nigeria

28 march 2013 - 08:39:39
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A Senegalese woman, identified as Kamara Oumou, has been arrested in Nigeria for alleged drug trafficking, [...] Full text...

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2 Nigerians arrested in Ghana for attempted importation of cocaine

25 february 2013 - 15:05:35
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Two Nigerians have been arrested in Ghana for their alleged involvement in the importation of 200 [...] Full text...

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Benin police in 'huge' drug haul at Cotonou port

30 january 2013 - 21:08:46
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – The Benin police have seized a huge quantity of drugs in three containers at the port [...] Full text...

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Veteran guitarist arrested with cocaine in Nigeria

06 january 2013 - 11:38:25
Lagos, Lagos (PANA) - A veteran guitarist who played with one of Nigeria's top musicians for about 30 years has [...] Full text...

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Seven foreigners arrested in Congo over drugs

17 december 2012 - 12:19:49
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Border Police at the International Maya-Maya Airport in Brazzaville, Congo, have arrested seven nationals of [...] Full text...

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President Kikwete pardons 3,814 prisoners

10 december 2012 - 11:08:15
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - A total of 3,814 inmates are to be released from Tanzania's prisons starting Monday, [...] Full text...

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Nigerian drug agency seizes 297.957 kg of drugs at Lagos airport

11 october 2012 - 09:52:39
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) seized over 297.957 kilogrammes of narcotic substances from [...] Full text...

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3 Ghana airport officials in court over drug export to UK

08 october 2012 - 16:24:48
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Three workers at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana, were on Monday brought to a [...] Full text...

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Drug-dealing SA Minister's wife risks arrest if...

02 october 2012 - 10:59:07
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South African authorities have warned that Sheryl Cwele, the wife of State Security Minister [...] Full text...

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Nigerian allegedly caught with 2 kg of drug at Cotonou airport

04 september 2012 - 17:29:00
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – Benin's Central Office for Repression of Illicit Drug Trafficking (OCERTID), last weekend said it seized 2.3 [...] Full text...

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Ban calls for concerted efforts to fight organized crimes in West Africa, Sahel

22 february 2012 - 17:47:45
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday called for an increase in regional efforts to tackle [...] Full text...

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Mills’ State of the Nation address, arrest of drug barons reported in Ghana

18 february 2012 - 08:15:27
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Ghana’s President John Evans Atta Mills’ State of the Nation address to Parliament on Thursday and [...] Full text...

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IOM paints gloomy picture for trafficked Ugandan women

17 february 2012 - 17:42:31
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The international Organization on Migration (IOM) on Friday said that while trafficking of Ugandan women to [...] Full text...

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Fugitive Ghanaian drug baron nabbed for exporting cocaine to Gambia

14 february 2012 - 16:11:44
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A Ghanaian drug baron who connived with three foreigners to import more than two tonnes of [...] Full text...

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South African woman caught with cocaine in Malawi

27 january 2012 - 14:43:39
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - A 33-year-old South African woman has been arrested in Malawi after being caught with four kilogrammes [...] Full text...

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2 South Africans jailed in Senegal for cocaine trafficking

26 january 2012 - 14:26:14
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Two South Africans were jailed Wednesday by a court in Dakar, Senegal, for international cocaine trafficking. They [...] Full text...

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Firing of AG, judgement debt, ‘Nana Konadu for president’ posters played up in Ghana media

21 january 2012 - 08:02:36
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The dismissal of Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mr Martin Amidu, the never-ending crises of a [...] Full text...

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Mills’ media encounter, cocaine swap, judgement debt, arms cache reported in Ghana

14 january 2012 - 07:48:23
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A press conference by President John Evans Atta Mills to mark his third year in office, [...] Full text...

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Arrests over cocaine disappearance, Chinese loan reported in Ghana

07 january 2012 - 08:05:26
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A seeming breakthrough on how cocaine seized from a suspect turned into baking powder at an [...] Full text...

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Nigerian anti-drugs agency intercepts drugs from Brazil, Pakistan

30 december 2011 - 18:27:15
Ikeja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's anti-drugs agency, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has stopped two major attempts by [...] Full text...

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Controversial judgement debt, cocaine committee featured in Ghanaian media

24 december 2011 - 07:51:57
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A controversial judgement debt paid out to a Ghanaian businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, the work of [...] Full text...

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Nigerian hostess in British court over cocaine

20 december 2011 - 20:15:42
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A Nigerian air hostess on Tuesday appeared before Uxbridge Magistrates on allegations of attempting to smuggle [...] Full text...

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Disappearance of cocaine highlighted in Ghana media

17 december 2011 - 08:19:20
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghanaian media this week feasted on the incredible story of cocaine that was tendered as [...] Full text...

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South African drug mule awaits fate in Thailand

15 december 2011 - 07:59:08
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The young South African woman who was caught with drugs at Thailand's Bangkok airport [...] Full text...

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Nigerian media report justice for comedian, rumble at anti-graft agency, Boko Haram

26 november 2011 - 08:06:03
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian media were this week filled with stories of the popular comedian who deservedly got [...] Full text...

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Court awards 25m naira to Nigerian comedian in cocaine row

24 november 2011 - 22:01:57
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A Nigerian court on Thursday ordered the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to pay local [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's anti-drugs agency impounds 6 kg of narcotics on Sallah Day

07 november 2011 - 16:37:45
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's anti-drugs agency, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has intercepted 6.390 kilogrammes of narcotics, [...] Full text...

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UN report says criminals laundered US$ 1.6 trillion in 2009

25 october 2011 - 16:26:06
New York, US (PANA) - A new report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), released on Tuesday, [...] Full text...

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Nigerian anti-drugs agency seized drugs worth US$ 4 million in 21 months

23 october 2011 - 16:45:59
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian anti-drugs agency seized drugs worth 6.1 billion naira (US$ 4.06 million) from 291 suspected [...] Full text...

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Gambian court jails 8 drug traffickers

13 october 2011 - 14:18:43
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – A magistrate's court in Banjul, the Gambian capital, Wednesday sentenced eight foreigners to 50 years imprisonment [...] Full text...

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2 Nigerians arrested with hard drugs in Cotonou

12 october 2011 - 13:47:11
Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – The Beninese police have arrested two drug traffickers, said to be Nigerians, with more than 3,000 [...] Full text...

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Cape Verdian police impound more than one tonne of cocaine

10 october 2011 - 22:01:50
Praia, Cape-Verde (PANA) – Cape Verde's Criminal Investigations Department (CID) on Sunday impounded in Praia more than one tonne of [...] Full text...

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Gambian court to deliver judgment on illegal drug case 12 Oct

26 september 2011 - 14:12:19
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The lower court in Banjul, the Gambian capital, has said it will deliver judgment on 12 [...] Full text...

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GIABA organizes anti-money laundering workshop in Gambia

20 september 2011 - 06:42:30
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) will organize a three-day regional [...] Full text...

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Mauritanian lawyers’ association condemns sanctions against judges

16 september 2011 - 07:08:58
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The national lawyers’ association (ONA) in Mauritania has condemned the 'arbitrary' sanctions against several judges over [...] Full text...

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Dying housing project, see-saw of huge Chinese loan highlighted by Ghana media

27 august 2011 - 11:11:07
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Signs of the last kicks of a dying flagship housing project that had been heavily criticised [...] Full text...

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Tanzania police seize load of cocaine from Brazil

17 august 2011 - 11:26:56
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Tanzania’s Police Force has arrested 10 persons following the seizure of 23 kilogrammes [...] Full text...

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Malawi police arrest South African national with cocaine

27 july 2011 - 20:18:47
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Police at Malawi's main Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) have arrested a South African national who was [...] Full text...

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Two arrested for cocaine on Cape Verdean beach

05 july 2011 - 21:03:22
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - At least two people have been arrested in Cape Verde following the discovery of several [...] Full text...

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Tanzanian dailies call for intensified war on illicit drugs

02 july 2011 - 08:51:49
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Illicit drugs are dreadful in Tanzania as reported by some dailies in the East [...] Full text...

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UN report says global demand for synthetic drugs increasing

23 june 2011 - 20:21:30
New York, US (PANA) - The UN annual drug report said on Thursday that while global markets for cocaine, heroin [...] Full text...

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UN, partners to fight drug trafficking, crimes in West Africa

20 june 2011 - 18:17:39
New York, US (PANA) UN officials, government ministers and representatives of Interpol on Monday pledged to work together in the [...] Full text...

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US praise Tanzania police for arresting Interpol-wanted narcotics trafficker

09 june 2011 - 17:14:47
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - The US Thursday congratulated the Tanzanian government and its police force on their successful [...] Full text...

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Gambia's narcotic officials say court overburdened with drug cases

01 june 2011 - 17:02:53
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambia's anti-drugs agency has said that the country's narcotics court in the capital, Banjul, is overburdened [...] Full text...

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New moves to clamp down on steroid syndicates in SA

12 may 2011 - 08:22:04
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The South African Institute for Drug Free Sport on Thursday announced it will implement [...] Full text...

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Human rights director wants the death penalty abolished in Gambia

02 may 2011 - 20:41:26
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The Executive Director of the African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies, Hannah Foster, has [...] Full text...

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Suspected drug mule apprehended in SA

07 april 2011 - 14:17:24
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The South African Police Services (SAPS) Thursday said crime Intelligence attached to Argentina's Buenos [...] Full text...

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Gambia hikes drug trafficking fines ten fold

06 april 2011 - 11:36:20
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Gambia’s National Assembly (parliament) has enacted a new law raising fines for drug peddling and related [...] Full text...

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France provides consular protection for national arrested in Bamako

10 march 2011 - 18:47:45
Paris, France (PANA) - France will provide consular protection for its national, Eric Vernay, who was arrested Tuesday in Bamako [...] Full text...

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UN peacekeepers, UNODC forge partnership to combat drugs, crimes

03 march 2011 - 17:05:13
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) [...] Full text...

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Mills' state of the nation address highlighted in Ghana media

19 february 2011 - 08:24:06
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – President John Evans Atta Mills’ third state of the nation address on Thursday in which he [...] Full text...

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Burundi anti-drug police make huge marijuana seizure

10 february 2011 - 13:57:33
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Large quantities of marijuana were seized and fields of the drug destroyed in different regions of [...] Full text...

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1.6b naira cocaine seized at Lagos port

28 january 2011 - 09:59:49
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it had seized 167 kg of cocaine, worth [...] Full text...

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Mali becomes hub of drug trafficking - Study

18 january 2011 - 11:56:39
Paris, France (PANA) - About 10 per cent of the drugs intercepted from Africa over the past three years in [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's drug law enforcement agency seizes 1.1b naira cocaine

14 january 2011 - 08:29:50
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Acting on a tip-off from its US counterpart, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Thursday [...] Full text...

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Gambia to use sniffer dogs in war against drugs

07 january 2011 - 14:16:49
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Benedict Jammeh, the head of Gambia's anti-narcotics body, the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDEA), has disclosed [...] Full text...

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Gambia’s anti-narcotics agency arrests 17 suspects

06 january 2011 - 17:37:29
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Gambia's anti-narcotics body, the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDEA), has arrested 17 suspected drug traffickers in [...] Full text...

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Gambian President promises to tackle drug peddling

02 january 2011 - 19:35:53
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Gambian President, Yahya Jammeh has promised to tackle drug peddling and other societal evils in the [...] Full text...

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Ghanaian media highlight oil, Wikileaks

18 december 2010 - 09:59:00
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The historic commencement of oil production on Wednesday from the Jubilee Oil field offshore, the west [...] Full text...

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Money laundering: Angolan Police seize US$ 31m in 3 years

17 december 2010 - 17:12:26
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The Angolan National Tax Police seized about US$ 31 million between 2006 and 2009 from illegal [...] Full text...

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