Barış Boyun: how an Italian investigation led to an alleged Turkish criminal network
Barış Boyun found himself at the centre of an Italian investigation with a Turkish and pan-European reach. Behind the sensational…
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Smuggling
Coverage of alleged smuggling routes, logistics and cross-border connections in the context of Khimprom. Individual accounts include source references.
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Renaldas Kanis: a Spanish base, drug trafficking via containers and a Lithuanian murder case
In the story of Renaldas Kanis, Spain acts as a hub connecting different trafficking routes: cocaine from South America and…
Jürgen Essenberg: how a drugs case linked Spain, Poland, Estonia and Finland
In the Jürgen Essenberg case, there is no single route or single substance. The European case file describes several strands:…
Alejandro Salgado Vega: El Tigre, the cocaine route to Spain and the Dubai Banking Network
Alejandro Salgado Vega is the subject of a European arrest warrant as the alleged leader of a major cocaine network.…
Asif Abdul Razzak and Dubai Bank: how the Nehir case led to an international financial network
First, 1,835 kilograms of cocaine on a vessel. Then, an international investigation into the financial infrastructure, 21 people arrested and…
Armin Moini and World Exchange: 39 million kronor, drug-related allegations and links to Dubai
Two figures are key to the story of Armin Moini: approximately 39 million Swedish kronor, which the authorities link to…
Dijvar Gündüz: the escape in Essen, an electric scooter and a prison corruption investigation
Two armed, masked men, a trip to the doctor and an electric scooter: Dijvar Gündüz’s escape from police custody became…
Oskar Beneš: a Czech cannabis network, a 12-year prison sentence and an escape to Portugal
Property, transport, money and international couriers: the story of Oskar Beneš reveals the business side of drug trafficking. The Czech…
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A tanker, an instructor and a recruiter: what is known about the mephedrone network in Kazakhstan
There are two scales to this story. The first is measured by the contents of an industrial tanker. The second is the number of people…
07.10.2026Read more
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A chemist would come in for a shift: how Khimprom’s clandestine factory in Navarra operated
Others prepared the premises. The chemist would arrive, carry out his part of the work and leave. This is how the Guardia Civil describes the…
07.10.2026Read more
Publication№ 50424
Breaking Bad, Ukrainian-style: a chemist, Telegram and a route to Georgia
A candidate of chemical sciences, methadone disguised as car fluid, and a route from Ukraine to Georgia via four countries. Behind the figures of the…
06.10.2026Read more
Odesa Region: police have announced the dismantling of four drug laboratories as part of Operation ‘Gentlemen’
The Odessa Regional Police have reported nearly 30 searches, four dismantled drug laboratories and 11 suspects charged with the unlawful…