A Drug Lord Who ‘Died’ of COVID Last Year Was Just Arrested in Europe
Brazilian Sergio Roberto de Carvalho was arrested in Hungary where he had been living under a false identity after faking his own death.
The EncroChat Hack Was Hailed as a Major Coup Against Gangsters. But Europe Is Still Awash With Drugs.
When police hacked into organised crime's secret messaging network, it led to a wave of high-profile arrests and drug busts. Two years on, analysis by VICE World News shows that it has failed to dent drug supply.
You Could Win This Drug Lord Mansion in Mexico City for $10
A huge house worth $4.5 million, formerly owned by the infamous cartel kingpin Amado Carrillo Fuentes, aka “El Señor de los Cielos,” is being put up for auction by the Mexican government.
A Narco-Monkey Was Killed During a Shootout and Now Has His Own Narcocorrido
“He is on his way to heaven,” the final lines of the song dedicated to the monkey say. “But he left a legacy.”
Cocaine Haul Worth £68M Sent to Supermarket in Banana Boxes By Mistake
Police found 840kg of cocaine hidden in crates of bananas sent to stores in the Czech Republic. It’s the fifth time this has happened at shops across the world in the last 18 months.
4 People Were Murdered in a Gangland Hit at a Denny’s in Mexico
The hit, which took place in broad daylight, is a grim echo of Ciudad Juarez's worst days of gangland violence.
Colombian Presidential Candidate Wants to End Cartel Violence With Free Drugs
Rodolfo Hernández, a leading presidential candidate who's been compared to Donald Trump, wants to gift cocaine to users to end the international trade.
Mexico's Cannabis Growers Are Going Rogue
Farmers are cultivating and selling cannabis as Mexico’s government continues to bungle weed legalization.
A Suspect Was Just Arrested in Brazil Over Missing British Journalist and Activist
British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous affairs expert Bruno Araujo Pereira went missing in the country’s Amazon region on June 5.
An Ex-Marine Smuggled Tons of Cocaine Into the US for Mexican Cartels
Angel Dominguez Ramirez was sentenced to more than 16 years behind bars for helping the Sinaloa, Jalisco and Gulf Cartels smuggle dope into the U.S.
Gangster ‘Gordito Lindo’ Busted Out of Prison in a Skirt, Makeup, and Nail Polish
The "Cute Chubby" Paraguayan gangster dressed up as a woman to escape Tacumbú Penitentiary, one of the country’s most notorious prisons.
YouTube Music Pioneer Jamal Edwards ‘Died From Drug-Induced Heart Attack’
TV presenter Brenda Edwards said her son had died in February aged 31 after suffering “a cardiac arrhythmia caused by having taken recreational drugs.”