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US lists China among worst human trafficking offenders

Jun 28, 2017 (AFP)

The State Department downgraded China in its annual "Trafficking in Persons Report," saying Beijing is doing little to combat the phenomenon or protect its vict...

Golden Triangle narco-gangs churning out new highs, UN warns

Jun 01, 2017 (AFP)

The Golden Triangle -- where Laos, southern China, Thailand and Myanmar intersect -- is the world's second largest drug producer after Latin America. It is noto...

UN counter-drug official kidnapped in Colombia: officials

May 04, 2017 (AFP)

The official, with the UN Office on Crime and Drugs, was kidnapped Wednesday in the southeastern department of Guaviare while on a tour to promote replacing coc...

Indian, Chinese navies rescue ship hijacked by Somali pirates

Apr 09, 2017 (AFP)

The navies of India and China carried out a joint operation Sunday to rescue a merchant ship hijacked by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden, the Indian defence ...

Philippines seeks US, China help to combat sea pirates

Feb 08, 2017 (AFP)

The Philippines is seeking US and Chinese help to guard a major sea lane as Islamic militants shift attacks to international shipping, officials said Wednesday....

African leaders tackle piracy, illegal fishing at Lome summit

Oct 15, 2016 (AFP)

Stemming the astronomical losses caused by crime in the oceans surrounding Africa is the focus of a major continental summit on Saturday in the Togolese capital...

US to deport ex-navy chief drug trafficker to Guinea-Bissau

Oct 05, 2016 (AFP)

A former Guinea-Bissau navy chief convicted of drug trafficking in the United States is likely to be released from prison in early 2017 and returned to his coun...

Gunmen ambush Mexican military convoy, kill 5 soldiers

Sep 30, 2016 (AFP)

The sons of imprisoned drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman were probably behind a grenade attack on a military convoy in northern Mexico on Friday, killing f...

Mexican army to probe killings of six in their home

Sep 27, 2016 (AFP)

The Mexican army has been asked to investigate the killings of six people, including two children and a handicapped adult, whose home soldiers burst into arbitr...

Hong Kong arrests 2,000 in triad raids

Sep 22, 2016 (AFP)

Hong Kong police have arrested more than 2,000 people in raids on suspected criminal triad gangs, with the city's underworld in the spotlight after a lawmaker r...

Indonesia frees vessel captured by suspected pirates: navy

May 09, 2016 (AFP)

Indonesia on Monday freed a Singapore-flagged vessel captured by pirates off the coast of Borneo island, and detained nine suspects involved in the hijacking, a...

Founder of online underworld bank gets 20 years in prison

May 07, 2016 (AFP)

The founder of an online underworld bank that allegedly laundered billions of dollars for criminals was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison. Arthur Budovsky,...

Colombia authorizes air strikes against criminal gangs

May 06, 2016 (AFP)

Colombia on Thursday authorized the use of all military force, including air strikes, against the country's three biggest criminal gangs in a major escalation a...

New force raids El Salvador gang districts

Apr 26, 2016 (AFP)

Police and soldiers in El Salvador raided parts of the capital on Tuesday under a new campaign to break the reign of vicious gangs, officials said. The operatio...

Mexican soldiers detained as torture video surfaces

Apr 14, 2016 (AFP)

Authorities have arrested a Mexican army captain and a soldier as a video emerged showing a woman being tortured by troops and a federal police officer, officia...

Pirates abduct six Turkish crew off Nigeria: navy

Apr 11, 2016 (AFP)

Pirates have attacked a Turkish cargo ship off the coast of Nigeria, kidnapping six crew members in a region increasingly hit by piracy in recent years, the Nig...

US, Hong Kong bust huge smuggling operation

Mar 29, 2016 (AFP)

United States and Hong Kong authorities have smashed a massive operation smuggling Chinese-made clothing, believed to be the largest such find ever uncovered on...

10 gang suspects killed in northern Mexico

Mar 14, 2016 (AFP)

Authorities killed at least 10 criminal suspects in northern Mexico on Sunday as their gang blocked roads with burning vehicles in a bid to thwart the anti-drug...

Mexico recaptures drug kingpin 'Chapo' Guzman

Jan 08, 2016 (AFP)

Mexican marines recaptured fugitive drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman on Friday in the northwest of the country, six months after his spectacular prison br...

Two Mexican marines, suspect killed in shootout

Dec 30, 2015 (AFP)

Two marines and a criminal suspect were killed in a shootout in the northwestern Mexican state of Sinaloa, the homeland of fugitive drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo"...