El Chapo’s sons discussing plea with US government: Lawyer | Drugs News

El Chapo’s sons discussing plea with US government: Lawyer | Drugs News

The sons of notorious drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman are in talks to cut a plea deal with United States prosecutors, according to their lawyer. The news was unveiled during a court hearing in Chicago on Monday for El Chapo’s younger son, Ovidio Guzman, who, along with his brother…

Former Canadian Olympian charged in major US cocaine-smuggling case | Drugs News

Former Canadian Olympian charged in major US cocaine-smuggling case | Drugs News

Snowboarder Ryan Wedding and 15 others are accused of shipping 60 tonnes of cocaine a year to the US and Canada. United States prosecutors in Los Angeles, California, have charged a former Olympic snowboarder with allegedly running a large and violent cocaine smuggling operation out of Mexico. On Thursday, the…

Drug paraphernalia seen in Liam Payne’s destroyed hotel room following his fatal fall
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Drug paraphernalia seen in Liam Payne’s destroyed hotel room following his fatal fall

Liam Payne’s destroyed hotel room in Buenos Aires, Argentina, was filled with drug paraphernalia when he fell to his death on Wednesday. According to photos verified by the South American country’s biggest newspaper, La Nacion, the former One Direction singer’s third-floor room at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel had a smashed…

Mexico’s former public security chief to be sentenced in US drug case | Drugs News

Mexico’s former public security chief to be sentenced in US drug case | Drugs News

A former Mexican public security chief is due to be sentenced in a US court after being convicted of taking millions in bribes to aid drug traffickers his office was supposed to be fighting. The sentencing on Wednesday in a New York federal court of Genaro Garcia Luna comes after…

TD Bank pleads guilty to US charges, faces business restrictions | Money Laundering News

TD Bank pleads guilty to US charges, faces business restrictions | Money Laundering News

Federal authorities began probing TD’s internal controls after agents discovered a Chinese criminal operation bribed employees and brought large bags of cash into branches to launder millions of dollars. Two TD Bank units have pleaded guilty to United States criminal charges and agreed to pay $3bn in combined penalties to…

‘It gets hold of you’: Crystal meth from Myanmar floods Australia streets | Drugs News

‘It gets hold of you’: Crystal meth from Myanmar floods Australia streets | Drugs News

Melbourne, Australia – Myanmar’s remote jungle hills may be a world away from sun-soaked Australia, but the two countries share an insidious bond – crystalline methamphetamine. Otherwise known as “ice” or “crystal meth”, crystalline methamphetamine is a highly addictive substance which has permeated Australia’s suburbs. The Australian Federal Police estimates…

Telegram app hosts ‘underground markets’ for Southeast Asian crime gangs, UN says
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Telegram app hosts ‘underground markets’ for Southeast Asian crime gangs, UN says

Powerful criminal networks in Southeast Asia extensively use the messaging app Telegram which has enabled a fundamental change in the way organised crime can conduct large-scale illicit activity, the United Nations said in a report on Monday. The report represents the latest allegations to be levied against the controversial encrypted…

NYC squatters ‘terrorized’ neighborhood after taking control of M brownstone
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NYC squatters ‘terrorized’ neighborhood after taking control of $4M brownstone

Almost two dozen disheveled squatters tormented and terrorized the residents and businesses surrounding a vacant $4 million Brooklyn brownstone they commandeered. The young miscreants stole packages off neighbor’s porches, threatened passersby, damaged private property, got high on the stoop, and set off fireworks in the early morning hours, neighbors told…

Leonardo DiCaprio, Sarah Jessica Parker, J.Lo, more spotted in resurfaced pics
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Leonardo DiCaprio, Sarah Jessica Parker, J.Lo, more spotted in resurfaced pics

Sean “Diddy” Combs welcomed droves of Hollywood’s biggest stars to his Hamptons mansion decades before the feds started looking into his “Freak Off” parties. Following the disgraced rapper’s arrest, photos from some of his star-studded White Parties have resurfaced online, showing everyone from teen heartthrobs to some of fashion’s biggest…