#Organized Crime

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• 🇺🇸 Brazil announces US partnership to intercept weapons, drug trafficking — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  President Lula's government said it has seized 1,168 illicit arms imported from the US in the last 12 months alone.

  Related: #International Security, #Bilateral Relations
• 🇺🇸 Bodies of at least 11 people found in hidden graves in western Mexico — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  The discovery of the grave site adds to dozens of similar cases in Jalisco, the state hardest hit by Mexico's missing persons crisis.

  Related: #Human Rights, #Security Crisis
• 🇺🇸 China Is Cracking Down on Scams. Just Not the Ones Hitting Americans — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  As Beijing clamps down on fraud at home, researchers say crime syndicates are shifting their focus to victims elsewhere.

  Related: #Cybersecurity, #International Policy
• 🇺🇸 Pain and Gain: The real-life story behind Miami's murderous Sun Gym gang — 08/04/2026 [USA]

  A group of bodybuilders are at the center of one of Miami's most notorious crimes: a complicated and deadly plot that involved kidnapping, money and murder

  Related: #True Crime, #Media Sensationalism
• 🇬🇧 Ecuador gang leader wanted for murder of presidential candidate arrested — 18/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  Officials believe the man - known as Lobo Menor - is linked to the killing of Fernando Villavicencio in 2023.

  Related: #Political Violence
• 🇺🇸 Leader of Ecuador-based criminal group Los Lobos arrested in Mexico City — 18/03/2026 [USA]

  Angel Esteban Aguilar is suspected of masterminding the 2023 assassination of an Ecuadorian presidential candidate.

  Related: #International Arrest
• 🇬🇧 Seven sentenced over series of smash-and-grab raids at luxury shops — 17/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  Seven men have been sentenced for being part of a group that carried out a series of smash-and-grab raids at luxury stores across London.

  Related: #Retail Security
• 🇺🇸 Inside the Supply Line Delivering American Guns to Mexican Cartels — 17/03/2026 [USA]

  A surge of weapons is flowing from the U.S. to Mexico. These firearms — sourced from gun shops, shows, websites and apps — are funneled across the border to fuel the country’s most violent crimes.

  Related: #Arms Trafficking
• 🇺🇸 Suspect who played key role in "El Mencho" raid is arrested — 16/03/2026 [USA]

  The suspect was responsible for transporting Oseguera's romantic partner to a luxurious cabin, the defense ministry said .

  Related: #Law Enforcement
• 🇺🇸 Feds say Hawaii crime lord committed suicide to stop Uncle Sam from seizing $20 million fortune — 15/03/2026 [USA]

  Hawaii nightclub owner Michael Miske Jr. was found guilty of murder and a host of other charges, and a jury said he should forfeit more than $20 million to Uncle Sam as part of his punishment.

  Related: #Asset Forfeiture
• 🇬🇧 Bolivia arrests alleged drug kingpin accused of putting hit on Paraguayan prosecutor — 13/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Bolivian interior ministry says Sebastián Marset is being extradited to US, where he’s wanted for money laundering</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/feb/17/sign-up-for-th...

  Related: #Drug Trafficking, #Law Enforcement
• 🇬🇧 How convicted killer tried to derail £45m drug smuggling trial in 'jury tampering' plot — 13/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  A convicted murderer, who once escaped from prison using a grappling hook, orchestrated a plot to collapse a £45m international drug smuggling trial by claiming the jury had been bribed.

  Related: #Legal Interference
• 🇬🇧 Drugs, guns, gold bars and teeth - Sky News joins police on county lines crackdown — 13/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  Across the country last week, hundreds of criminals woke to the sound of their front doors splintering.

  Related: #Drug Enforcement
• 🇬🇧 Ukrainians who ran 'premium' migrant smuggling service to UK jailed — 12/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  Two Ukrainian men who ran a "premium bespoke taxi service" smuggling migrants across the channel in a yacht have been jailed.

  Related: #Human Smuggling
• 🇬🇧 Belgium at risk of becoming ‘narco-state’, judge warns — 09/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>President of Antwerp court says international drug crime is posing danger to social stability in Belgium</p><p>International drug crime poses a danger to social stability in Belgium, a senior judge...

  Related: #Drug Trafficking, #National Security
• 🇺🇸 The Brazilian seaside city in the grip of drug gangs — 08/03/2026 [USA]

  Murders have fallen in Fortaleza in the north-east, but that may be because one mob is dominant and can extort at will

  Related: #Urban Security
• 🇺🇸 Trump announces new military coalition to ’eradicate cartels’ in Western Hemisphere — 07/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Security Policy
• 🇺🇸 Justice Department expects to extend plea deals to 12 in NBA-Mafia rigged poker case — 05/03/2026 [USA]

  Federal prosecutors are expected to extend plea deals to a dozen defendants in the sprawling, mob-linked poker case that led to charges against an NBA Hall of Famer and a former NBA player, according ...

  Related: #Sports Corruption, #Legal Proceedings, #Gambling
• 🇺🇸 Why Ecuador Invited the U.S. Military to Help With Its Drug Gangs — 04/03/2026 [USA]

  Drug gangs have turned the South American country into one of the most dangerous in the region and the world’s leading exporter of cocaine.

  Related: #Security, #International Relations
• 🇺🇸 Man pleads guilty in athlete home burglaries case — 04/03/2026 [USA]

  Alexander Esteban Huaiquil Chavez, a member of a theft group comprising Chilean nationals that burglarized the homes of athletes across the United States in 2024, pleaded guilty to interstate transpor...

  Related: #Sports Security, #Legal Proceedings
• 🇺🇸 U.S. court convicts Japanese mafia leader for trafficking nuclear material — 04/03/2026 [USA]

  Takeshi Ebisawa was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a New York court after being convicted of trafficking nuclear material as well as drugs and weapons.

  Related: #International Crime, #Nuclear Proliferation, #Drug Trafficking
• 🇺🇸 Powerful cartel boss "El Mencho" is buried in golden casket in Mexico — 03/03/2026 [USA]

  Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes' killing set off retaliatory violence by the cartel, killing more than 70 people.

  Related: #Security Operations, #Funeral Rituals
• 🇬🇧 Sicily revokes century-old Mondello beach concession over mafia links — 01/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Regional authorities withdraw permit after citing risk of organised crime infiltration linked to a subcontractor</p><p>It is one of Europe’s most celebrated shorelines, framed by mountains and 19th...

  Related: #Public Access, #Governance
• 🇺🇸 After El Mencho’s killing, his cartel’s power endures deep inside the US — 28/02/2026 [USA] Related: #Drug Cartels, #U.S.-Mexico Border, #National Security, #Law Enforcement
• 🇺🇸 The Bloody Rise and Fall of Mexico’s Top Crime Boss — 28/02/2026 [USA]

  El Mencho’s brutality and business acumen put him atop the cartel world, until he made a fatal mistake.

  Related: #Cartel Violence, #Mexico Security Crisis, #Criminal Leadership
• 🇬🇧 People smuggler who transported hundreds of illegal migrants to UK jailed — 26/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  A prolific people smuggler who transported hundreds of illegal migrants to the UK has been jailed, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said.

  Related: #Immigration Crime, #Law Enforcement
• 🇬🇧 Australia police make arrests over alleged murder of grandfather mistakenly kidnapped — 25/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  Police have said 85-year-old Chris Baghsarian was not the intended target of the alleged crime.

  Related: #Crime, #Justice, #Mistaken Identity
• 🇺🇸 How much power do drug cartels have in Mexico? — 24/02/2026 [USA]

  The killing of cartel leader 'El Mencho' by Mexican forces triggered a wave of violence in the country.

  Related: #National Security, #Governance Challenges, #Latin America
• 🇺🇸 State Department receives hundreds of calls on 24/7 crisis hotline for US citizens in Mexico — 24/02/2026 [USA]

  The State Department said it received hundreds of calls from U.S. citizens in Mexico to its 24/7 crisis hotline after the government killed a cartel leader known as “El Mencho,” CNN reported Monday. N...

  Related: #Security, #Diplomacy
• 🇺🇸 Mexican cartel expert explains killing of "El Mencho" and ensuing violence — 23/02/2026 [USA]

  Stefano Ritondale is chief intelligence officer for Artorias and also runs All Source News ,which specializes in Mexican cartels. He joined CBS News to discuss the Mexican operation that killed cartel...

  Related: #Cartel Violence, #Mexican Security