Traffickers are preying on drug mules by falsely claiming that Malta’s cannabis laws make smuggling low risk – but victims of this deception could face up to 18 years in prison, according to a drug squad police inspector. “These drug mules, who are also victims, are facing up to 18 years in prison,” Jonathan Pace […]

Traffickers are preying on drug mules by falsely claiming that Malta’s cannabis laws make smuggling low risk – but victims of this deception could face up to 18 years in prison, according to a drug squad police inspector. “These drug mules, who are also victims, are facing up to 18 years in prison,” Jonathan Pace […]

Michael Keating, 56; his brother Matthew, 49; Tanvir Hussain, 46; and Pierre Labelle, 48, were sentenced at Hove Crown Court on Friday after an investigation by the NCA revealed they were behind a failed attempt to smuggle 97kg of cocaine into the UK. Border Force officers stopped their van in November 2019 as it entered […]

A Georgia man was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for his involvement in a conspiracy to launder millions of dollars in drug proceeds on behalf of foreign drug trafficking organizations, including the Sinaloa cartel and Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (the Jalisco cartel). On Dec. 4, 2024, his co-conspirator was sentenced to 90 […]

A Georgia man was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for his involvement in a conspiracy to launder millions of dollars in drug proceeds on behalf of foreign drug trafficking organizations, including the Sinaloa cartel and Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (the Jalisco cartel). On Dec. 4, 2024, his co-conspirator was sentenced to 90 […]

Lauren’s Law passed the House of Delegates Friday with only one lawmaker voting against its passage. Senate Bill 196 would raise criminal penalties for drug trafficking offenses, and is named after Lauren Cole, a 26-year-old Morgantown resident who died after ingesting drugs laced with fentanyl. Cole’s parents were present in the Senate when the bill passed that chamber with […]