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Africa: The Bolle Jos Connection – How Sierra Leone’s Alleged Protection of Europe’s Most Wanted Drug Kingpin Threatens Liberia and West Africa

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago014 mins

The recent wave of unprecedented cocaine seizures across West Africa is no longer a series of isolated criminal incidents. Instead, the arrests, investigations, and intelligence emerging from multiple jurisdictions increasingly point to a sophisticated transnational narcotics network stretching from Latin America through West Africa into Europe. At the center of this network is Dutch fugitive…

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Africa: Global Drug Use Reaches Record High As Increasingly Potent Synthetic Drugs Spread

eriinfo.com2 months ago07 mins

More people are using drugs than ever before, while synthetic substances are reshaping illicit markets and exposing vulnerable communities to greater health risks, according to the UN World Drug Report 2026, released on Friday. “We have seen an unprecedented spike in new types of drugs on the market, and worryingly, some are more potent or…

U.S. strike on alleged drug boat kills 2, leaves 6 survivors, in the Caribbean

eriinfo.com2 months ago05 mins

The U.S. military conducted another strike in the Caribbean on Sunday against a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the region, killing two people and leaving six survivors, the Defense Department said, amid an ongoing campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America. The latest attack — which now number more than 60 — brings the number…

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Africa: ‘One Injection Protects Up to Six Months’ – What Is New HIV Drug Lenacapavir?

eriinfo.com2 months ago08 mins

As South Africa becomes the ninth African country to introduce the use of new long-acting drug lenacapavir for HIV prevention, RFI spoke with infectious disease specialist Ndong Essomba Bitchoka about how the treatment works, whether the supply will meet demand and why developing an HIV vaccine remains a challenge. New long-acting antiretroviral treatment lenacapavir requires…

Police dress up as World Cup mascots to arrest drug suspect and “diehard football fan” in Peru

eriinfo.com2 months ago03 mins

Two Peruvian police officers disguised as World Cup mascots Clutch and Maple helped to arrest a suspected drug dealer in Lima, the latest in a series of law enforcement operations in the country involving officers using creative costumes to apprehend accused criminals. Col. Carlos Alcántara, head of the Green Squadron — a unit that combats…

Abivax stock crashes amid cancer cases in trial for bowel disease drug

eriinfo.com2 months ago06 mins

Shares of Abivax tumbled as much 37% after it reported fresh data on its lead asset, a drug for ulcerative colitis, wiping out billions in market cap and raising questions over how a potential takeover of the French biotech could unfold. The medicine met its endpoints of demonstrating clinically meaningful efficacy and a placebo-adjusted remission…

U.S. strike on an alleged drug boat kills 3 in the eastern Pacific Ocean in fourth attack of the week

eriinfo.com3 months ago02 mins

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military said it carried out another strike Saturday on a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three men in the fourth attack of the week and putting the total death toll at more than 200. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free…

Mexican governor says she’s “being persecuted” over case of 2 CIA agents killed in drug lab raid

eriinfo.com3 months ago04 mins

The Mexican governor of Chihuahua said Wednesday she was “being persecuted” by the country’s ruling party over the case of two U.S. officials who died in April during an unauthorized drug raid in her state. Maria Eugenia Campos, from the opposition National Action Party, appeared for questioning at the Mexican General Prosecutors office in Mexico…

Pentagon’s internal watchdog to probe U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats

eriinfo.com3 months ago05 mins

WASHINGTON — The Defense Department’s inspector general said Monday that it’s investigating U.S. Southern Command over its targeting of alleged drug-smuggling boats in the military’s campaign against drug cartels, which some critics have argued is illegal. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Southern Command has targeted…

Pentagon says one survivor after latest strike on alleged drug boat in eastern Pacific kills 2

eriinfo.com3 months ago03 mins

The U.S. military’s latest strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean killed two men Friday while leaving one survivor. Video posted on social media by U.S. Southern Command shows a black, boat-shaped image before what appears to be an explosion, followed by a column of fire rising from the ocean. Southern…