Rappler's latest stories on drug traffickers
Colombia, U.S. seize 7.5 tons of cocaine near Panama waters
Colombia is the world's largest producer of cocaine and coca leaves from which the drug is made, according to the United Nations. The United States is the largest consumer.
China sentences Australian to death for drug trafficking
The man, identified by Australian media as Cam Gillespie, is handed the death penalty by Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court on June 10, according to a notice posted on the court website
Thai drug smugglers spared from death penalty in Bali
The district court in Bali's capital Denpasar says the two Thai women – a janitor and an operator of a motorcycle rental shop in Thailand – had shown remorse for their crimes and deserved leniency
Thailand drug suspects run to ground days after daring escape
The couple is facing death penalty charges for drug trafficking, although sentences are rarely carried out
Pacquiao wants death penalty by firing squad for drug traffickers
Meanwhile, evangelical Senator Manny Pacquiao supports inclusion of plunder for crimes punishable under the proposed death penalty bill
Korean drug smuggler arrested in Caloocan
Lee Yun-sung, 49, is facing arrest warrants from at least 3 different South Korean courts for drug smuggling
Drug 'godfathers' to surrender in Bangladesh
Police say those surrendering on February 16 in the southeastern town of Teknaf would include drugs traders, traffickers and several 'godfathers'
NBI arrests alleged drug middleman Kenneth Dong
Kenneth Dong is among the personalities listed in the arrest warrant issued by Manila Regional Trial Court Branch 46 Judge Rainelda Estacio-Montesa for violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002
Chinese court sentences Canadian drug suspect to death
'The court completely rejects the accused person's explanation and defense because it is completely at odds with the facts,' says the chief judge
Mexican presidents accused as defense opens El Chapo trial
Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, one of the world's most notorious criminals, is on trial in New York after twice escaping from prison in Mexico
Trump champions death penalty for drug dealers
'If we don't get tough on the drug dealers, we're wasting our time. That toughness includes the death penalty,' says US President Donald Trump
Australian grandma escapes death in Malaysia drugs case
Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto was arrested in December 2014 at Kuala Lumpur airport with 1.1 kilos (2.4 pounds) of crystal methamphetamine stitched into the compartment of a backpack she was carrying
Brazil's 'most wanted' drugs suspect caught in Paraguay
Marcelo Fernando Pinheiro Veiga, known as 'Marcelo Piloto,' is accused of murder and supplying drugs and weapons to Rio de Janeiro's biggest criminal gang, the Comando Vermelho, or Red Command
NBI arrests drug trafficking fugitive from Australia
Markis Scott Turner, also known as Filip Novak, has settled in Samal, Davao del Norte, after he fled Australia, where he faces drug trafficking cases
Journalists bear invisible scars of Mexico's drug war
Many Mexican crime reporters suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as they either bear daily witness to violence or experience it themselves
Media frenzy as Australian drug trafficker Corby returns home
The beauty school dropout hit Australian headlines when she was arrested in 2004 at Bali airport aged 27 with several kilos of hashish stashed in her surfing gear
The Laos Connection: Mr X and the cartels hooking Southeast Asia on pills
The downfall of millionaire Mr X long shielded by cash and contacts in Laos has highlighted the role of the secretive communist country in showering pills across Southeast Asia
NBI seizes P120M worth of shabu, guns in Tondo
An alleged drug syndicate was supposed to transport the drugs to Mindanao
Vietnam drug smugglers sentenced to death over heroin haul
While 9 drug traffickers are sentenced to death for smuggling 500 kilograms of heroin another 9 are jailed for life as a result of the drug bust
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Thai cops seize millions of meth pills
Following a dramatic car chase Thai police finds 3 4 million meth tablets and 20 kilograms of ice – a purer form of methamphetamine – in the truck of one arrested Thai national
Part 2: The Philippines as target market for illicit drugs
A public health approach rather than a law enforcement one should form the basis for a response to drug use and dependence
6 drug traffickers die in gunfight with Thai army
Thai officials seize 554 000 methamphetamine tablets approximately 30 kilograms 66 pounds of heroine and two firearms from the men after the gunfight
Afghanistan burns 5 tons of drugs, alcohol in single blaze
The country s national drug use rate stands at 11 one of the highest in the world according to the United Nations
Brazilian woman with cocaine nabbed at NAIA
The drug bust comes nearly two weeks after Philippine authorities arrested 3 suspected foreign drug couriers at the country s premiere airport
Arrested: 3 foreigners with P100M worth of cocaine
3 suspected foreign drug couriers carrying cocaine worth P100 million are intercepted at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport
Lessons from Colombia: Dela Rosa wants 'Search Bloc' in PH
The PNP chief also says key legislation is needed to support the crackdown on the drug trade in the Philippines
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Muntinlupa’s top drug suspect nabbed in Negros Occidental
The recovered drugs weighing 300 grams amount to P3 million
Olongapo court metes life term to drug syndicate leader, 5 others
Filipino Chinese Albert Sijuela Chin is believed to have links to Chinese drug syndicates
Elderly Chinese-American nabbed with 2.3 kg cocaine at Clark airport
PDEA Region III confirms in a laboratory test that substance seized from Allan Soo Hoo is high grade cocaine with a street value of around P16 million
What it was like waiting for death
Merry Utami one of the drug convicts spared from execution narrates her experience to her lawyer and a human rights activist
Women on death row: 5 similarities between Mary Jane Veloso and Merry Utami
Both women were scheduled to face the firing squad for alleged drug trafficking but both were spared last minute by the Indonesian government
IN PHOTOS: Indonesia executes drug convicts as country sleeps
Here are photos on the lead up and the conclusion of the controversial executions
WATCH: Indonesia executes 4 drug convicts
Only 4 out of 14 scheduled to be executed are put to death by the Indonesian government
WATCH: Indonesia executes 4 drug convicts
Only 4 out of 14 scheduled to be executed are put to death by the Indonesian government
Gunshots at night: Indonesia executes 4 drug convicts
The government carried out the executions by firing squad some time after midnight
LOOK: Drug convict sentenced to death writes heartbreaking letter to President Jokowi
Merry Utami 42 whom activists say was used as a drug mule without her knowledge writes a last minute plea to the Indonesian president to spare her life
Napolcom: Honest-to-goodness probe into 'drug' generals
Vice chairman Rogelio Casurao says the commission will base its findings on evidence for and against 3 of 5 police generals named by Duterte as protectors of drug trafficking
Is he top 'drug lord' Peter Lim? 9 things about the Cebu businessman
There are hundreds of Peter Lims in Cebu but there is only one who had been accused of being a drug lord in the Visayas and the subject of a congressional inquiry in 2001 Here are 9 things we know about him
Lacson: No reason to doubt Duterte claim on generals
Senator Panfilo Lacson says he got the same information about 2 of the 5 generals as early as the campaign period He refuses to name them
Duterte names alleged police generals in drug trade
7th UPDATE President Rodrigo Duterte says he is compelled by his sense of duty to divulge their identities
Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' undergoes jail transfer – official
The authorities say they are moving Guzman to prevent any escape attempt during construction to strengthen his maximum security prison in Altiplano
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Kill drug lords? If they fight back, says Senate bet Dionisio Santiago
The former PDEA chief says the fight against illegal drugs should be everybody’s concern
Indonesia: Regardless of case in PH, Mary Jane will be punished
The fact is that she smuggled drugs to Indonesia and she was caught red handed at the airport
One of TIME's 100 Most Powerful People: I find solidarity with Mary Jane
We both had no hope at first She’s on death row I was severely tortured We had no hope whatsoever But when the public learned about it things changed
VLOG: Veloso family visits Mary Jane on her birthday
Their wish on her birthday? That Mary Jane finally comes home
Saving Mary Jane, the face of OFWs
How government handles the case of overseas worker Mary Jane Veloso mirrors its commitment beyond 2015 to the welfare of Filipinos seeking greener pastures abroad
