Ecstasy link to Europe gang war
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THREE massive seizures of ecstasy over the past six months, including a record 820kg bust on Saturday, could stem from a war among European organised criminals trying to carve out a market in Australia.
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MADRID, Nov 6  (IPS) - The Spanish government plans to use more modern  technology and strengthen its intelligence services to fight drug  trafficking, both domestic and across its borders. Spain is the  main gateway for drugs into Europe, and is also the European  country with the highest levels of consumption.
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Corrupt police officers were linked with a bloody gangland war which raged for years in the country&#39;s second largest city, Australian police confirmed Friday.
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Police charged 19 people with a variety of drugs and money-laundering offences Thursday after a huge set of dawn raids a day earlier broke up a suspected 100-million-pound (200-million-dollar, 135-million-euro) cocaine network.
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BRUSSELS -- Heroin production is booming in Afghanistan, undermining democracy and putting money in the coffers of terrorists, according to a UN report yesterday that called on US and NATO-led forces to get more involved in fighting traffickers.
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Crew members tell of violence, drug use, indebtedness and cheating of customers during their cross-country travels.
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BELGRADE, Jun 15 (IPS) - State involvement in organised crime through the  1990s stands exposed following the arrest of 11 persons in a  giant cigarette smuggling operation.
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La banda gestiva anche un traffico di cocaina
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Dozens of people are held by US and Italian authorities targeting an alleged drug-trafficking racket.
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LONDON, England (CNN) - FBI agents hunting America's most wanted gangster have flown to London to meet with Scotland Yard detectives as the hunt for crime boss James J. Bulger focuses on Europe. Bulger, alleged former leader of the Winter Hill gang in Boston, has been on the run since January 1995 after he was indicted on 18 counts of murder. Earlier this year, a man meeting his description was spotted in Sicily, Italy.  London's Metropolitan Police confirmed FBI agents had met this week with an officer from its Extradition and International Relations Unit. The FBI Web site, which lists Bulger just beneath Osama bin Laden, says the Irish-American gangster also is wanted on extortion and drug and money laundering charges linked to organized crime in the Boston, Massachusetts, area. Bulger, now 78, has a violent temper, is known to carry a knife and is considered "extremely dangerous," the Web site warns.
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NEW YORK  - A pre-existing defect in body temperature regulation may be a factor underlying some fatal reactions to the illegal "club drug" ecstasy (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, MDMA), researchers from Canada propose.
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Two men in Belgium have been arrested over a record seizure of 3m ecstasy pills in Australia.
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The mushrooming gang culture on Britain&#39;s streets, drawing more young members from ethnic minorities, came into sharp focus this week with the fatal shooting of an 11-year-old boy.
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Links between the far-right and Scottish street gangs are uncovered by a BBC Scotland news website investigation.
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Illegal drugs may be cheaper than ever before in Europe, with prices of heroin slumping 45 percent and cocaine down 22 percent over five years, according to the first Europe-wide report of its kind on drug prices.
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Â· Police call for crackdown on cheap alcoholÂ· 'Feral' gang had been on seven-hour drinking binge
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Vietnamese criminal gangs cash in on child labour UK drug information organisation DrugScope has highlighted the plight of child "slaves" forced to work in illicit UK cannabis farms.â¦