Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #organisedcrime, aggregated by home.social.
Illegal tobacco increasingly hard to spot, with some fakes featuring Australian health warnings
By Australian Associated Press
Government warned that counterfeit tobacco produced by criminal organisations in south-east Asia is becoming more sophisticated
#Australianews #Smoking #Organisedcrime #CrimeAustralia #Tobaccoindustry #TheGuardian #AustralianAssociatedPress
https://www.europesays.com/dk/185443/ Foreign workers underpaid at Helsinki school project linked to organised crime #ConstructionWorkers #Finland #helsinki #KoreMetal #LabourExploitation #Mirlux #OrganisedCrime #Rakennusliitto #Ruskeasuo #SenaattiProperties #ValteriSchool #Varatek
How Europe’s most wanted cocaine trafficker turned Sierra Leone into the world’s first true narco state
By Mark Townsend
Drawing on dozens of interviews with intelligence and police officers across two continents, a Guardian investigation reveals the murderous cost of our insatiable appetite for cocaine
#Globaldevelopment #SierraLeone #Netherlands #Drugs #Drugstrade #Drugspolicy #Africa #Europe #Society #Worldnews #Organisedcrime #Investigativejournalism #Police #UKnews #EuropeanCommission #EuropeanUnion #UnitedNations #Guncrime #TheGuardian #MarkTownsend
Latin American organised crime ‘may operate in 16 European countries’ https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/oct/13/latin-america-organised-crime-cartels-drugs-cocaine-europe #GlobalDevelopment #Drugs #DrugsTrade #Society #WorldNews #OrganisedCrime #Europe #France #Spain #Colombia #Mexico #Gangs #Brazil #Americas #Ecuador #Interpol
Latin American organised crime ‘may operate in 16 European countries’
By Andrei Netto in Paris
Cocaine seizures in Europe are up more than fivefold in 10 years as a host of cartels take root. A four-month Guardian investigation reveals the true scale of a continent-wide shift
#Globaldevelopment #Drugs #Drugstrade #Society #Worldnews #Organisedcrime #Europe #France #Spain #Colombia #Mexico #Gangs #Brazil #Americas #Ecuador #Interpol #TheGuardian #AndreiNettoinParis
Police close first suspected illicit tobacco stores under Victoria's new powers
By Bec Symons and Zaida Glibanovic
Police, along with Tobacco Licensing Victoria, raid and close four stores suspected of selling illicit tobacco in country Victoria.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-13/gippsland-suspected-illicit-tobacco-shops-shut/107259068