drugs

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A Bump in the Road for Europe’s Narco-Busters

by Fin Carter /
EncroChat’s product wasn’t explicitly designed for criminals. But communication supposedly free from the possibility of surveillance is, unsurprisingly, attractive to organized crime. European investigators managed to hack into it in 2020. Now, they’re having trouble making their arrests stick.

Drug Lords of Dubai

by Georgia Gee /
With a lax attitude to shell companies and regulation as well as its lack of extradition treaties, the UAE became home to the big drug lords, those known as the “super cartel.”