Mexico Sends Dozens of Special Forces Troops To Sinaloa In Bid To Counter Ongoing Cartel Violence

Almost three months since the streets of Sinaloa were set ablaze due to territorial conflicts between “Los Chapitos” and “La Mayiza,” two of the Sinaloa Cartel’s most prominent factions, local and federal government officials continue to make efforts in order Read More …

Nigeria: IEDs Remain Threats To National Security

The national coordinator of the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) in the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), Maj-Gen. Adamu Laka said the use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) by terrorists poses a significant challenge to national security, security Read More …

Haiti: Airlines suspend flights after plane hit by gunfire

Several airlines have suspended flights to Haiti after a passenger plane from the US was hit by gunfire as it tried to land in Port-au-Prince. Spirit Airlines Flight 951 from Fort Lauderdale in Florida was diverted to the neighbouring Dominican Read More …

Mexico: Car bomb attacks signal escalation of cartel violence

Cartel violence is gripping Mexico. In the state of Guerrero, the mayor of Chilpancingo was decapitated. In Sinaloa, a truck was discovered with at least five bodies along with the ominous message “Welcome to Culiacán.” And now Guanajuato has been Read More …

Mexico: 3 police injured after car bombs explode outside 2 Guanajuato police buildings

Two car bombs were almost simultaneously detonated near Public Security Ministry (SSP) buildings in two Guanajuato state municipalities on Thursday morning, injuring three police officers, one seriously. Both bombings occurred almost simultaneously, just after 6 a.m. No warning was given Read More …

Swedish gangs targeting Israeli interests

The 13-year-old boy should have been in school last Thursday, instead of sitting in a police station in central Gothenburg. But police say he fired shots outside the offices of Israeli tech firm Elbit Systems. “He was basically caught in Read More …

Germany: Police don’t believe explosion in Cologne linked to string of blasts

Police in Cologne have a suspect in custody and are hunting for another after an explosion in the early hours of Wednesday destroyed a cafe. But police investigators don’t believe the suspects are involved in a series of other mysterious Read More …

Mexico: Sinaloa cartel clashes leave at least 30 Dead

At least 30 people have been killed in the past two weeks in Mexico’s northern state of Sinaloa as rival factions of the powerful Sinaloa cartel continue to clash. Mexican Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval confirmed on Tuesday that the Read More …

Mexico: Worsening Sinaloa Cartel war paralyzes life in Culiacan

Authorities in the western Mexican state of Sinaloa on Thursday canceled national day celebrations and shut schools on the back of escalating violence stemming from internal Sinaloa Cartel fighting, which has left 12 people dead since Monday. Shootouts, the sound Read More …

Sweden says stamping out gangs ‘will take a decade’

Sweden’s justice minister has warned that stamping out the country’s violent crime epidemic will take a decade or more, with immigrant drug gangs infiltrating courts, the police and prisons. Criminologists have said the problems behind the crime wave, which has Read More …

Ecuador foils attack on prison by explosive-laden drone

Ecuadoran authorities foiled a drone attack on La Roca prison, where former vice president Jorge Glas is held, highlighting the escalating violence linked to drug cartels in the country. Ecuadoran officials said they had thwarted an attack Thursday carried out Read More …

Mexico: 7 community guards killed by cartel gunmen in Michoacan, 7 others kidnapped

Mexico’s traditional and Indigenous community police forces are coming under increasingly deadly fire from drug cartels, authorities said Monday. Adrián López, the chief prosecutor in the western state of Michoacan, confirmed that gunmen linked to drug cartels shot to death Read More …

Mexico fears outbreak of violence after arrest of ‘El Mayo’ Zambada

A pre-arranged surrender to the authorities, a deception, or kidnapping at the hands of his former associates. These are the three main hypotheses that have gained traction following the fall of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, one of the world’s most feared Read More …

Mexican army acknowledges some of its soldiers have been killed by cartel bomb-dropping drones

The Mexican army acknowledged for the first time Friday that some of its soldiers have been killed by bomb-dropping drones operated by drug cartels. Defense Secretary Gen. Luis Cresencio Sandoval did not provide exact figures on the number of casualties Read More …

Kenyan police to depart for contentious peacekeeping effort in Haiti

A contingent of Kenyan police is set to depart for a controversial mission in Haiti to combat the influence of powerful criminal gangs that have brought turmoil and violence to the Caribbean nation. Kenyan President William Ruto held a ceremony Read More …

Montenegro: Explosion In Cetnje kills 2, seriously injures 3

An explosion in central Montenegro’s historical capital, Cetnje, on Thursday killed two people and seriously injured three others, police said. Police sealed off the area around the Cetinje town’s sports hall. They launched an investigation to find the type and Read More …

Cyprus: Two men arrested after the largest cache of weapons and explosives ever found

Members of the police drug squad Ykan followed for over 24 hours the two men who were arrested and remanded for the largest cache of weapons and explosives ever found in Cyprus. The bust occurred on Monday when officers found Read More …

UK: Explosive device found at Liverpool flat after police raid

An explosive was found at a flat after a street was evacuated, police have confirmed. Merseyside Police said an “improvised explosive device” was found following a raid in Ellis Place, Liverpool, after a bomb disposal team attended on Friday afternoon. Read More …

Building bombings and 14-year-old hitmen, organised crime overwhelms Sweden

In less than 15 years, Sweden has gone from being one of the world’s safest countries to having the highest rate of gun homicides in the entire EU (double that of Croatia, the second highest) and a number of explosions Read More …