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Costa Rica Carries Out Historic Raids Against Alleged Drug Network

The Tico Times

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June 23, 2026

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Costa Rican authorities launched one of the largest organized-crime operations in our country’s recent history today, carrying out more than 100 raids in a case tied to an alleged drug-trafficking and money-laundering network linked to Edwin Danney Lopez-Vega, known as “Pecho de Rata.” The operation, known as Riverside, was led by the Judicial Investigation Agency, [] The post Costa Rica Carries Out Historic Raids Against Alleged Drug Network appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.

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The Tico Times

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· Jun 26, 2026

Costa Rica’s Largest Drug Operation Heads To Court

Costa Rica’s largest-ever anti-narcotics operation moved from raids into the courtroom as prosecutors said they would seek preventive detention and other precautionary measures against 50 of the people arrested in the takedown of the drug and money-laundering network built by Edwin López Vega, the trafficker known as “Pecho de Rata.” The request, filed by the [] The post Costa Rica’s Largest Drug Operation Heads To Court appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.

AllSides

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· Jun 22, 2026

Staggering amounts of fentanyl hit streets as the DEA watched and took no action, records show

Even as it battled the deadliest drug epidemic in American history, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration permitted hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to hit the streets of New Mexico between 2023 and 2025, according to three current and former DEA agents and government records reviewed by The Associated Press. DEA agents repeatedly monitored shipments of fentanyl pills — but did not seize them — as federal prosecutors sought to bring bigger criminal cases against traffickers of a synthetic opioid that the White House last year designated a weapon of mass destruction. Agents and experts, however, said the tactic amounted to a gamble with public safety that potentially imperiled communities in and around Albuquerque and may have violated U.S. Justice Department rules intended to safeguard the public...

The Next Web

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· Jul 1, 2026

A Brazilian banking trojan is targeting Santander and BBVA customers with fake PDF lures

A Brazilian banking trojan called Ousaban is going after Windows users who bank in Spain and Portugal, using fake PDFs, geofencing, and a payload hidden inside an image to steal credentials without triggering security tools. Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs identified the campaign in May and published its analysis this week. The attack starts with a phishing [] This story continues at The Next Web

Conservative Review

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· Jul 8, 2026

Let’s Count The Ways Democrats Are Lying About ICE

If recent indictments got the facts right, American street gangs are forming business relationships with foreign criminal operations.

Malay Mail

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· Jul 10, 2026

Police bust drop‑and‑collect drug syndicate in Kuching, arrest seven and seize RM1.35m meth

KUCHING, July 10 — Police have busted a drug trafficking syndicate believed to have used the drop-and-collect meth...

MyJoyOnline

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· Jun 24, 2026

NACOC makes first arrest in $296m methamphetamine trafficking case linked to Australia

The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has made its first arrest in connection with a major transnational drug trafficking investigation involving about 320 kilogrammes of methamphetamine valued at an estimated 296 million. The drugs were reportedly removed and later delivered to a storage facility in Girraween, Australia, on April 20, 2026, triggering a coordinated international investigation.

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Related coverage for "Costa Rica Carries Out Historic Raids Against Alleged Drug Network": The Tico Times — Costa Rica’s Largest Drug Operation Heads To Court. AllSides — Staggering amounts of fentanyl hit streets as the DEA watched and took no action, records show. The Next Web — A Brazilian banking trojan is targeting Santander and BBVA customers with fake PDF lures. Conservative Review — Let’s Count The Ways Democrats Are Lying About ICE. Malay Mail — Police bust drop‑and‑collect drug syndicate in Kuching, arrest seven and seize RM1.35m meth. MyJoyOnline — NACOC makes first arrest in $296m methamphetamine trafficking case linked to Australia