First of the two articles by Conor Lally on the T.J. Carroll case. Profits used to buy properties in a variety of countries. Alleged that the next intention was to open a chain in South Africa for the World Cup.

All this election stuff has kidnapped the UK crime reporters. Fortunately, the Irish Times remains focussed. Italian police are breaking up an attempt by the Sicilian Mafia allied with the Neopolitan Camorra to take control of the fruit and vegetable trade in the South of Italy. We may find out more once the UK press … DOZENS ARRESTED IN ANTI-MAFIA RAIDS

La Reppublic tells us more about the previous post. In Italian, of course!

Apparently the UK is being plagued by moped-mounted raiders. Sounds Italian or South East Asian to me….but what do I know?

EMCDDA report says cocaine being mixed with plastic and moulded into consumer products then re-extracted in “secondary extraction laboratories” once across the chosen border. Spain the present centre for the process.