BBC piece on arrest of two leading figures of las Zetas cartel, former members of Mexican special forces. Article includes yet another map.

McAfee are the source for this. My problem is always that when a company reveals this sort of activity, it has to be remembered that it has a product to sell. There was a 14 page report released by them on Wednesday that probably should be perused.

Some Italian media have underlined how Camorra has been included in the recent US strategy to combat TOC as one of the more dangerous organizations threatening US national security and that sanctions program to block Camorra’s property have been established.

Better read this…critically, of course!

The Gouda gang strike again! Note as usual, the value given is the “street value” after being cut with other chemicals…This would have been sold wholesale…not retail. The original link puts it at £300 million, but this becomes much more huge by the time the sub editors have had their way.

This is fairly rubbish. One of the individuals is responsible for £156 million of the alleged £200 million total…and there appears to be nobody from the City of London or any of our political parties…We have fraudsters. These arent they!

More on the illegal alcohol distilling trade

38,000 working in 6,000 groups. New government strategy about to be published to go with establishment of NCA.

hmm…A couple of Romanian based individuals charged with trying to sell heroin for missiles for Hezbollah. Informants may have been used to mount a sting. Another guy supposed to be trying to buy stuff for the Taliban. Lets see how the trials pan out.

this is the Bureau on Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Some of “their” guns ended up at crime scenes. Controversial within the ATF.