Hints of all sort of fraud and related criminality here…but the full story isn’t told…presumably laws of slander and libel keep stuff quiet?

Included primarily because of the map provided and the brief discussion of whether a decapitation strategy against drug gangs might actually make the situation worse.

Piece in the Independent listing the cartels

Interesting mention of Ameripol, which I first heard of in Onati at last week’s workshop on cross-border police cooperation. Soca quoted as saying that 52 of 65 wanted fugitives known to be in Spain have now ben arrested.

All about Ameripol…in Spanish, of course!

An assessment of the state of Dutch drug policy

Piece I missed in the Guardian a couple of days ago. the end of Spain as a refuge and the likelihood of Thailand or even Romania becoming havens for British organised criminals on the run.

Lets just hope there isnt someone every bit as brutal waiting to step into his shoes…

Background on the Zetas and their captured and therefore probably ex-leader

We shall see. His wife bought four rifles, and had a permit. He’s a heavy metal musician and a foreigner. So far that’s the evidence…Oh and he has previous for killing someone with a knife and burning down churches, according to the BBC.