Correction: Honduras-Death Squads story
In a story May 13 about suspects disappearing or dying after being in the custody of the Honduran National Police, The Associated Press misquoted U.S.
Spanish, British police bust smugglers, arrest 9
Spanish police working with Britain's Serious Organized Crime Agency have arrested nine suspects in an investigation targeting criminals who allegedly ...
Kosovo: 1 month detention for suspected drug boss
The European Union law mission in Kosovo says it has ordered a suspected Balkan drug boss to be detained for one month while it gathers evidence in ...
EU in Kosovo arrests suspected Balkan drug lord
EU authorities intervened late Tuesday to arrest an ethnic Albanian suspected of running a major cocaine and heroin smuggling network from Sarajevo, ...
Kosovo police arrest suspected drugs kingpin
Kosovo police have arrested a suspected Balkan drug kingpin who is wanted on an international arrest warrant and blacklisted by U.S. authorities.
Police bust drug gang with plantations in Spain
Officials say police have dismantled an organization that allegedly cultivated marijuana in Spain for sale in the Netherlands, frozen some of its ...
Jet ski drug smugglers busted in Spain
A gang that allegedly used jet skis and boats to smuggle drugs into Spain through the country's southern coast has been busted, with police making 30 ...
Britons jailed in drug case amid abuse claims
A Dubai court has sentenced three British tourists to four years in prison on drug charges in a case that drew international scrutiny over claims of ...

Mexican journalists march against attacks on press
Officials in Veracruz state say they know who killed Regina Martinez. The muckraking reporter, found beaten and suffocated in her house, was just the ...
UK concerned over treatment of suspects in UAE
The British government says it has expressed concern to United Arab Emirates authorities over allegations that three Britons held in Dubai on drug ...

Drugs found on Bieber tour bus in Sweden
The list of troubles linked to Justin Bieber's tour of Europe grew again after Swedish police said Thursday they had found drugs and a stun gun on the ...

Pro-Kremlin youth hunt down 'spice' pushers
Two men in their early twenties lie face down in the snow, hands tied behind their backs, heads doused with dark red paint. A dozen young men, some ...
German authorities report rise in crystal meth use
German authorities have reported a sharp rise in crystal meth use, though they say it's largely limited to states bordering the Czech Republic where ...
Alleged cocaine smuggler freed by Dutch court
A Dutch court has ordered a man convicted of smuggling 1,675 kilograms (3,692 pounds) of cocaine into the Netherlands freed from prison. The man, a ...
Kidnappers release Bulgarian mobster's daughter
Police say that the daughter of a Bulgarian mobster has been released after being abducted by unknown kidnappers for 47 days. Evelin Banev's daughter ...
Mali mayor accused of drug trafficking arrested
Authorities have arrested a mayor in northeastern Mali on drug trafficking charges three years after a plane full of cocaine landed near his town, ...

UK teen police commissioner steps down over tweets
She was hired to teach local police about British youth — but it was 17-year-old Paris Brown who said she learned a lesson after her scandalous tweets ...

Indonesia court upholds death sentence for Briton
An Indonesian court upheld a death sentence for a British woman convicted of smuggling $2.5 million worth of cocaine onto the resort island of Bali, ...
Suspects in Africa drug trade held in NY for trial
A former navy chief of the small West African nation of Guinea-Bissau who is suspected of being a kingpin in the international cocaine trade was ...