US prosecutors accuse Honduran president of drug conspiracy

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2019 22:50:40 +0000

US prosecutors accuse Honduran president of drug conspiracy

MEXICO CITY – U.S. federal prosecutors have accused the Honduran government of essentially functioning as a narco-state, with the current and former presidents having received campaign contributions from cocaine traffickers in exchange for protection.

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DOJ: Arrested blogger owns site that spread ‘Bikoy’ videos

Credit to Author: dmorcoso| Date: Thu, 02 May 2019 23:02:02 +0000

The blogger arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday over the “True Narcolist” series on YouTube was the owner of the website through which the videos that linked members of President Duterte’s family to the illegal drug trade were circulated, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said on Thursday. But Rodel Jayme, Guevarra told a […]

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PDEA, AMLC tighten screws vs drug money

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 21:20:27 +0000

Drug traffickers and their financiers may find it more difficult to hide their assets now that the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) have renewed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) that defined their coordinating mechanisms against suspected money laundering by narcosyndicates.

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