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Recent government and reporting data point to Colombia as the principal source of cocaine that reaches the United States: UN and Reuters reporting says Colombia was the source for most drugs crossing ...
Claims that Jews were "largely" or predominantly responsible for the European slave trade from the 14th through 17th centuries do not stand up to careful historical scrutiny: evidence shows Jewish par...
Venezuela functions mainly as a transit hub — not a primary producer — for cocaine bound for both Europe and the United States, with traffickers using aerial, maritime and island-hopping Caribbean cor...
Go‑fast boats are small, high‑speed powerboats used by smugglers to outrun law enforcement and ferry relatively large loads (often one to two tonnes) of cocaine across open water; they trace their des...
Available reporting and official analyses show that the main cocaine flows to North America originate in the Andean states (Colombia, Peru, Bolivia) and are not primarily routed through Venezuelan Car...
Admiral Frank “Mitch” Bradley told lawmakers that the small vessel struck on Sept. 2 was not heading to the United States but was moving narcotics toward a larger ship bound for Suriname — contradicti...
Since Nicolás Maduro’s rule (post-2013 and prominent through 2025) reporting and analysis say Venezuelan territory and officials increasingly figure in U.S. allegations about drug transit and state-li...
Since 2015, Venezuela has re-emerged as a pivotal transit hub for cocaine bound largely for Europe and, to a lesser extent, the United States; U.S. and international reporting ties increased Venezuela...
Venezuelan and Colombian trafficking networks have reacted to stepped-up U.S. maritime pressure by fragmenting routes, shifting modes of transport, exploiting third-country transits, and leaning on st...
Direct answers to “ in 1955” cannot be produced from the available reporting because there are no official historical tallies in these sources; modern estimates put the contemporary in the hundreds of...
There is no reporting in the supplied sources that a government seized "Malago" (or "Malaga") as territory or asset; the documents provided discuss routine local policing, property and infrastructure ...
Museums have approached the Indian Ocean slave trade through a mix of global-curatorial projects, archaeological recovery, and multimedia storytelling designed to shift public understanding from isola...
The primary Caribbean transshipment hubs for cocaine bound for the United States are concentrated where geography, weak controls, and existing smuggling networks intersect: the island of Hispaniola (b...
U.S. claims that Venezuela and parts of the Caribbean served as trans‑shipment hubs for Colombian cocaine in 2024–2025 rest on a mix of U.S. government reporting, sanctions and targeting actions, seiz...
Traffickers exploit different geographies, logistics and port systems to conceal cocaine, with Europe seeing a heavy reliance on maritime container methods, chemical concealment and diversified sea-bo...
Available reporting makes clear that most cocaine consumed in the United States originates in Andean producers — principally Colombia (with Peru and Bolivia playing roles) — but traffickers use a shif...
Ja — dit systeem kan Nederlands gebruiken en teksten in het Nederlands genereren en begrijpen; de aangeleverde bronnen geven context over wat “Nederlands” precies is, maar zeggen niets over deze speci...
U.S. sanctions since 2018–2020 targeted Venezuela’s oil sector, banks and state gold company Minerven, blocking U.S. persons from dealing with those entities and restricting export of dual-use technol...
Corrupt officials and complicit maritime service providers act as force multipliers for transnational drug shipments by opening routes, shielding vessels, and enabling concealment — practices document...
Major Caribbean transshipment hubs for cocaine linked to Venezuela and broader South American flows include the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Aruba, Curaçao, Suriname, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago — ea...