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drug-trafficking networks
Coverage of drug-trafficking networks in the Nexus archive.
- Range-wide police drive targets wanted offenders in north Kerala
A range-wide police operation in the Kannur Range of north Kerala targeted wanted offenders, drug-trafficking networks, and suspicious locations. The drive resulted in 159 arrests of individuals with pending warrants and the registration of 606 cases across six police districts.
- Why Ecuador’s Copy of El Salvador’s Crime Crackdown Is Failing
Ecuador’s president adopted El Salvador’s hard-line strategy against gangs, including deploying the army and building mega-jails, but the approach has failed with rising killings and prison massacres. The article attributes the failure to Ecuador’s gangs being drug-trafficking networks, unlike El Salvador’s gang structure.