Liberia has charged former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor with drug trafficking and money laundering, turning a major cocaine investigation into one of the country’s most politically sensitive criminal cases. The Justice Ministry announced the charges on Thursday, August 20, 2026, after Howard-Taylor was arrested at Roberts International Airport while attempting to leave the country. She…
Nigeria’s drug problem is becoming harder to ignore. In just a few days, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has announced a series of major operations involving cocaine, cannabis, opioids and other illicit substances across the country. The cases involve a social media influencer, a businessman who allegedly sold his legitimate business to finance…
Erling Haaland has unexpectedly become part of a major drug seizure in Ecuador — not because of anything he did, but because traffickers allegedly used the Manchester City and Norway star’s image to mark packages in a shipment of cocaine. Ecuadorian police seized 469 kilograms of cocaine packed into 370 packages after stopping a truck…
