Illegal Economy

Drug Trade Mining Industry Black Market Mining Sector Smuggling Impact Money Laundering Gold Mining Drug Market Resource Exploitation Organized Crime

Federal Forces Seize 150 Kg of Methamphetamine in Baja California

Authorities say the intel-driven operation will feed a formal criminal investigation and aims to disrupt northbound meth flows to the United States.

City Police Seize 2,700 Smuggled Sneakers From Retiro Gallery

OMI Gives Incoming Government 100 Days to Close REINFO and Stop Illegal Gold Mining

Illegal Gold Mining Engulfs Peru’s Amazon and Pressures Incoming Government

Mexico City Congress Makes Illegal Extraction and Sale of Water a Crime

Peru Destroys and Seizes Millions in Amazon Illegal Gold‑Mining Gear

Peru Intensifies Illegal Mining Crackdown in Madre de Dios After Tambopata Raid Detains Four

J&K Police Raze 33 Illegal Structures at Samba Drug Hotspot, Reclaim SIDCO Land

Crisis Group Links Amazon’s Crime Boom to Environmental Collapse Risk

Brazil Police Destroy Amazon Clandestine Runways as New Data Maps 2,837 Sites

Surat Police Seize 2,029 Kg of Fake Ghee in Factory Raid, Arrest Two

Peru Voters Press Candidates to Confront Illegal Mining Ahead of the 2026 Vote

Berlin Confronts Turkish-Linked Gang Violence With Sustained Police Crackdown

DRI Busts Clandestine Zaveri Bazaar Gold‑Melting Unit, Seizes ₹9.22 Crore, Arrests Two

Peru Police Dismantle Lima Counterfeit Dollar Factory, Seize $3.6 Million

Peru Bill Would Add Illegal Mining to Congress’s ‘Empty Chair’ Sanction

Peru Destroys 24 Illegal River Mining Machines Inside Tambopata Reserve

Tolyatti Court Sentences 29 in Illegal Banking Scheme, With Terms Up to 19 Years

Peru Police: Illegal Gold Mining Now Six Times Bigger Than Drug Trade

Russia Dismantles Illegal Print-Shop Network Worth Over 2.6 Billion Rubles