Die Kärntner Skandalbank soll über Tochterfirmen 100 Millionen Euro für einen berüchtigten Drogen-Paten weiß gewaschen haben

Wien - Die Hypo Alpe Adria Group hat nach Recherchen von Österreich 100 Millionen Euro für den berüchtigten serbischen Mafia-Boss Darko Saric weiß gewaschen. Darko Saric wurde im April 2010 in Serbien wegen Schmuggels von 2,7 Tonnen Kokain angeklagt.

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Austrian Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank, the dealings of which are being investigated, "laundered drug lord Darko Šarić money".

The amount is said to be EUR 100mn, and the allegation was made by Austrian daily Osterreich.

Šarić is a fugitive from justice, wanted in Serbia in connection to a massive cocaine smuggling operation uncovered last year.

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Serbia to assist Austria in bank probe
Serbia expands investigation against alleged drug trafficker Saric
Interior minister on Hypo-Alpe-Adria scandal
New indictment issued for Šarić group

Der mexikanischen Polizei ist ein großer Erfolg gelungen: Ermittler haben einen der meistgesuchten Drogenbosse des Landes festgenommen. Edgar "La Barbie" Valdez stammt aus einer US-Mittelschichtfamilie, war Footballstar - und wurde dann zu einem der brutalsten Verbrecher Mexikos.

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Wie "Barbie" vom Football-Star zum Drogenbaron wurde
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Mexico captured major drug trafficker Edgar "La Barbie" Valdez on Monday in a new victory for President Felipe Calderon's high-stakes war on murderous cartels that threatens the country's image among investors and tourists.

Federal police caught Valdez, a leader of the Beltran Leyva cartel based in central Mexico, in a residential area near Mexico City, the government said.

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Mexicans hope drug lord's arrest may turn tide
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The federal police force in Mexico says it has sacked almost 10% of its officers this year for corruption, incompetence or links to criminals.

Commissioner Facundo Rosas said 3,200 officers had been fired.

More than 1,000 others were facing disciplinary action and could also lose their jobs, he added.

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A group of 24 men and women, nearly all of them reported to be Britons, have been arrested by the Guardia Civil after a large scale operation on Friday night against drug trafficking in Ibiza. The operation was a dramatic one and controlled from the air by helicopter, and saw several premises being searched.

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It has now been confirmed that 20 of the 25 people arrested on Ibiza last week are British

Charges are pending against multiple individuals throughout Highland County after more than 2,000 marijuana plants were discovered in the county during a concentrated marijuana eradication effort conducted by law enforcement this week.

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