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Ken S<p>Japanese and Australian authorities are not looking for ‘Kelly’, the romance scammer responsible for the imprisonment of their Australian victim.</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-28/perth-grandma-donna-nelson-drugs-japan-jail-love-scam/105023928" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-04-28/per</span><span class="invisible">th-grandma-donna-nelson-drugs-japan-jail-love-scam/105023928</span></a> </p><p>It’s a sure bet that Drug smugglers trust that authorities won’t bother investigating further. Because authorities are often happy with ‘small wins’, so they can ‘close the case’ and move on. <br>🤷🏻 <br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/DrugTrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrugTrade</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ThisIsJapan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThisIsJapan</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Tourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tourism</span></a></p>
Longreads<p>"Now, Latin American drug lords are using the same currents and trade winds that islanders have relied on for centuries to connect and expand their colossal, criminal empires." </p><p>Sean Williams and Kevin Knodell for New Lines Magazine: <a href="https://longreads.com/2025/02/19/tracking-the-pacific-drug-highway/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">longreads.com/2025/02/19/track</span><span class="invisible">ing-the-pacific-drug-highway/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Longreads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Longreads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Drugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drugs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Meth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Cocaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cocaine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DrugTrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrugTrade</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewZealand</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Oceania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oceania</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Cartels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cartels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/OrganizedCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OrganizedCrime</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/PacificOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PacificOcean</span></a></p>
IndiaNewsWatch<p>Behind India’s Manipur conflict: A tale of drugs, armed groups and politics</p><p>The drug trade has played a significant role in the political landscape as well as in heightening the conflict in Manipur.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/manipur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>manipur</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ManipurUnrest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ManipurUnrest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/meiteis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meiteis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KukiZos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KukiZos</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DrugTrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrugTrade</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BJPStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BJPStates</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/india" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>india</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2024/4/16/behind-indias-manipur-conflict-a-tale-of-drugs-armed-groups-and-politics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aljazeera.com/economy/2024/4/1</span><span class="invisible">6/behind-indias-manipur-conflict-a-tale-of-drugs-armed-groups-and-politics</span></a></p>
Schneier on Security RSS<p>Friday Squid Blogging: Operation Squid</p><p>Operation Squid found 1.3 tons of cocaine hidden in frozen fish.<br>As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories i... <a href="https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/03/friday-squid-blogging-operation-squid.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">schneier.com/blog/archives/202</span><span class="invisible">4/03/friday-squid-blogging-operation-squid.html</span></a></p><p> <a href="https://burn.capital/tags/Uncategorized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Uncategorized</span></a> <a href="https://burn.capital/tags/drugtrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drugtrade</span></a> <a href="https://burn.capital/tags/squid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>squid</span></a></p>
bs2<p>&gt; "The kind of expertise they [Perkins and Co.] bring to [opium] in terms of managing goods and finances is something that starts in the slave trade," says Dael Norwood, an assistant professor of history at Binghamton University who studies 19th-century U.S.-China trade.<br>&gt; And money earned selling slaves helped fund the China trade.<br> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/DaelNorwood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DaelNorwood</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/SlaveTrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SlaveTrade</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/DrugTrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrugTrade</span></a> for the <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/BostonBrahmins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BostonBrahmins</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/ChinaTrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChinaTrade</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.jp/tags/USChinaTrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USChinaTrade</span></a></p>