José Antonio Cass has never made a secret that he is a fan of Pinochet.

Chile

15.December 2025 DW

The new president of Chile: With faith in Pinochet

José Antonio Caste has never made a secret of being a fan of Pinochet. "If he were alive, he would vote for me," he once said. The new president of Chile is close to Donald Trump and his MAGA movement

Drug trafficking

08.march 2024 JH/FoNet

Drug sales in the EU turn over 31 billion euros per year

Annual drug traffic in the European Union is worth 31 billion euros, according to a report by Europol and the European Center for Monitoring Drugs and Drug Addiction. Drug organizations from the Balkans also have a large share in that business. There are a hundred organized criminal groups from the Balkans in Spain alone

Research of the weekly "Vreme"

17.May 2023. Jelena Zoric

The Balkan cartel in the service of the 'Ndrangheta

Skilled bandits and robbers, contract killers, drug dealers, sailors and drug smugglers are part of the Balkan cartel, which has been managing the transportation of cocaine from South America to Europe for decades, as well as the further distribution of drugs. Above them is only the biggest mafia in the world - the Italian 'Ndrangheta, which is actually the real owner of more than 60 percent of the cocaine that is distributed from the jungles of Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia to all continents. Who is who in the Balkan Cartel and how are they connected to the 'Ndrangheta, but also to the motorcycle gang "Hell's Angels"