A police dog helped Greek coast guard officers uncover cocaine hidden on a passenger ferry in Piraeus, leading to the arrest of a 20-year-old woman during intensified summer port inspections across Greece

A pharmacist accused of operating an underground laboratory producing and distributing illegal pharmaceutical products and doping substances has been released under restrictive conditions after his court appearance

A 59-year-old pharmacist is accused of running a vast illegal production and distribution network for slimming pills and doping substances, with shipments sent across Greece and to 90 countries worldwide before authorities dismantled the operation.

Two men were arrested after a police operation on the Greek island uncovered drugs, firearms and a hydroponic cannabis cultivation setup

Cities leave their imprint in places that people rarely look. In wastewater. In the unseen underground pipelines, the way we live, consume, and produce is recorded in chemical terms. It is something like a fingerprint, one that differs from place to place. Analyses conducted at the Psyttalia Wastewater Treatment Plant (Attica) and Larissa reveal, as […]

Police say narcotics were discovered during a search of the property of a man already being held in custody over the killing of a 54-year-old whose body was allegedly dumped in a river.

The rapid spread of GLP-1 weight loss drugs is leading millions of Americans to eat less, ordering smaller portions, dining out less frequently, and avoiding alcohol, forcing major chains to adapt How GLP-1

According to a new study, traces of cocaine in water make salmon more active and lead them to take greater risks

Authorities probe possible drug use as three young men face charges for abandoning the 19-year-old before her collapse in Argostoli

Charges for drug and weapons offences were filed against the identified occupant of the apartment. A separate individual was arrested on an outstanding warrant for robbery and drug-related offences

Ousted Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro returns to U.S. court facing rare narcoterrorism charges, with prosecutors relying on insider testimony amid a law’s limited trial success.

The study also recorded a significant increase in cocaine consumption in the greater Athens-Piraeus area, in some cases reaching up to three times higher than in 2023

Greece highlights rising threats from new psychoactive substances and calls for coordinated global action focused on prevention, treatment, and human rights at a UN forum.

Greek police on Monday, March 16, 2026, arrested a Greek national for possession and trafficking of a large quantity of drugs in the regional unit of Thesprotia in the Epirus region. In detail, officers of the Narcotics Division of the Sub-directorate for Prosecution and Detection of Crimes detected 55 packages of unprocessed cannabis in a […]

The MeRA25 leader will face trial in 2026 under Greece’s narcotics law after publicly recounting past personal drug use, prompting accusations from his party of political targeting and judicial overreach.

Georgia Boutsiani, a board member of the Greek Community in Mexico says, "There’s fear, but there are also precautions—we’ve grown used to it. All the Greeks here are safe.”

Escalating cartel violence after a major kingpin’s death has prompted military deployment and raised concerns over safety as the country prepares to co-host the upcoming World Cup

Intelligence tied to the cartel leader’s personal life helped authorities locate his hideout, triggering a deadly military raid and widespread retaliatory violence across Mexico.

A 19-year-old foreign national was arrested on Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 17, 2026, at Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos, according to a statement by the Drug Enforcement of the Organized Crime Directorate. The suspect is believed to be a member of a transnational criminal group involved in smuggling cannabis into Greece by air. The operation was […]