New cocaine trafficking methods: From stockpiling drugs until prices rise to using offshore drop-offs
Criminal groups are adopting new methods to smuggle drugs following recent crackdowns on large shipments at ports
The trail left by the largest cocaine haul in Spanish history
An email reveals how drug traffickers maneuvered to avoid being linked to 13 tons seized in Algeciras, which led investigators to alleged drug lord Ignacio Torán and a police chief arrested with millions of euros stashed in his house
Spain seizes a record 13 tons of cocaine hidden in a banana container
The bundles were concealed inside a fruit container arriving from Ecuador, which has become a major export point for drugs to Europe
Mediterranean marine life nearly disappeared when it became a dead sea
A disconnection with the Atlantic Ocean six million years ago caused a rise in salt concentration, creating a half-mile-thick layer of sodium chloride that caused a regional extinction on a similar scale to that of the dinosaurs