TV 4 Sweden reports A Swedish woman in her 30s has been arrested at Arlanda on orders from Europol and Spanish police. She is suspected in a global tangle of investment fraud, linked to the Russian mafia. The woman, together with a number of well-known key people, is said to have swindled over seven ..read more

If this isn’t a cocaine poltline i don’t know what is!   A billionaire drug lord who was linked to murder and kidnap threats against the heir to the Dutch throne is on the run – after being released from prison accidentally. An alleged leader of the Mocro Maffia, Karim Bouyakhrichan, 46, was arrested in January following a ..read more

Crates stacked with cocaine potentially worth millions have been found in banana packing cases in several German supermarkets including Lidl. Employees at discount stores in Berlin made the startling discovery earlier today while they were unpacking the latest crates, meant to have been filled with the fruit. The find sparked a major police operation with officers being seen ..read more

ALBANY, NEW YORK – William De La Rosa, age 29, of New York, New York, pled guilty yesterday to possessing with intent to distribute one kilogram of cocaine. United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman and Frank A. Tarentino III, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), New York Division, made the ..read more

Marijuana Moment A Missouri Senate committee on Wednesday stripped a proposal from a House-passed budget bill that would have funneled $10 million in state opioid settlement money to research psilocybin. An earlier version of the Republican-led proposal would have instead put the money toward the study of ibogaine as a treatment for opioid use disorder, but ..read more

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Planning and building a commercially sustainable regulatory framework is essential for any industry to grow. Recently media have reported untested medical cannabis products on sale in Australia, effectively unregulated imports. The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) was reported as confirming it hadn’t tested imported medicinal cannabis for over 12 months due to budgetary constraints, thus, differing ..read more

By Michael S. Denniston, Hillary Campbell, Najla Long & Whitt Steineker on April 25, 2024 As Bradley previously reported, the Federal Trade Commission at the beginning of last year issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to effectively ban employee noncompete provisions as an unfair method of competition in violation of Section 5 of the FTC Act. Following a 16-month administrative process that ..read more

Cannabis Regulatory Agency Issues Reminder Regarding Illegal Sales of Marijuana in Michigan April 23, 2024 – Today, Michigan’s Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) reminded licensees and businesses of their roles and responsibilities regarding the selling of cannabis in Michigan. Under state law, THC is defined to include THCA and marijuana, generally, is defined as cannabis in any ..read more

California’s Emerald Triangle is a famed region in the Golden State for the cultivation of top-notch cannabis. In particular, Humboldt County is home to some of the nation’s most seasoned, generational cannabis farming families. One such farmer is Andy Butts, founder and CEO of Humboldt Trim Company. In this episode, Husch Blackwell’s Hilary Bricken and ..read more