A $19 million cocaine seizure at Liberia’s Roberts International Airport has drawn intense international scrutiny toward Sierra Leone. Western diplomats and investigators suspect that a wanted European...
High Court Judge, Honourable Justice Andrew S.C. Johnson, has sentenced a 37-year-old South African national, Asandra Denise, to a total of One Hundred and Thirty (130) years’ imprisonment for offences...
The Government of Sierra Leone has strongly rejected allegations linking the country to a massive cocaine shipment intercepted by Spanish authorities, insisting that the vessel involved left Freetown without...
The Board of Directors of Tandeen Group has strongly dismissed allegations circulating on social media and other informal platforms against the company, its operations, and leadership, describing the claims...
There comes a point in every nation’s story when denial becomes more dangerous than truth. Sierra Leone may be approaching that point. For years, drug trafficking was treated as a distant issue something...
A major new report on cocaine markets in West Africa has identified Sierra Leone as a growing strategic base for international drug trafficking, citing its use by a fugitive Dutch kingpin with alleged...
Abdulia Bundu, widely known as "Eastern Man," a notorious drug dealer, and eleven of his associates were arrested in a major operation conducted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Tuesday,...
The Turkish authorities have extradited Abdullah "Don Vito" Alp Üstün, a known cocaine baron with ties to Jos Leijdekkers, from Dubai to Turkey early this morning on an Interpol Red Notice. Üstün is...
A yacht with three Filipino crew members drifted ashore at Beach One in Hamilton today, prompting a joint response from the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces Navy and the Sierra Leone Police Maritime...
Indian authorities have arrested an Ivory Coast national who was caught smuggling 1.13 kilograms of cocaine into the country after arriving from Sierra Leone. The arrest took place at Chhatrapati Shivaji...
