Gang who smuggled hundreds of kilos of cocaine into UK inside frozen chicken jailed

A webinar on the impact of coronavirus held by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) think-tank last week heard that drug markets had been affected around the world. Senior research fellow Keith Ditcham said crime syndicates were facing an “existential crisis” in Latin America after the US closed its border with Mexico and required chemicals stopped arriving from China. “It has led to turf wars by rival groups fighting over the scant criminal opportunities,” he added.