Female Irish and Scottish Cocaine Mules Plead Guilty in Bid for Lenient Term …

Female Irish and Scottish cocaine mules plead guilty in bid for lenient term …
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Two young British women arrested trying to smuggle 24 pounds of cocaine out of Peru in their luggage pleaded guilty Tuesday to drug trafficking charges and offered details on their co-conspirators, the court said. Northern Ireland's Michaella McCollum … Read more on Hong Kong Standard

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Simon Carswell reports that Bono has defended Ireland's tax system and the use of Irish companies by multinational companies to reduce their global tax bills, saying that the country was “very pleased to compete on that front”. Speaking at the annual … Read more on Irish Times (blog)

Peru drug charge women 'are drop in the ocean'
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Ms McCollum, from Dungannon in Northern Ireland, and Ms Reid, of Lenzie near Glasgow, have been in a Lima jail since their arrest in early August. Both are just 20 years old and still face several years in Peruvian custody, even if they are eventually … Read more on BBC News