Bangladesh, June 4 -- A vast transnational drug trafficking network with suspected ties to Mexicos notorious Sinaloa cartel has been dismantled by European law enforcement agencies in a major international operation. The bust, led by the French National Gendarmerie and supported by Belgian police and Europol, reveals the deepening relationship between Mexican drug cartels and European criminal organizations-and underscores the shifting geography of global synthetic drug production.

The operation culminated in a series of raids on May 19 across France and Belgium, leading to the arrest of 16 individuals, including one Mexican-American national, and the seizure of significant assets and contraband. Authorities recovered more than 200 kilog...