Illegal drug trade

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US, European Police Say ‘dark Web’ Markets Shut Down

US and European police on Thursday announced the shutdown of two huge "dark web" marketplaces that allowed the...

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E/R Security Agencies Trained In Fighting Drug Trafficking

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, has organized a two weeks basic drugs workshop for law enforcement...

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Canadian Found Dead In Thai Cell Wanted Over ‘dark Web’ Market

A 26-year-old Canadian found dead in his Thai police cell this week was wanted in the US for allegedly running a...

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Ghana Ranked 3rd Highest Cocaine Transit Point In Africa

Ghana has been ranked the third cocaine transit destination in Africa behind Nigeria and South Africa respectively....

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Year of Fear, But No Quick Win In Philippine Drug War

Meth addict Reyjin is still able to score on the frontlines of the Philippines' drug war, living proof that a year of...

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Africa’s Highest Cocaine Transit Points

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has released her latest report on the transportation and use of...

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NACOB Destroys Two Million Dollars Worth of Drugs

The Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) on Thursday destroyed narcotic substances estimated at two million dollars at...

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NACOB Destroys Two Million Dollars Worth of Drugs

The Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) on Thursday destroyed narcotic substances estimated at two million dollars at...

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Ex-Haitian Coup Leader Guy Philippe Gets Nine Years In US Prison

A former Haitian coup leader and elected senator was sentenced to nine years in a US federal prison Wednesday after...

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Morgue Workers In Tanzania Jailed For Stealing Drugs From Corpse’s…

Tanzanian police said Saturday that they had arrested two morgue employees in Dar es Salaam after they admitted to...

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British Fugitive Drug ‘kingpin’ Nabbed In Thailand

A British drug trafficker convicted over a $1.3 million narcotics ring has been arrested in Thailand after years on the...

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Mr X and the Cartels Hooking SE Asia On Pills

The downfall of millionaire "Mr X", long shielded by cash and contacts in Laos, has highlighted the role of the...

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Heads Must Roll At Ghana Ports…it’s Been Too Long!

Heads must roll at Ghana Ports…it’s been too long! This is as a result of a turf war between Ghana Customs and...

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Heads Must Roll At Ghana Ports; It’s Been Too Long!

Heads must roll at Ghana Ports; it's been too long! Some $30m worth of cocaine is reported missing at the Tema Port The...

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Vietnam Sentences Eight To Death For Heroin Smuggling

Vietnam has sentenced eight drug traffickers to death for smuggling 300 kilos (660 pounds) of heroin to China, some of...

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Airline Passengers Caught With 10 Kilos of Cocaine In Pants

Customs and Border Protection officers at New York’s JFK airport said they captured two more passengers who attempted...

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Madagascar Deports Suspected Kenyan Drug Kingpin

Ndechumia Bilali Kimali is due to appear in court on drug trafficking charges A Kenyan accused of being the mastermind...

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FBI Arrests Mexican Prosecutor Over Drug Trafficking

FBI agents have arrested a Mexican prosecutor suspected of involvement in a ring producing and trafficking illegal...

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China’s Synthetic Drugs Problem Expanding

China´s drug problem is severe and growing, the government said Monday, with particularly sharp rises in the abuse and...