Bangladesh poor selling organs to pay back loans microcredit loans that were...
Kalai, like many other villages in Bangladesh, appears a rural idyll at first sight. But several villagers here have resorted to selling organs to pay back microcredit loans that were meant to lift...
View ArticleBritish weapons could be arming Somali pirates
The Government has been forced into an urgent review over why nearly 44,000 guns in only 15 months were sent to tackle piracy in East Africa and a number of repressive regimes. MPs have accused the...
View ArticleWhy jade mining is Burma’s road to heroin hell
Even by the standards of Burma — infamous for warfare, poverty and oppression — Hpakant is a dark and depraved place. Its once-verdant hills have been ground down into gaping quarries that produce jade...
View ArticleSyria’s brutal civil war opens door to drug trade
Syria has become a major amphetamines exporter and consumer as the trauma of the country’s brutal civil war fuels demand and the breakdown in order creates opportunity for producers. Drugs experts,...
View ArticleGuinea turns into the first African narco-state
A surge in cocaine trafficking has transformed Guinea into West Africa's latest drug hot spot, jeopardising President Alpha Conde's efforts to rebuild state institutions after a military coup and...
View ArticleDrug routes expanding in Asean region
Drug syndicates are expanding regionally, hence countries should hold discussions with each other to tackle drug-related issues, said Singapore's Central Narcotics Bureau Director Ng Ser Long on...
View ArticleVenezuela’s real inflation may be six times the official rate
Among the complaints of the Venezuelans that have taken to the street by the tens of thousands over the past couple weeks is the government’s inability to stem high inflation. It’s easy to see why...
View ArticleThe Narcostate
It’s perhaps not surprising that Tajikistan, which shares a poorly guarded, 750-mile border with opium-rich Afghanistan, has become a major global drug-trafficking hub—in fact, more than 80 percent of...
View ArticleSE Asia’s war on drugs is ‘fueling production’ of opium
Cultivation of opium in Southeast Asia’s notorious Golden Triangle region has doubled in the past decade, according to an in-depth study that rebuffs claims by governments that an aggressive...
View ArticleBangladesh becoming gold smuggling hub for Mideast gold: officials
Bangladesh has seen a huge leap in gold smuggling to neighboring India, the customs intelligence chief said. Mainul Hossain Khan said his team was catching gold smugglers red-handed every day at the...
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