List of Drugs & Crime articles
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sex trafficking Opera Composer Thrusts Grim World of Human Trafficking Back Into the Spotlight
And wins a Pulitzer Prize in the process.
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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY JEAN-MARC MOJON A Somali, part armed militia, part pirate, carries his high-caliber weapon on a beach in the central Somali town of Hobyo on August 20, 2010. Hobyo has no schools, no clinics and bad drinking water sources. Fighting a losing battle against the sand that has already completely covered the old Italian port, Hobyo's scattering of rundown houses and shacks looks anything but the nerve centre of an activity threatening global shipping. AFP PHOTO / ROBERTO SCHMIDT (Photo credit should read ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images) Somalia’s Pirates Are Back in Business
Lawlessness onshore is fueling a resurgence of crime on the high seas.
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canadian cannabis Justin Trudeau To Legalize Weed in Canada
Time to start buying stock in Tim Horton’s.
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (L) shakes hands with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro after reviewing the honor guard at the Saadabad Palace in Tehran on January 10, 2015. Maduro arrived in the Iranian capital the previous day for a 24-hour visit during which he will meet officials from fellow OPEC member Iran to discuss plunging oil prices, state television said. AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images) In Venezuela’s Toxic Brew, Failed Narco-State Meets Iran-Backed Terrorism
Venezuela has become a rabidly anti-American failed state that appears to be incubating the convergence of narco-trafficking and jihadism in America’s own backyard.
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GettyImages-655091056crop NSA Official Suggests North Korea Was Culprit in Bangladesh Bank Heist
The deputy director of the NSA says he believes states have entered the bank-robbing business.
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s crop Somali Pirates Hijack Merchant Ship For First Time in Five Years
Shipping companies had dropped their guard after period of calm
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 To Combat Illegal Immigration, Trump Should Target Latin America’s Hezbollah-Narco Nexus
Violent drug cartels and Islamic terror networks increasingly cooperate.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Philippine President Duterte Admitted to Personally Killing People
"I was really looking for a confrontation so I could kill."
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Taking Selfies With Duterte’s Chief Executioner
Ronald dela Rosa is the Philippine president’s right hand in a ruthless crackdown on drugs. A trail of fans follows him around the country — as does a trail of dead bodies.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Modi Plunders India’s Cash. Indians Cheer.
The prime minister's attack on India’s black market was poorly planned, chaotically implemented — and may turn out to be his biggest political victory yet.
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Indonesian murder suspect Jessica Kumala Wongso (C) sits on trial at the Central Jakarta court on October 5, 2016. Indonesian prosecutors demanded October 5 that a woman accused of murdering her friend by slipping cyanide into her coffee spend 20 years behind bars for the high-profile case. Jessica Kumala Wongso, an Australian permanent resident, denies the premeditated murder of college friend Wayan Mirna Salihin, who collapsed and died after drinking the coffee at an upmarket Jakarta cafe in January. / AFP / BAY ISMOYO (Photo credit should read BAY ISMOYO/AFP/Getty Images) Indonesia’s Murder Melodrama Has The Whole Country Watching
The country's elite think a young woman convicted of poisoning her friend is a victim, but ordinary Indonesians have cast her as a villain.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 After 24 Years, I Am Leaving the Disaster Venezuela Has Become
And my heart grieves for my friends and neighbors, who are stuck there — for worse is yet to come.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Burma’s Grassroots War on Drugs
Civic activism was supposed to save Burma. But a violent Christian anti-drug squad is showing its dark side.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 China Eyes Ending Western Grip on Top U.N. Jobs With Greater Control Over Blue Helmets
As China steps up its commitment to U.N. peacekeeping, Beijing is said to be eyeing a leadership role — with potentially troubling human rights implications.
