List of Drugs & Crime articles
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In this photograph taken on August 30, 2015, Indian locals peer at the spot where the mortal remains of Sheena Bora, the daughter of former Indian media executive Indrani Mukerjea, were found in the forest near Gagode village on Pen Khopoli road of Raigad district in central Maharashtra state. A former Indian media executive has been arrested on suspicion of murdering her daughter for having an affair with her stepson, Mumbai police said. Indrani Mukerjea is accused, along with two others, of strangling Sheena Bora to death in 2012 before dumping her body in a forest in western Maharashtra state and setting it alight. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) Longform’s Picks of the Week
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Rob Ford, Former Toronto Mayor Beset by Controversy, Has Died
Rob Ford, a popular former Toronto mayor best known for drug and alcohol scandals, has died after battling cancer.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 World Powers Bolster Punishments Against U.N. Sex Abusers
The U.N. Security Council gives the world body chief authority to repatriate foreign peacekeeping contingents over sex crimes.
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Keenan_image_01-darker Dead Man’s Market and the Boy Gangs of Niger
Impoverished young men have menaced the city of Zinder with rapes and murders. Now Boko Haram wants to turn their ultra-violence into a weapon of war.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 El Chapo: I Can’t Sleep, Please Extradite Me to the U.S.
Notorious drug-lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman is requesting immediate extradition to the United States.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 15 Years and $10 Billion Later, U.S. Efforts to Curb Colombia’s Cocaine Trade Have Failed
A policy focused on eradication and policing has not worked.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Cashing in on Legal Cannabusiness
The U.S. legal marijuana market is blazing.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Plan Colombia Shouldn’t Be the Price of Peace with the FARC
Colombia has undergone an economic transformation over the last 15 years — and if the deal to end the country's 50-year blows that up, it will be a disaster.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How Captain Jack Sparrow Explains the Problem with ‘America’s Backyard’
The Caribbean is awash in poverty, violence, and corruption.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Watch the Raid That Led to El Chapo’s Arrest
Footage has been released of the raid that led to Mexican drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman’s arrest.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Sean Penn Met El Chapo — And Helped Mexican Cops Track Him Down
The actor detailed the encounter in a Rolling Stone article.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Will ‘El Chapo’ Finally Face Justice in a U.S. Court?
"El Chapo" is back in Mexican custody. Will President Enrique Pena Nieto extradite him to the U.S. for trial?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How Not to Fix an African Narco-State
Europe is trying to stop Guinea-Bissau's drug trade by throwing money at the traffickers.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 These Charts Show Why the U.S. Is Almost as Dangerous as Afghanistan
These charts show President Obama is right: U.S. gun violence far outpaces peer nations.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Justice for ‘Affluenza’ Teen, Candidate For Worst Person of the Year, Delayed in Mexico
Mexican authorities have delayed deportation of the so-called "affluenza" teen, Ethan Couch.
