List of Drugs & Crime articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Norway Has Given Their Country’s Most Notorious Mass Murderer Permission to Try to Sue Them
The same man who killed 77 people in two bloody attacks in 2011 is now suing Norway for allegedly violating his rights in prison.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Congo’s Government Backtracks on Banning Explosive Documentary About Rape
A documentary about rape was banned last month in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. After international scrutiny, the Congolese reversed that ban this week.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Bubble, Bubble, Toil, and Trouble: Italian Woman Convicted of Witchcraft 300 Years Ago Finally Gets Retrial
A woman accused of witchcraft in 1715 will get a retrial after the local council in her hometown in Italy voted in favor of it earlier this month.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Scalia: I ‘Wouldn’t Be Surprised’ if the Supreme Court Outlaws the Death Penalty
Supreme Court Justice Scalia says the death penalty could soon be ruled unconstitutional.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Albania Claims to Have Destroyed Almost All of the Country’s Marijuana
In its latest crackdown on marijuana growth, Albania claims to have destroyed nearly all of the country's drug crop.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Pentagon: Green Beret Supplied Steroids to Soldier Convicted of Afghan Massacre
The U.S. soldier convicted of massacring 16 Afghan civilians in March 2012 had been on a mix of alcohol, steroids, and sleeping pills while leading troops at a small patrol base in Kandahar, according to a long-awaited military investigative report.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Senators Threaten Subpoena in Flap Over Human Trafficking Report
The State Department denies it upgraded Malaysia's human trafficking ranking to bring the Asian country onboard for a trade pact. Senators say the process reeked of politics.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Want to Smuggle Drugs into Prison? Buy a Drone.
Drones are being used to smuggle contraband into prisons around the world.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Italian Police Make 11 Mafia Arrests, but Miss the Big Cheese
Italian police arrested 11 men accused of affiliation with Sicily's mafia Monday, in part by tracking their coded language about sheep and cheese.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Amnesty Report Reveals Epidemic of Police Violence in Rio de Janeiro
Young black men are the overwhelming targets of lethal police violence.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Afghanistan: Still the King of Opium
Afghanistan remains awash in opium, despite $8.2 billion in American taxpayer dollars spent since 2002 to curb its rampant drug production and trade.
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Top_Image The New Abolitionists
Operation Underground Railroad, a small Mormon-led group, is going undercover to rescue kids from sex trafficking. But is its brand of salvation working?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How to Build a Relationship With Havana
A strong partnership with Cuba is in America’s interest. Here are some ideas to forge bilateral ties.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Watch Video Footage of Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán Escaping His Jail Cell
It's the second time the head of the Sinaloa cartel has broken out of prison.