Drugs trade
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Brother Wang, a global manhunt and the Chinese-Mexican drug nexus
Alleged trafficker Zhi Dong Zhang escaped via a tunnel in Mexico before flying to Cuba and reportedly Russia b…
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Cuba arrests alleged Chinese fentanyl kingpin who escaped custody in Mexico
Zhi Dong Zhang, known by alias ‘Brother Wang’, is also wanted by US and has alleged ties to Mexican drug carte…
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British woman facing execution in Bali for drug smuggling to be repatriated
Lindsay Sandiford, 68, has been on death row in Indonesia since 2012, after authorities found 3.8kg of cocaine…
- Asia Pacific, Drugs trade, International criminal court, International law, Law, Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, World news
Rodrigo Duterte, former Philippines president, charged with crimes against humanity at ICC
Three charges against Duterte stem from his years-long campaign against drug users and dealers that rights gro…
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British teenager held in prison in Georgia on drug charges – video
Bella Culley, 18, was arrested in Tbilisi on Tuesday on suspicion of illegally buying, possessing and importin…
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The senator, the priest, the forensic pathologist: the people who bought ex-president Duterte to justice
For years many brave Filipinos have worked tirelessly, in and out of the spotlight, to expose the horrors of t…
- Asia Pacific, Drugs trade, International criminal court, International criminal justice, Law, Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, World news
Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest could be telling blow in the Philippines’ dynastic feud
Former president was surrendered to The Hague amid a row between his family and that of the current presidentF…
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Thousands rescued from illegal scam compounds in Myanmar as Thailand launches huge crackdown
Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos have become havens for criminal syndicates operating online scam operations and tri…
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Bali Nine: who were they?
The Australians were arrested in 2005 for attempting to smuggle heroin out of the Indonesian resort islandGet …
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Duterte tells Philippines ‘war on drugs’ inquiry he kept a death squad
Ex-president says he kept criminals to kill other criminals while mayor and offers no apologies at hearing inv…
- Afghanistan, Africa, Drugs, Drugs trade, Global development, Global health, Opioids, Society, South Africa, South and Central Asia, World news
How to escape the ‘heroin hustle’: the project helping South African addicts
Heroin use has risen sharply across the country but in Pretoria, a programme of methadone and support is succe…
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US accuses Chinese ‘underground bankers’ of laundering $50m in cartel drug money
Justice department charges 24 defendants and says long investigation reveals links between Mexico’s Sinaloa ga…
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Chinese and US officials meet in effort to stop flow of deadly fentanyl
Beijing says talks productive as US calls for help to fight synthetic opioid crisis responsible for hundreds o…
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Myanmar becomes world’s biggest producer of opium, overtaking Afghanistan
Opium production in Afghanistan slumped an estimated 95%, according to a UN reportMyanmar became the world’s b…
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Biden and Xi to announce deal cracking down on fentanyl export
Under deal, China will go after chemical companies to halt flow of fentanyl while US will lift restrictions on…