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Tag: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

World

Myanmar’s War Has Made It the Global Crime Capital

December 31, 2024January 2, 2025HANNAH BEECHComments Off on Myanmar’s War Has Made It the Global Crime Capital

The chaotic country is now a magnet for criminal syndicates, particularly from China, destabilizing law enforcement across much of Asia.

World

Colombia Faces a New Problem: Too Much Cocaine

July 14, 2024Genevieve Glatsky and Federico RiosComments Off on Colombia Faces a New Problem: Too Much Cocaine

Even as production surges, domestic and foreign shifts in the global drug industry have devastated many poor Colombians whose livelihoods are tied to cocaine.

World

Afghanistan Tries to Stamp Out Opium Again

May 29, 2022May 29, 2022Bryan Denton, David Zucchino and Yaqoob AkbaryComments Off on Afghanistan Tries to Stamp Out Opium Again

The multibillion-dollar trade has survived previous bans. Now, the Taliban are going after solar-powered water pumps to try to dry up poppy crops in the middle of a national economic crisis.

World

Hong Kong, Crossroads of the Criminal Wildlife Trade

February 12, 2019CHARLES HOMANSComments Off on Hong Kong, Crossroads of the Criminal Wildlife Trade

Despite reforms, the territory is a linchpin in the global traffic in illegal animal parts.

World

Most Dangerous Place for Women Is the Home, U.N. Report Finds

November 27, 2018KAREN ZRAICKComments Off on Most Dangerous Place for Women Is the Home, U.N. Report Finds

More than half of female homicide victims last year were killed by intimate partners or relatives, says a report on homicides around the world by the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime.

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