List of Drugs & Crime articles
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Police and soldiers stand outside a bar in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, minutes after an execution occurred inside on April 18, 2009. In the Americas, Homicide Is the Other Killer Epidemic
The good news: Lockdowns reduced crime almost everywhere else, and we know how to stop lethal violence.
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Men gather around bags containing heroin and hashish as they negotiate and check quality at a drug market on the outskirts of Kandahar on September 24, 2021. The New Geopolitics of the Taliban’s Opium Economy
Afghanistan’s narcotics trade is booming under fresh leadership.
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The Godfather 50th anniversary screening event in Los Angeles Michael Corleone and the Economics of ‘The Godfather’
The Mafia family heir had a college education. Did it pay off?
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Members of the Honduran police special forces stand outside the home of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández in Tegucigalpa on Feb. 15. Hernández’s Arrest Won’t Stop the Drug War
Washington continues to empower repressive and corrupt Latin American governments through flawed security initiatives.
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A large white mansion is shown behind a security gate. Can London Cleanse Itself of Dirty Russian Money?
Bill Browder on why the U.K.’s new Economic Crime Bill isn’t enough to kick out Russian oligarchs.
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Honduran President Xiomara Castro holds up her fist as she wears a blue and white sash at her inauguration. She is standing beside a person in a military uniform. How Honduras’s Congress Split in Two
A country euphoric about its first woman president is plunged back into political turmoil.
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A billboard depicting late Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar and late Afghan leader of the Haqqani network Jalaluddin Haqqani is seen along a road in Kabul. Taliban Pressing for Prisoner Swap With U.S.
The group wants to trade an American engineer abducted two years ago for an Afghan drug lord imprisoned in the U.S.
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A Hezbollah flag flutters as tankers carrying Iranian fuel arrive at al-Ain in Hermel, in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, on Sept. 16. Cutting Off Lebanon Won’t Stem the Captagon Trade
Instead of pushing Beirut to the economic brink, Saudi Arabia should address its own amphetamine addiction.
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KKK protesters in Charlottesville America Drops the Ball on White Supremacist Terrorist Groups
Other countries are taking the lead in cracking down on U.S.-based groups.
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Customs officials inspect a huge quantity of narcotics seized in Peshawar, Pakistan bound for Saudi Arabia on June 19, 2003. Saudi Arabia Is the Middle East’s Drug Capital
Despite draconian laws, the region’s biggest economy is hooked on amphetamines.
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A 700-year-old standing statue of the Buddha, returned to Nepal from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art It Doesn’t Belong in a Museum
Stolen Nepali art is a key test for Western institutions.
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Military police gather at an early morning murder, one of numerous murders over a 24 hour period, on March 26, 2010 in Juarez, Mexico. Why Mexico’s Drug Trade Is So Violent
A new book clears away the many cliches that have come to shroud the transnational business in illegal drugs.
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Assault rifles are displayed for sale at Blue Ridge Arsenal in Chantilly, Virginia, on Oct. 6, 2017. Why Mexico Is Right to Sue U.S. Gun Companies
The lawsuit over drug cartel violence could be part of a bigger change on guns.
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A picture of the Belarusian exile Vitaly Shishov is held by an activist The Belarusian Diaspora Is Terrified as Lukashenko’s Killings Spiral
The death of Vitaly Shishov shows Minsk is willing to strike beyond its own borders.
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A street artist paints a mural about corruption and COVID-19 in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa, on July 7, 2020. Why Is America Cooperating With Militaries Running Criminal Rackets?
U.S. international security cooperation urgently needs an overhaul by Congress.
