List of Drugs & Crime articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Church and Narcostate
Mexico is at war with violence drug cartels that will stop at nothing to keep their dark trade going. Why is it taking so long for some Catholic clergy to speak out?
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SERGEI KARPUKHIN/AFP/Getty Images (Un)civil Society in the North Caucasus
Vladimir Putin's early claim to fame was crushing the Chechen rebels. But more than a decade later, Russia's restive Caucasian republics are sinking to new depths of lawlessness and chaos. Is Dmitry Medvedev—or anyone else—paying attention?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why the “Merchant of Death” Might Not Stand Trial
Today, a Thai court refused to extradite Viktor Bout, a notorious Russian arms dealer, to the United States. Something is rotten in Bangkok.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Pants Pants Revolution
Sudanese courts might give Lubna Hussein 40 lashes for the crime of wearing pants. But they also might start a grassroots backlash on the world stage.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 War Criminal Charles Taylor Clears the Courtroom
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, who spurred a decade of violence in neighboring Sierra Leone, is on trial for war crimes. Why don't Sierra Leoneans seem to care?