USA/Afghanistan. Doubts rise over effectiveness of bombing Afghan drug labs The Defense Department’s drug lab bombing campaign against the Taliban financial network this winter has come under scrutiny from the Special Inspector General for Af…

Afghanistan. Bombing heroin labs in Afghanistan: the latest act in the theatre of counternarcotics The US Department of Defence (DoD) has relented. After 16 years of refusing to bend to the pressure of those driving the counternarcotics effort in A…

Philippinen. Amnesty International: Philippines: Hold police to account for unlawful killings in “war on drugs” Responding to the news that police have resumed their role in implementing the so-called “war on drugs” declare…

The War on Drugs in Southeast Asia While most of the world’s attention has been focused on the carnage of the Philippine Drug War, which under President Rodrigo Duterte has resulted in an estimated 13,000 deaths from anti-narcotics operation…

USA. ‘El Chapo’ Promises Not to Kill Any Jurors From Upcoming Federal Trial, Lawyer Says Notorious drug cartel boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán has promised not to have any jurors from his upcoming New York…

USA. Fentanyl is lethal and almost impossible to keep out of the country Finding a needle in a haystack would be a lot easier. (The Economist, 25.01.2018) https://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21735642-finding-needle-haystack-would-be-lot-e…