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Italien/Mexiko. Tale of two drugs lords: from Cosa Nostra to Guzmán – it’s strictly business
With the end of the El Chapo trial, Ed Vulliamy charts the lives of two dons a continent apart. (The Guardian, UK, 17.02.2019)
Mexiko/USA. After El Chapo conviction, Sinaloa drug cartel carries on
MEXICO CITY — Despite the arrest, extradition and now conviction of narco-lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, his Sinaloa cartel marches on. (PBS, USA, 12.02.2019)
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/after-el-chapo-conviction-sinaloa-drug-cartel-carries-on
Mexiko/USA. Urteil im „El Chapo“-Prozess : „Eine Show, um Amerikas Können und Macht zu demonstrieren“
Der mexikanische Drogenboss „El Chapo“ soll für den Rest seines Lebens im Gefängnis sitzen. Die amerikanische Regierung feiert sich für den Schuldspruch. Doch was bedeute das Urteil für den internationalen Drogenhandel? (faz.net, 13.02.2019)
Why Europe Has Dodged America's Fentanyl Crisis
Europe's most lucrative heroin markets seem ripe for a fentanyl takeover. But why the no-show? (Vice, UK, 07.02.2019)
https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/9kpkb5/why-europe-has-dodged-americas-fentanyl-crisis
Schweiz. Fazit. ForschungsSpiegel von Sucht Schweiz: Was Sie schon immer über den illegalen Drogenmarkt wissen wollten.
Wie sieht der Markt für illegale Substanzen in der Schweiz aus? Wieviel Heroin wird konsumiert und was kostet es? Wie und wo kann der Stoff gekauft werden? Wie rein ist Heroin resp. wie oft wird es gestreckt? Und womit? In welcher Form wird das Heroin verkauft und wer kontrolliert den Heroinmarkt in der Schweiz? Wieviel kann in diesem Markt umgesetzt und verdient werden? Auf diese und weitere Fragen liefert MARSTUP – eine Studie zum Markt von illegalen Substanzen im Kanton Waadt – zum Teil erstaunliche Antworten. Es handelt sich um die erste interdisziplinäre Studie dieser Art in der Schweiz. (SUCHTMAGAZIN, 05/2018, Schweiz)
https://shop.addictionsuisse.ch/download/9682310932a769dda3f96bb9832db690048461d4.pdf
USA. “Exhilarating”—The Life of a Career Drug Dealer Illustrates Hard Truths
Casper has lived a life out straight out of Pulp Fiction. Over a 26-year career selling illicit drugs across the United States, he has gone from peddling nickel bags of heroin on street corners to running interstate trafficking networks, then back to scraping quarters for the bus fare. Since the age of 15 he has used and sold drugs, battled a heroin addiction, held up police at gunpoint, lived destitute in cheap motels, and bought BMWs in cash. (Filter Magazine, USA, 30.01.2019)
https://filtermag.org/2019/01/30/exhilarating-career-drug-dealer-legalization/
Spanien. Spanish police say drugs gang used drones to spy on officers
Smugglers monitored for possible police presence as hashish shipments approached. (The Guardian, UK, 28.01.2019)
Venezuela/Trinidad. Venezuelan pirates - the new scourge of the Caribbean
As Venezuela's economy collapses, a tide of lawlessness is spreading to the nearby island of Trinidad. Its fishermen now live in fear of Venezuelan pirates, discovers Colin Freeman, while Venezuelan smugglers exchange drugs and guns for basic necessities. (BBC, 28.01.2019)
https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-47003108
Neu: Journal of Illicit Economies and Development (JIED), Volume 1 - Issue 1 – 2018 (open access)
Harausgeber: International Drug Policy Unit US Centre, London School of Economics, London, UK
https://jied.lse.ac.uk/1/volume/1/issue/1/
Afrika. UN: Crime and Drugs in West and Central Africa ‘alarming’
West Africa is facing increased trafficking in opioids, cocaine and methamphetamine, the profits of which often go to armed terrorist groups, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reported Wednesday. (OCCRP - Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, USA, 21.12.2018)
https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/9056-un-crime-and-drugs-in-west-and-central-africa-alarming
Afghanistan: How does the Taliban make money?
(...) The Taliban, the main insurgent group in Afghanistan with an estimated 60,000 fighters, now controls more territory in Afghanistan than at any point since its removal from power by the US-led coalition in 2001.
(...) Maintaining this level of insurgency requires a great deal of funding, from sources both within and outside the country.
So how does the Taliban support itself? (BBC, 22.12.2018)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-46554097
Studie Cannabis-Produkte werden immer stärker
Der THC-Gehalt von Haschisch und Marihuana hat in den letzten Jahren drastisch zugenommen - bei gleichbleibendem Preis. Das birgt erhebliche gesundheitliche Risiken. (Spiegel online, 30.12.2018)
Increasing potency and price of cannabis in Europe, 2006-2016
Tom P. Freeman, Teodora Groshkova, Andrew Cunningham, Roumen Sedefov, Paul Griffiths, Michael T. Lynksey
Addiction, First published: 29 December 2018, doi.org/10.1111/add.14525
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/add.14525
Paraguay. How Paraguay dumps billions of illicit cigarettes on the global market
On Sep. 25, 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products entered into force. According to the WHO, illicit trade refers to “any practice or conduct prohibited by law and which relates to production, shipment, receipt, possession, distribution, sale or purchase, including any practice or conduct intended to facilitate such activity.”
Most research on the illicit tobacco trade so far has focused on the role of transnational tobacco companies. As the WHO Protocol is implemented, far more attention needs to be paid to how the illicit tobacco trade is evolving. (The Conversation, 16.12.2018)
Europa. Recent changes in Europe’s cocaine market: results from an EMCDDA trendspotter study
Summary
Using trendspotter methodology, this report explores signs of increasing availability and consumption of cocaine in Europe, in an effort to increase our understanding of recent changes in the cocaine market. The study investigates the consequences of these developments on acute health harms linked to cocaine and crack use and reviews the current public health responses to problems related to these drugs. (EMCDDA, Lissabon, Dezember 2018, DOI: 10.2810/801683)
Europa. New gangs 'Uberise' Europe's cocaine supply and bring more violence
Rising production from Latin America has led groups from North Africa and the Balkans to change the drug trade, EU agency says. (Guardian, UK, 14.12.2018)
USA. Drug wholesalers drove fentanyl's deadly rise, study shows -- Cheap, plentiful drug entered wholesale markets following heroin supply shocks
Fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid implicated in nearly 29,000 overdose deaths in the United States last year, most likely spread because of heroin and prescription pill shortages, and also because it was cheaper for drug wholesalers than heroin, according to a report on illicit US drug markets. (University of California - San Francisco, 05.12.2018)
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/12/181205093801.htm
Inside the Mafia-Run Cocaine Network Shattered by European Police
A two-year investigation culminated this week with 90 arrests, splitting wide open a mafia coalition that trafficked drugs to Europe from across the world. Here’s how the clans ran it. (OCCRP - Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, USA, 06.12.2018)
USA. US: Bar Owner ‘Mama Jo,’ 70, Charged With Running Million-Dollar Fencing Ring
Police in Michigan broke up a long-running fencing operation that allegedly paid heroin addicts to steal goods ranging from guns and liquor to ceiling fans and energy drinks, Detroit’s local media reported Monday. (OCCRP - Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, USA, 04.12.2018)
USA. Drug wholesalers drove fentanyl's deadly rise, report concludes
Fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid implicated in nearly 29,000 overdose deaths in the United States last year, most likely spread because of heroin and prescription pill shortages, and also because it was cheaper for drug wholesalers than heroin, according to a report on illicit US drug markets by researchers at UC San Francisco.
First synthesized in a Belgian lab in 1960, illicitly produced fentanyl has swept through U.S. drug markets in waves, the latest beginning in 2013, and has claimed an extraordinary number of lives. The researchers who wrote the report said having a better understanding of whether fentanyl's deadly spread is being driven by the economic imperatives of suppliers or the tastes of drug users would help policymakers find ways to curb it.
Made entirely in the lab, fentanyl is far more powerful and much cheaper to produce than heroin, which is derived from poppy opium. It is usually sold deceptively—as heroin or brand name prescription drugs like OxyContin and Xanax. The researchers said drug users and street-level dealers, who may also be using the drugs, often don't know whether they are taking or selling drugs adulterated with fentanyl, since it is added to the supply higher up the distribution chain. Therefore, the researchers said, demand from drug users is unlikely to have played a role in its spread. (University of California, San Francisco, 04.12.2018)
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-12-drug-wholesalers-drove-fentanyl-deadly.html
Lesotho. Marijuana, mountains and money: How Lesotho is cashing in
Lesotho is aiming to make money from the booming medicinal marijuana industry, but the BBC's Vumani Mkhize says the southern African nation already has an unheralded illicit trade in the drug for recreational use. (BBC, 28.11.2018)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-46288374
DIE KOSTEN DER CANNABIS-PROHIBITION IN DEUTSCHLAND – Eine Studie im Auftrag des Deutschen Hanfverbands
14. November 2018
Prof. Dr. Justus Haucap, Dr. Christiane Kehder, Marc Feist und Jan Slowik
DICE Consult GmbH, Düsseldorf, 2018
https://hanfverband.de/sites/hanfverband.de/files/cannabis_final-141118.pdf
Mexiko. Mexico: Drug Trade Flourishes While Criminals Hurt Economy
While Mexico’s drug traders make over US$31 billion per year, the country’s legitimate economy is taking a toll from being targeted by criminal groups, according to new reports released Monday. (OCCRP - Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, USA, 13.11.2018)
https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/8896-mexico-drug-trade-flourishes-while-criminals-hurt-economy
Connecting the Dots . . . - Human Rights, Illicit Cultivation and Alternative Development
How can we resolve the tensions between current drug control policies and states’ human rights obligations? The international human rights framework clearly establishes that, in the event of conflicts between obligations under the UN Charter and other international agreements, human rights obligations take precedence. As legally regulated cannabis markets start to grow, now is the time to secure a legitimate place for small farmers using alternative development, human rights and fair trade principles. (Transnational Institute (TNI), Niederlande, Oktober 2018)
https://www.tni.org/files/publication-downloads/tni-2018_connecting_the_dots.pdf
UK. Drogen mit Drohnen in Gefängnisse geflogen - Haftstrafen
Eine Bande soll in England Drogen im Wert von 550.000 Pfund in Gefängnisse geschmuggelt haben. Nun sind mehrere Mitglieder zu Haftstrafen verurteilt worden. (Spiegel online, 26.10.2018)
Mexiko. Neue Rangordnung bei Mexikos Drogenkartellen: Auf "El Chapo" folgt "El Mencho"
Einst war Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán der mächtigste mexikanische Drogenboss. Nun schickt sich ein einstiger Weggefährte an der Spitze der "Jalisco Nueva Generación" an, seinen Platz einzunehmen. Mit brutalen Mitteln. (Spiegel online, 22.10.2018)
Europa. Criminal networks involved in the trafficking and exploitation of underage victims in the EU
Europa. Criminal networks involved in the trafficking and exploitation of underage victims in the EU
This report is produced in the framework of the EU Policy Cycle for organised and serious international crime. The Justice and Home Affairs Council defined its priorities for 2018-2021 based on Europol’s Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment (SOCTA), released in March 2017.
Trafficking in human beings (THB) is one of the identified crime priorities of the current EU Policy Cycle 2018-2021.
The aim is to disrupt organised crime groups (OCGs) involved in intra-EU human trafficking and human trafficking from the most prevalent external source countries for the purposes of labour exploitation and sexual exploitation, including those groups using legal business structures to facilitate or disguise their criminal activities. (Europol - European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation, DOCUMENT REF No: 1001370, Den Haag, Oktober 2018)
EMCDDA. Captagon: understanding today's illicit market
Summary
Captagon is reported to be a commonly used stimulant in the Middle East. In addition, some recent media reports have linked this drug to perpetrators of terrorist acts in Europe or terrorist groups based in areas of conflict in the Middle East. This report aims to provide an overview of what is known about the captagon phenomenon, and how it may concern Europe, to assist those working in the illicit drugs field who may need to respond to the issue. (EMCDDA,Lissabon,Oktober 2018)
http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/system/files/publications/9783/20184976_TDAU18002ENN_PDF.PDF
Malta, A Modern Smugglers’ Hideout
Malta has become a “crossroad of illegal trafficking,” said Col. Giuseppe Campobasso, who heads anti-drug law enforcement for Italy’s financial police in Palermo. His unit is part of the Libeccio International operation of the Guardia di Finanza, collaborating with Spanish, French, Greek and Italian authorities in tackling illegal trafficking at sea.
Malta’s central Mediterranean location makes it prime smuggler territory, but it has other charms for them as well. Shell companies proliferate there. Vessels change names and ownership with ease, swapping national flags from Togo to Tanzania to Belize.
Investigators say the smugglers innovate constantly, scouting new routes and implementing new techniques, from masquerading as fishermen to interspersing legitimate cargo with illegal wares. The trade crosses many borders around the Mediterranean, from the ports of Spain all the way east to the island of Cyprus.
The accused smugglers have one thing in common: connections on Malta. (Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), Oktober 2018)
https://www.occrp.org/en/thedaphneproject/malta-a-modern-smugglers-hideout
USA. Trapped by the ‘Walmart of Heroin’ (Feature)
A Philadelphia neighborhood is the largest open-air narcotics market for heroin on the East Coast. Addicts come from all over, and many never leave. (New York Times, 10.10.2018)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/10/magazine/kensington-heroin-opioid-philadelphia.html
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