Ecuador. Headless bodies and deadly bombs: cartel violence escalates in Ecuador On Tuesday, President Guillermo Lasso announced a curfew under a new state of emergency in Guayas and Esmeraldas regions. (The Guardian, UK, 02.11.2022) https://www.th…

Combating illicit fentanyl: Will increased Chinese regulation generate a public health crisis in India?  Wang C, Lassi N.  Front Public Health. 2022 Oct 14;10:969395. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.969395. PMID: 36311594; PMCID: PMC9614337…

Belgien. Why Belgium is now the cocaine capital of Europe (Video) With record seizures of cocaine at Belgian ports, the country has become Europe’s cocaine-trafficking capital. As the flow of drugs increases, local authorities are struggling with c…

Mexiko. Methamphetamine Production in Mexico Is Toxic for the Environment It is over 33 degrees Celsius, and a strong smell of dead animals pollutes the fresh air in the Western Sierra Madre mountain range. Two dead cows lying next to a river have…

Afghanistan. Afghanistan opium cultivation in 2022 up by 32 per cent: UNODC survey  Vienna, 1 November 2022 – The 2022 opium crop in Afghanistan is the most profitable in years with cultivation up by nearly one-third and prices soaring, even a…

Hacker Ethics: Learning Lessons from Darknet Marketplaces  The rise of darknet marketplaces (DNMs) illustrates the systemic failings of drug war enforcement. From the perspective of the hackers behind this technology, they have, in the last de…