Kolumbien. TikTok videos humanise Colombia's cocaine workers (Video) TikTok videos humanise Colombia's cocaine workersClose Viral social media videos in Colombia reveal how the people on the lowest rung of the cocaine industry work and live. …

Special Issue on Environmental Impacts of Illicit Economies - Volume 3 - Issue 1 - 2021 - Synthetic Drug Production in Belgium – Environmental Harms as Collateral Damage?  Comparative Analysis of Illicit Supply Network Structure and Opera…

7,000km, 11 men, one boat - how cocaine reaches Europe  Though the vessel was travelling a familiar route across the Atlantic from South America to Europe, its 11-man crew never intended to reach port with its two-and-a-half tonnes of precious…

Ecuador. ‘Strategy of terror’: 116 dead as Ecuador prisons become battlegrounds for gangs Struggle between cartels to control smuggling routes leads to third – and deadliest – prison riot this year. (The Guardian, UK, 30.09.2021) https://www.thegu…

Afghanistan. Getting high: Afghan opium prices soar after Taliban takeover The price of opium has tripled in Afghanistan since the Taliban -- who partly funded its insurgency on the drug -- seized power and announced a possible ban. (EuroNews, 29.0…

Indien. India: Adani Ports to shun cargo from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran India: Adani Ports to shun cargo from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran Decision follows seizure of three tonnes of heroin from two containers at Mundra port off India’s western c…