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Iraq: 90% of Narcotics Come from Iran

The Iraqi government’s efforts to raise awareness on the dangers of narcotics and to curb drug trafficking are yet to yield effective solutions, as the country has been suffering from a wide spread of drug abuse and trafficking, since the ousting of Saddam Hussein’s regime in 2003. Well-informed officials said…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 22, 2022

New US Strategy to Limit Captagon Production in Syria

The US House of Representatives passed Tuesday a bill to counter drug production and trafficking and dismantle networks linked to the Assad regime in Syria. The bipartisan bill said that the Captagon trade linked to the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria is a transnational security threat, noting that the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 22, 2022

Myanmar military-linked tycoon arrested for drug trafficking

Authorities said on Wednesday they had detained a Myanmar tycoon suspected of drug trafficking, who three sources said was linked to the upper echelons of Myanmar's ruling military junta.

Bangkok Post · Sep 21, 2022

Human trafficking victims and a one-month-old: Florida and Texas migrant transports moved over a dozen kids

Texas alone has sent thousands of migrants to liberal cities

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2022

Utah polygamist sect accused of indoctrination, rape and child marriage

Kingston Group hit with lawsuit from former members that alleges unpaid labor, sexual abuse and human trafficking

The Guardian - US · Sep 19, 2022

Gaetz sought trafficking pardon: report

"Matt Gaetz is the only sitting Congressman to ever ask for a pardon for sex trafficking," said watchdog group CREW

Salon · Sep 18, 2022

Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz wanted preemptive pardon in sex trafficking probe, report says

Aware that he was the target of a federal sex trafficking investigation, Rep. Matt Gaetz told a White House aide he’d asked former Trump administration chief of staff Mark Meadows about a preemptive pardon, according to The Washington Post.

Tribune News Service · Sep 17, 2022

Joymala’s case flags gaps in private ownership norms for elephants

Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Assam, Tripura and Madhya Pradesh account for 96% of elephants in captivity without ownership certificates

The Hindu · Sep 17, 2022

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slams Republicans for "trafficking" migrants

"Lying to & trafficking people for TV and clicks isn’t politics as usual. It’s abuse."

Axios · Sep 17, 2022

Stephen Colbert: DeSantis ‘was human trafficking these families as a political stunt’

Late-night hosts discuss the Florida governor’s sending two planes full of asylum seekers to Martha’s Vineyard

The Guardian - US · Sep 16, 2022