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Despite the Taliban's pledge to eradicate opium, the poppy trade still flourishes in Afghanistan

The Taliban have always had a complicated relationship with the opium trade. As a narcotic, opium is haram, or forbidden under Islamic law. But at the same time opium production has tended to increase in areas they have controlled, where local leaders reportedly raise money to fund their operations by…

The Conversation

Russian soldiers must be on drugs to commit 'very violent acts' seen in Ukraine

Kamran Niaz, an epidemiologist for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), tells The Mirror how the horrors seen in Bucha, Kherson and Kharkiv can't be carried out by people with a "normal mindset"

Daily Mirror

Myanmar opium cultivation surging under military rule: UN report

Opium cultivation in military-ruled Myanmar jumped 33% last year, reversing a six-year downward trend in the strife-torn country, a United Nations report said on Thursday.

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Myanmar opium cultivation surging under military rule - UN report

Opium cultivation in military-ruled Myanmar jumped 33% last year, reversing a six-year downward trend in the strife-torn country, a United Nations report said on Thursday.

Reuters

Opium cultivation surges since Myanmar military seized power: UN

Opium poppy was cultivated on more than 40,000 hectares in Myanmar last year, a 33 percent increase compared with 2021.

Al Jazeera

COVID-19 cut known human trafficking, but Ukraine war a risk: U.N

The COVID-19 pandemic led to the first drop in the known number of human-trafficking victims in 20 years as trafficking opportunities and policing were reduced, but the Ukraine war has probably now caused a new surge, a U.N. report said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Thai army kills 5 suspected drug smugglers near ‘Golden Triangle’

Almost 500,000 methamphetamine pills found after clash between Thai forces and suspected smugglers in Thailand’s north.

Al Jazeera

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Substance abuse among India's youth hits emergency levels

India officially has 15.8 million children between the ages of 10 and 17 who are addicted to drugs. Experts warn that the true number is far higher. The National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre has called for an urgent reaction to a crisis situation.

Radio France Internationale

Colombia's oil theft soars, leaving trail of environmental harm

In a clearing of Colombia's Pacific jungle, the dense canopy encircles an area of desolation left by a clandestine refinery, where oil waste blackens everything underfoot, seeping into the soil and coating the vegetation.

Reuters

Speed pill prices fall to B2 each

Methamphetamine pills, which cost as much as 300 baht apiece in Thailand just a few years ago, can now be had for as little as two baht each, say police who arrested a drug suspect in Lop Buri.

Bangkok Post

Ethiopians found in Malawi mass grave thought to have suffocated

Bodies tentatively identified as adults being secretly transported to South Africa on perilous ‘southern route’

The Guardian - UK

Colombia's potential cocaine production at record high, U.N. says

Potential production of cocaine in Colombia and the area sown with coca, the drug's base ingredient, rose last year to their highest levels in two decades of monitoring, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said on Thursday.

Reuters

UN Report: Cannabis Legalization & COVID Lockdowns Boosted Daily Use, More Potent Weed & Psychiatric Disorders

Legalization of cannabis usually leads to higher rates of daily marijuana consumption and consequently various health impacts, according to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)’s World Drug Report 2022,

Benzinga

UN: Ukraine War Could Boost Illegal Drug Production

The war in Ukraine could allow illegal drug production to flourish, while the opium market's future hinges on the fate of crisis-wracked Afghanistan, the United Nations warned Monday. Previous experience from the Middle East and Southeast Asia suggests conflict zones can act as a "magnet" for making synthetic drugs, which…

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Record billion meth pills seized in East, SE Asia last year: UN

A record one billion methamphetamine pills were seized in East and Southeast Asia last year, the UN said Monday, as crime gangs exploited the Covid-19 pandemic and instability in coup-hit Myanmar to boost their activities.

Bangkok Post

UN forges bonds in war on drugs

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is seeking closer cooperation with Thailand to tackle narcotics issues in the region.

Bangkok Post

How to Stay Protected Against the Looming Threats of Ransomware

Cybercrime technology is becoming more and more sophisticated. If your online security system isn’t up to scratch, you could be unknowingly vulnerable to a ransomware attack.

Reuters

Drug trafficking surging in year since Myanmar coup

Increased instability in Myanmar since a military coup a year ago has seen a surge in narcotics production there and trafficking into Southeast Asia and beyond, a senior official from the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) told Reuters.

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