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European Commission to Strengthen Rules to Fight Dangerous New Synthetic Drugs
Tougher action across the European Union (EU) is needed to tackle the growing problem of new synthetic drugs entering the market, according to a report by the European Commission released. The EU identified a record number of 41 such psychoactive substances...
Seven Countries Meeting in Seychelles to Discuss Plan to Fight Piracy
Some 70 delegates from seven countries are meeting in Seychelles to set up an action plan to fight piracy and to build ties with international bodies. The delegates are from Comoros, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Maldives, Madagascar and Yemen among other...
United Nations Signs Memorandum of Understanding with the Nigerian Government to Assist the Prison Service
The U.N. has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Nigeria Federal Government to assist the Nigeria Prison Service in human resources capacity development, as a key element for the start of the larger prison reform process, the United Nations...
Former Guinean Leader’s Son Arrested for Alleged Drug Trafficking
The son of the late Guinean leader, Lansana Conte, Moussa Conté, who is also the representative of Mosmart Guinea Sarl, specialized in the production of bio-fuels has been handed over to the law by the minister in charge of the fight against drugs and...
U.S. Administration Changes Drug Policy in Afghanistan
The United States administration is changing the way it fights the drug trade in Afghanistan, calling previous efforts to eradicate poppy crops “a failure” that boosted support for Taliban insurgents. U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan and...
U.N. Report Claims East Asians Trafficked Far And Wide
East Asia is a major source of human trafficking, with victims dispersed in more than 20 countries, sometimes as far away as South Africa, a UN report has found.
Farmers in Afghanistan Face Poppy Cultivation Dilemma
Farmers in Nangarhar Province, eastern Afghanistan, have been told by Taliban insurgents to grow poppy, but the government has warned them not to. “They [the insurgents] threatened me with punishment if I don’t grow opium poppy,” Mohammad,...
U.S. Government Continues Support for Border Security in Tajikistan
On September 12, an international delegation led by U.S. Embassy Charge d’Affaires Necia Quast, with the Chief of Staff for Tajikistan’s Border Guard Forces Major General Sharaf Faizulloev, Head of Construction Major Mirov, Deputy Head of...
