Africa's Cocaine Hub

Der Spiegel Africa's Cocaine Hub: Guinea-Bissau a 'Drug Trafficker's Dream' -- Spiegel Online Guinea-Bissau has become a maj...

Pakistan Is Reeling From The Social Costs Of Drug Addiction

A mother sitting beside her 25-year-old son, who is addicted to drugs, in Karachi. Akhtar Soomro/Reuters The Drugs of War -- Huma Yusuf, New...

Is Iran Getting Involved In The Drug Trade?

In Iran, Drug Trafficking Soars As Sanctions Take Bigger Bite -- Washington Post TURKAN, Azerbaijan — Even as Western sanctions ravage their...

Guess Who Is The West's Loyal Ally In The War Against Drugs

The West’s Stalwart Ally In The War On Drugs: Iran (Yes, That Iran) -- New York Times HIRMAN, Iran — Sitting next to the half-open door of a...

Ten Notorious Global Drug Kingpins

Pablo Escobar Photo: AP Top 10 Most Notorious Drug Kingpins -- The Telegraph With the arrest of Daniel "El Loco" Barrera, The Tele...

UN Report: 27 Million Problem Drug Users Worldwide

UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and President of the General Assembly Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser at th...

Narco Sub With $180M Of Cocaine Seized By The U.S. coast Guard

U.S. Stops "Narco Sub" With $180M Of Cocaine -- CBS News MIAMI - The U.S. Coast Guard says its crews helped stop a semi-submersibl...

The Cocaine Trade Now Runs The Length Of Central America

Source: NPR, STRATFOR. Credit: Stephanie d'Otreppe/NPR Central America Struggles With Drugs -- Washington Post GUATEMALA CITY — Fueled b...

World Drug Production In Decline?

Cannabis, Cocaine And Opium Production In Decline, UN Report Finds -- The Guardian Containing drug trafficking proving effective but global ...

Cocaine Airlines Is Now In Business

Image from The Telegraph Cocaine Smugglers Buy Old Jets To Fly Across Atlantic -- Jerusalem Post/AP NEW YORK — Federal investigators are pie...

A New Front On The War On Drugs

Photo: A U.S. Coast Guard cutter, guided by aircraft from Customs and Border Patrol, captured this so-called "narco sub" - packed...

Did Drug Money Save Our Financial System?

Drug Money Saved Banks In Global Crisis, Claims UN Adviser -- The Guardian Drugs and crime chief says $352bn in criminal proceeds was effect...

Africa's Growing Drug Trade

The Sahara has become a centre for drugs trading, the UN says. Photograph: Guido Cozzi/Corbis Sahara New Centre For Drugs Trading, UN Warns ...

Is Al Qaeda Involved In The Drug Business?

Drug Seizures In West Africa Prompt Fears Of Terrorist Links -- The Guardian Al-Qaida is thought to have gained control of the cocaine trade...

Africa Is Becoming The Hub For The International Narcotics Trade

Image from The Telegraph Islamic Militants Boosting Role In Drug Trade -- Washington Times The sea lanes of the South Atlantic have become ...

U.S. Keeps Venezuela, Bolivia Atop Narcotics List

A guard dog attached to the Venezuelan National Guard stands watch as the media is shown more than a ton of seized cocaine ready for shipmen...

US Drug Traffic Earns $63 bn Per Year: Official

Photo from Narcotics News From The Business Standard: Drug trafficking in the United States generates an annual income of $63 billion, Mexic...

Canada: The New Global Drug Lord

From Macleans: Canada is a leading producer, and exporter, of illegal synthetic drugs The United States and its allies have been prosecuting...

Bolivia Plants Coca, And Cocaine Follows

A Bolivian farmer weeding his coca plantation. Bolivian coca production has grown 20% in acreage since President Evo Morales took office in ...

Peru Will Be No. 1 Coca Producer by 2011, Experts Say

From Latin American Herald Tribune: LIMA – Peru could displace Colombia in 2011 as the world’s biggest producer of coca, the raw material of...