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war-on-drugs

World 6 years ago

Brazil's gangs emerge as major cocaine exporters, flooding Europe with white powder

Years of rooting out drugs at the Brazilian seaport of Santos had given customs inspector Oswaldo Dias a good nose for suspicious cargo. A shipment of second-hand backhoes, bound for Europe late last year, seemed fishy.

World 6 years ago

Indonesian escapes drug smuggling conviction in the Philippines

An appeals court has overturned the life sentence of 38-year-old Dwi Wulandari, who was charged with drug smuggling in the Philippines in 2012.

National 7 years ago

War against drug users ineffective for combating abuse: Study

An NGO says far too little of the funding for the so-called war on drugs is allocates to treat drug users, while jailing them does not solve the problem of drug abuse.

Opinion 7 years ago

PREMIUM
Can Indonesia and Southeast Asia afford to lose another decade to war on drugs?

Southeast Asia is characterized by some of the harshest and most repressive approaches to drugs in the world.

Opinion 7 years ago

PREMIUM
Human rights central to KL foreign policy

Malaysia is changing rapidly. Less than six months ago, the Pakatan Harapan government won a shock victory in the general election, ending the Barisan Nasional’s 61-year unbroken authoritarian rule since our country’s independence.

SE Asia 8 years ago

Philippines' Duterte set for drug war backing at summit

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will host world leaders in Manila from Sunday, hoping their presence will quieten international criticism over his deadly drugs war, which rights groups say may be a crime against humanity.

Opinion 8 years ago

Indonesia can win its war on drugs, by ending it

It is unlikely that mass criminalization and fighting a war against drugs will resolve Indonesia’s drug problem.

City 8 years ago

60 kg of meth found in mall staircase

The Tambora Police are still searching for the owner of 60 kilograms of sabu-sabu (crystal methamphetamine) left in the emergency stairs of Season City Mall in West Jakarta on Wednesday.

National 8 years ago

BNN to raid Arabian tea farms in Cianjur

The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) has planned to launch a raid into areas in Cianjur, West Java, where khat, also known as Arabian tea, a flowering shrub classified as a drug, is suspected to be cultivated.

National 9 years ago

In a drug raid, it's either us or them who die, says BNN

Following the declaration of a war on drugs by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) is continuing its harsh approach of hunting down drug dealers with orders to shoot any who resist arrest.

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