Mexico’s violent drug trade has claimed more than 10,000 victims in three years. Ed Butler on how the carnage could force its neighbour to reconsider its own war on drugs. Border terriers (PDF)
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Druglink article 2007 – Border control by Paul Lashmar
Despite a remit to stem the flow of drugs into this country, Britain’s version of the FBI stands accused of ignoring intelligence and shying away from tackling the smugglers. Paul Lashmar reports on a shaky first 18 months for SOCA.…
Druglink article 2007 – Boom and bust by Max Daly
In 2005 police smashed the T Business, Ipswich’s dominant drug dealing gang. As the gang await sentencing later this month. Max Daly reports on the ‘conveyor belt’ nature of drug enforcement taking place across the UK. Boom and bust (PDF)
Druglink article 2007 – Mission impossible? by Max Daly
Despite the US mantra that destroying Afghanistan’s opium crop is key to defeating the Taliban, the evidence on the ground tells a different story. Max Daly talks to a serving British soldier about why, in the current climate, an all-out…
Druglink article 2006 – The opium odyssey by Diane Taylor
What happens to Afghanistan’s burgeoning poppy crop once it leaves the farmer’s gate and how long does it take to reach Europe? Diane Taylor pieces together the opium trail from the hands of the poppy farmers to the European gangsters.…
Druglink article 2006 – The Susurluk legacy by Adrian Gatton
Ten years ago, a horrific car accident grimly illuminated how Turkish state officials colluded with drug barons to traffic drugs into Europe and Britain. Adrian Gatton investigates how corrupton has smoothed the path of heroin from Afghanistan into UK The…
Druglink article 2004 – Creation of an opium giant by Jason Burke
In 15 years, Afghanistan has become a global poppy farm, producing three quarters of the world’s opium. Jason Burke, chief reporter of the Observer, on a country that has become synonymous with the illegal heroin market Creation of an opium…
Druglink article 2010 – Drug gangs boost cocaine purity to compete with internet highs by Max Daly
Drug gangs are stepping up the purity of cocaine in response to competition from the new generation of stimulants such as mephedrone, according to Britain’s organised crime agency. Analysis of police seizures between April last year and June this year reveals the average purity of powder…
Druglink article 2010 – Plant kingdom by Vanda Felbab-Brown
The latest military offensive in Helmand is being accompanied by a new strategy in the battle to win the hearts and minds of Afghans: a step away from wholesale poppy eradication. Vanda Felbab-Brown reports on why this controversial experiment is the most likely route…
Druglink article 2010 – World wired web by Mike Power
The powerful legal stimulant, mephedrone, has opened the door to a seemingly unstoppable virtual drugs market. Mike Power, the first journalist to report on mephedrone in Druglink last March, tracks its journey from Chinese labs to Britain’s streets. In May 2004, on an…