Counternarcotics
Thursday, October 2, 2014 - 12:25
Forced eradication is a deeply entrenched aspect of U.S. international drug control policy. It has the appeal of seeming “tough” and straightforward — if we wipe out drugs at the “source,” they won’t make it to our shores — and it has attained enormous political and bureaucratic inertia. But after nearly three decades, the effort to eliminate drugs at the point of production, chiefly through forced crop eradication, has failed.
Tuesday, September 30, 2014 - 22:34
El candidato presidencial del Partido de la Social Democracia Brasileña (PSDB) para las elecciones del próximo domingo, Aécio Neves, defendió que el Gobierno adopte una nueva política frente a los países vecinos que producen drogas para mejorar la eficacia de la lucha contra el narcotráfico.
Tuesday, September 30, 2014 - 07:20
The U.S. provided over $3.2 million to Tajikistan, supporting the programs related to border security, law enforcement, anti-drug activities, human trafficking, and justice sector development in the country, the U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe reported on September 30.
Monday, September 29, 2014 - 06:19
Personal de la Jefatura de Zona Norte de Inteligencia, Drogas e Investigación Criminal de Carabineros de Chile se trasladará entre octubre y noviembre a Estados Unidos para realizar pasantías y cursos de especialización en investigación y control de antinarcóticos en dependencias de la Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
Friday, September 26, 2014 - 07:08
Last week, a criminal court in the Caribbean slope town of Pococí found Colombian helicopter mechanic Andrés Camilo Ramírez Sánchez not guilty of drugs, weapons and money laundering charges.
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 11:03
The Costa Rican Coast Guard captured a boat Monday that ferried at least 1.4 metric tons of marijuana, according to a Public Security Ministry press release.
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 10:51
The armed forces joint command destroyed 54 illegal landing strips in the Valleys of the Mantaro, Apurímac and Ene rivers (known as the VRAEM region) in the last week, General Cesar Astudillo Salceno, the head of the special command for the region, revealed on 23 September.
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 - 07:44
Looking at the neighborhood around Kazakhstan on a spinning globe, the Central Asian nation's foreign minister sees both partnerships and peril in the form of the Russian-Ukraine crisis and the coming NATO pullout from Afghanistan by year end.
Tuesday, September 23, 2014 - 07:29
La venta de droga es penada con un mínimo de cuatro años de prisión y un máximo de 15 años por la ley 23.737.
Tuesday, September 23, 2014 - 07:21
El director de la Policía Antinarcóticos, general Ricardo Alberto Restrepo, confirmó que las bandas de narcotraficantes de México han llegado al país para negociar y traficar drogas e insumos.