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Drug Trafficking
Ricardo Soberón is a Peruvian lawyer, a university professor, and an analyst and consultant on drug policy and drug control issues in the Andean region, as well as on border and security issues. He is also an advisor to rural coca-producer organizations. In 2011, he was appointed to head the national drug control commission, Comisión Nacional para el Desarrollo y Vida sin Drogas (DEVIDA). In January 2012, while questioning coca crop eradication efforts which prompted concern from the US Embassy, he was replaced after a government reshuffle. Photos: Francesca Brivio
2 March 2023
The northern city of Porto has some neighbourhoods that have been identified for many years as areas of problematic drug use. Source
28 February 2023
Petro's new Government and his commitment to drug policy change could usher in a new future of drug control for Colombia and the world. Source: Gabriel Leonardo Guerrero
8 September 2022
An Iranian drug trafficker who was arrested and hung for the crime of smuggling eight kilograms of heroin in 2014. Source: Wikimedia Commons
6 September 2022
Parliamentary proceedings in Ghana require an early presentation of any bill amendments before they can be passed into law. Source: Delali Adogla-Bessa
1 September 2022
Women’s incarceration is on the rise across Latin America and is growing at a much faster rate than that of men, with devastating consequences for the women deprived of liberty, their families and communities. Source: WOLA
11 July 2022
Seed of Hope, a group of people who use drugs in an OST program, using art therapy as a means of developing resilience and talent. Programme funded by the GITOC Resilience Fund.
30 June 2022
Honduras, which has had a narco-dictatorship until recently, is now a key state in the struggle against narco-traffickers and land recovery.
21 April 2022
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