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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: counternarcotics

counternarcotics stories: 7 news summaries

US War on Drugs Has Failed: Report

Americans urged to focus on treatment, prevention, gun sales

Nov 27, 08 8:42 AM CST
(Newser) - America is treating the symptoms rather than the disease of drug use, and its war on drugs will continue to fail unless it changes course, a new report by an influential Washington think tank finds. The report urges the US to develop stronger ties in the Caribbean and Latin America,... More »

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War on Drugs • Mexico • drug trafficking • drug use • Brookings Institution • counternarcotics • drug traffickers • Ernesto Zedillo

 Mexico Busts Former Drug Czar 

Former head of elite 'corruption-proof' unit accused of passing info to drug cartels

Nov 22, 08 7:26 AM CST
(Newser) - The former chief of Mexico's anti-drug operations has been arrested on suspicion of taking massive bribes from drug cartels, the Wall Street Journal reports. Noe Ramirez, accused of  pocketing $450,000 for passing information on investigations to drug kingpins, is the highest-ranking official arrested so far in "Operation Cleanup,... More »

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Mexico • corruption • drug trafficking • Mexican drug war • drug cartel • counternarcotics • Sinaloa drug cartel • drug traffickers

 Drug Kingpins Corrupt 
 Elite Mexican Unit 

Top anti-drug agents accused of passing information to traffickers

Oct 28, 08 10:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two senior officials from an elite Mexican anti-drug unit have been arrested and charged with spying for drug cartels, the Los Angeles Times reports, and dozens of agents have been fired following a tip-off from a captured informant. Prosecutors say the officials leaked information to the gangs they were supposed... More »

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Mexico • Felipe Calderon • drug trafficking • Mexican drug war • drug cartel • counternarcotics • drug traffickers

Afghan Leader's Brother Tied to Drug Trade: US

Karzai denies claims, but Washington believes 'he's dirty'

Oct 4, 08 3:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - The White House believes that the brother of Afghanistan’s US-backed president has ties to the country’s heroin trade, the New York Times reports. Hamid Karzai insists there is no firm proof against his brother, who calls himself a “victim of vicious politics.” But numerous reports from... More »

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Afghanistan • Bush administration • Taliban • drugs • White House • heroin • Hamid Karzai • counternarcotics

 Mexico's Secret Drug Museum 

Museum for the military tells the story of Mexico's drug war

Jun 21, 08 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mexico City's least-known museum may be one of its most interesting, Newsweek reports. The city's Narcotics Museum chronicles drug use in Mexico from the days of the Aztecs to the ruthless heroin-smuggling narcotraficantes of today. Exhibits include bling and heavy weaponry confiscated from drug lords. A visit is essential training... More »

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drugs • Mexico City • Mexico • museum • Mexican drug war • counternarcotics

Afghan Cops Blow Up Huge Hashish Stash

260 tons of narcotics destroyed after history's biggest drugs bust

Jun 12, 08 8:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Afghanistan police have made what is believed to be the biggest narcotics bust in history, the Guardian reports. Some 260 tons of hashish—worth $400 million—was found buried in trenches near the Pakistan border. The narcotics haul, which would have made as much as $14 million in profits for... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • drugs • drug trafficking • cannabis • Kandahar • counternarcotics

US Targets Afghan Opium Crop

Karzai reluctant to allow spraying of heroin producing crop

Oct 8, 07 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US is pressing the Afghan government to stem its booming poppy crop with mass spraying following the biggest opium harvests in its history—which accounts for 91% of the world's production. Therein lies much of the resurgent Taliban's revenue, the New York Times reports, but Karzai fears a Taliban-inspired... More »

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Afghanistan • United Nations • Taliban • Condoleezza Rice • heroin • Hamid Karzai • opium • poppies • eradication • herbicide • counternarcotics • glyphosate • Antonio Maria Costa • John P. Walters • Farooq Wardak • General Khodaidad • William B. Wood • Helmand province

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