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[Link] 2 Drug Companies Can Legally Start Selling Cocaine, Heroin, and MDMA

Read: 3/3/2023 www.vice.com

But it’s not clear under what circumstances the companies will be able to sell the drugs, and B.C. Premier David Eby said he was “astonished” to hear the announcement. 

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[Link] The Cocaine Queen of Honduras Was Just Extradited to the US

Read: 28/7/2022 www.vice.com

Honduras just put one of its most notorious suspected drug bosses on a plane to the United States. Herlinda Bobadilla, alias “La Chinda,” is the 62-year-old alleged matriarch of the Montes drug cartel.

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[Link] A $200 Million Load of Fentanyl Was Just Seized in El Chapo’s Hometown

Read: 11/7/2022 www.vice.com

Authorities also found 555 kg of methamphetamine, 31 kg of cocaine, 7 kg of heroin, and over 71,000 kg of chemical precursors. Ten people were arrested in the bust, according to a Mexican army press release.

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[Link] How drug smugglers are trying to outsmart border officials at Australian ports

Read: 10/5/2022 www.abc.net.au

International crime syndicates are attempting to smuggle drugs into the country strapped to the hulls of cargo ships to evade detection, police say. Once the ship arrives at the port, scuba divers are standing by to collect the contraband.

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[Link] ‘It’s total terror’: Colombian cartel retaliates over kingpin’s arrest

Read: 9/5/2022 www.theguardian.com

Jorge, a community activist from Colombia’s conflict-ridden Chocó province, was already traveling to the city of Medellín when he heard news that made him turn back towards home.

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[Link] Police Shut Down ‘Hydra,’ One of the Largest Dark Web Marketplaces

Read: 6/4/2022 www.vice.com

On Tuesday, Germany’s Central Office for Combating Cybercrime (ZIT) and the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) announced the operation in a press release where they called Hydra “the world’s largest illegal darknet marketplace,” according to a Google translation of the announcement.

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[Link] Richard Branson Wants Singapore To Spare a Prisoner's Life. We Asked Him Why.

Read: 23/1/2022 www.vice.com

In an interview with VICE World News, the billionaire anti-death penalty activist highlighted the case of an intellectually disabled man sitting on death row. It was through international headlines that Richard Branson learned about an especially disturbing death penalty case unfolding in Singapore.

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[Link] Prisoners Suspected of Smuggling Drugs Inside a Baby That Ended Up Dead

Read: 19/1/2022 www.vice.com

MEXICO CITY—A dead infant found in a trash can inside a notorious Mexican prison has fueled allegations that the child’s body may have been used to smuggle drugs into the facility.

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[Link] Alleged mini meth lab and firearms discovered in PNG hotel, but Australian manager won't face drug charges

Read: 25/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

Papua New Guinea police say outdated drug laws have left them unable to lay drug charges against the Australian manager of a Port Moresby hotel where an alleged clandestine meth lab and illegal firearms were discovered.

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[Link] Indian police charge local Amazon executives over marijuana trade

Read: 22/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

Police in the central state of Madhya Pradesh arrested two men with 20 kilograms of marijuana on November 14 and found they were using the Amazon India website to order and further smuggle the substance in the guise of stevia leaves, a natural sweetener, to other Indian states.

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[Link] Inside a Booming Black Market for Heroin in the Shadow of the Himalayas

Read: 19/11/2021 www.vice.com

We spoke to a dealer who dodges Indian soldiers and checkpoints to sell drugs in the world’s most militarised zone. Srinagar, KASHMIR – Javed has been looking over his shoulder more often than he'd like.

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[Link] Drug Kingpin El Mencho's Wife Was Just Arrested in Mexico

Read: 17/11/2021 www.vice.com

MEXICO CITY—Mexican authorities announced the arrest Tuesday of Rosalinda González Valencia, charged with laundering money for the hyper-violent Jalisco New Generation Cartel, which is led by her husband, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias El Mencho.

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[Link] Colombia: Coca farmers release 180 soldiers from hostage

Read: 4/11/2021 www.dw.com

Almost 200 Colombian soldiers were released on Thursday after being held hostage by coca farmers with sticks and machetes, a government official said.

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[Link] Millions of Pills and Tons of Meth Make Up Asia’s Biggest Ever Drug Seizure

Read: 31/10/2021 www.vice.com

This is what Asia’s single biggest illegal drug bust looked like, after authorities in Laos intercepted a smuggler’s vehicle in the country’s northwestern Bokeo Province on Wednesday night.

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[Link] Medical Marijuana Is Legal in Thailand, but People Are Sticking With the Black Market

Read: 28/10/2021 www.vice.com

Five years ago, long before medical cannabis became legal in Thailand, Ladda was desperate to ease her son's seizures. The longer the epilepsy episode, the more it damaged Dino’s brain and slowed his mental and physical development, she explained.  Ladda gave her son a one-drop dose.

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