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Juarez business leaders petition U.N. for help with drug traffickers

In the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, business leaders are so concerned about spiraling drug cartel-related violence that they have asked the United Nations to send in peacekeeping soldiers to restore calm.

Afghan junkies risk triggering AIDS explosion

Afghanistan's reputation as the world's leading narcotics supplier is well-known, but in a squalid ruin in Kabul, the country hides a darker secret -- a huge home grown drug addiction problem now on the brink of fueling an HIV/AIDS epidemic.

U.N. reports dramatic fall in Afghan opium production

Afghanistan's opium production dropped dramatically this year partly because of new aggressive drug-fighting tactics in the country, a United Nations study found.

Drug war being fought in Nigerian forests

In the dark of the early morning, the assembled drug agents murmur a short prayer before setting out on an early morning drugs raid.

Penalties for drug-related crime in Asia

Asia is a major source of opium and heroin for the world market, according to the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime. Consequently, across Asia, most countries have adopted a severe stance against drug-related crime, and heavy penalties -- including capital punishment -- have been widely adopted.

Sex trade, forced labor top U.N. human trafficking list

Sexual exploitation and forced labor are the most common forms of human trafficking in the world, a new report from the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime said.

Anti-drugs chief hits out at Winehouse, Moss

The United Nations' anti-drugs chief has denounced celebrities such as pop star Amy Winehouse and supermodel Kate Moss, saying that their alleged drug use was helping devastate West Africa.

U.N. urges NATO to stop Afghan opium trade

The United Nations is calling on NATO to do more to stop the Afghan opium trade after a new survey showed how the drug dominates Afghanistan's economy.

Afghan poppy industry eludes U.S. control

In a small district in southern Afghanistan, U.S.-backed Afghan drug forces opened fire on farmers who were blocking roads and throwing rocks to protest the destruction of their poppy fields earlier this year. Scores were injured in the firefight.

Time.com: Organized Crime Nets $2 Trillion

Organized crime may have brought in more than $2 trillion in revenue last year, about twice all the military budgets in the world combined

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