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Deviant Globalization: Black Market Economy in the 21st Century This carefully curated selection of provocative and accessible essays helps us come to grips with the dark underside of the global economy, and sheds new light on what we can and should do about it.—Peter Andreas, Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Watson Institute for […]
July 17, 2012
The Mexican drug trade has left more than 50,000 bodies in its wake since 2006, and the cartels appear to be looking to expand their networks. With this in mind, the National Post’s graphics team takes a look at the flow of drugs across the continent. byJonathon Rivait, Richard Johnson Click to Enlarge Image
December 13, 2011
via Balkans Insight Fatmir Aliu, Pristina Kosovo’s President, Atifete Jahjaga, announced the establishment of an Anti-Corruption Council, in what looked like an attempt to improve the battered image of the country as a crime haven. In a speech on Thursday to parliament, she said that democracy cannot be held hostage to the lack of will to fight […]
October 29, 2011
via NY Times… But as is often the case in this impoverished region, the truth is more complicated. In this instance, the authorities say, it reveals how a furious effort to protect a lucrative oil-smuggling racket has morphed into an international incident infused with troubling memories of the Balkan ethnic carnage of the ’90s. With […]
August 26, 2011
Viktor Ivanov, director of the Russian Federation’s federal service for the control of drug trafficking, has today announced an initiative launched to combat drug trafficking via Kosovo that should involve five countries, including Russia and Serbia. Belgrade Tanjug Speaking during a press conference at Belgrade’s Russian Embassy, Ivanov said that he had signed a bilateral agreement with […]
August 26, 2011
New York Times August 26, 2011 Pg. 1 U.S. Widens Role In Mexican Fight By Mark Mazzetti and Ginger Thompson WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has expanded its role in Mexico’s fight against organized crime by allowing the Mexican police to stage cross-border drug raids from inside the United States, according to senior […]
July 5, 2011
Think Again: Failed States – By James Traub | Foreign Policy.
July 5, 2011
Counterterrorism: What the new White House strategy document leaves out – By Tom Ricks | The Best Defense.
June 14, 2011
The U.S. and Mexico have categorically rejected a recent report from the high-profile Global Commission on Drugs, which claims that the U.S.-led war on drugs is a colossal — and costly — failure. The report — signed by world leaders including former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz and former NATO Secretary General Javier Solana — […]
June 14, 2011
Nick Reding follows the misfortunes of Ottumwa, Iowa from its’ demise as a meat-processing hub to the center of the midwest’s crank empire. “The Inland Empire” returns back to journalistic prose to cover the rise of the methamphetimines epidemic and in particular middle America’s most prolific meth drug kingpin, Lori Arnold. A mis-directed youth and […]
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December 21, 2012
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