Deficiencies in financial oversight enable money laundering
Tom BlickmanAfter nearly 25 year of failed efforts, experts still ponder how to implement an anti-money laundering regime that works.read more
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Drugs as war economy and the peace process in Colombia: dilemmas and challenges Ricardo VargasColombia's peace negotiations appear to have a rather simplistic view of drug production and trafficking...
View ArticleBurma's Opium Production has hit record levels because Farmers have no Choice
Subtitle: U.N. says figures are up by 26% in 2013 — the seventh consecutive year of increase. Opium production in Southeast Asia has hit record levels, thanks in large part to increased poppy...
View ArticleV Latin American and I Central American Conference on Drug Policy
LocationSan José Costa Rica Conference 3 September 2014 - 4 September 2014In this edition, the 5th Latin American and 1st Central American Conference on Drug Policy aims to be a platform for discussion...
View ArticleBouncing Back
Relapse in the Golden Triangle Ernestien JensemaMartin JelsmaTom BlickmanTom KramerTNI's indepth examination of the illegal drug market in the Golden Triangle, which has a witnessed a doubling of...
View ArticleRegional anti-drug policies exacerbating problem: study
Authors External author(s): Bill O’Toole The steep rise is opium cultivation across Southeast Asia and its associated problems over the past five years is being encouraged by draconian anti-drug...
View ArticlePolicy Reform Needed to Stem Burma’s Resurgent Drug Trade
The resurgence of the illicit drugs trade in Burma in recent years is the result of flawed drug control policies by Burma and its neighbors, a new report says. It urges regional governments to reform...
View ArticleHeroin returns to Golden Triangle
Poppy cultivation has rapidly expanded in the Myanmar and Laos parts of the Golden Triangle, to feed new demands for heroin, chiefly in China, according to a report released Monday."After a decade of...
View ArticleRepressive policies only stoking Asean's drug problem
Martin JelsmaTom KramerThe strategy of Asean's 10 member countries to become "drug free" by 2015 is failing dramatically. In the last decade, opium cultivation in the region has doubled, drug use --...
View ArticleDrugs, armed conflict and peace
How does the agreement on drugs between the government and the FARC help to put an end to the armed conflict in Colombia? Ricardo VargasThis policy briefing analyses the results of the partial...
View ArticleColombia, more than three decades of toxic sprayings. Enough!
It is unfortunate that 35 years after the first chemical spraying in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, we are still writing about aerial sprayings in Colombia, demanding the current government to...
View ArticleMyanmar Returns to What Sells: Heroin
A decade ago, Myanmar seemed on course to wipe out the opium fields and heroin jungle labs along its eastern border, the notorious Golden Triangle. Today, valley after valley in these mist-shrouded...
View ArticleTowards a Healthier Legal Environment
A Review of Myanmar's Drug Laws Since the current drug laws were enacted several important changes have taken place inside and outside of Myanmar. The decision of the Myanmar Government to review the...
View ArticleTNI: Peace process raises hope for more effective and human drug policies
The Transnational Institute, has released another report saying the ongoing peace process has raised hope for more effective drug policies.read more
View ArticleTNI: Peace process raises hope for more effective and human drug policies
The Transnational Institute, has released another report saying the ongoing peace process has raised hope for more effective drug policies.read more
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