Topic: United Nations Office On Drugs And Crime
Opium cultivation has surged in Myanmar and Laos as high prices attract impoverished farmers to grow the illicit crop, particularly in conflict areas, according to a UN report published Thursday.The study by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), using ...
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Opium cultivation is back on the rise in Myanmar and Laos despite government eradication campaigns, with impoverished farmers lured by higher prices and strong demand from neighboring countries, the United Nations said on Thursday.The area of land devoted to ...
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Opium cultivation is back on the rise in Myanmar and Laos despite government eradication campaigns, with impoverished farmers lured by higher prices and strong demand from neighboring countries, a U.N. report said Thursday.Land used for growing opium, a ...
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Opium cultivation is back on the rise in Myanmar and Laos despite government eradication campaigns, with impoverished farmers lured by higher prices and strong demand from neighboring countries, a U.N. report said Thursday.Land used for growing opium, a ...
The skyline of Bolivia's Andean capital is being transformed by construction, reflecting general economic growth but also a less savory fact -- an influx of cocaine money to one of South America's poorest nations.The mountainous view from La Paz, nestled ...
Opium production in Afghanistan, which fuels the Taliban insurgency, is set to rise by nearly two-thirds as prices soar after last year's harvest was blighted by disease, the United Nations said Tuesday.Ten years after the 2001 US-led invasion to drive ...
VIENNA (Reuters) - The spread of drug wars means young men in Central America can face a 1 in 50 chance of being murdered before reaching their 31st birthday, a U.N. report showed, describing the trend as close to "crisis point."Worldwide ...
VIENNA (Reuters) - Criminal gangs are selling more cheap and easy-to-make amphetamine-type drugs, such as ecstasy and crystal meth, in new markets, and cannabis is now the only more widely used illegal drug, a United Nations report released on Tuesday said.The number ...
VIENNA (Reuters) - Drug traffickers faced with restrictions to transit routes through Asia and the Middle East are turning to eastern Africa, driving up instability and increasing substance abuse, a United Nations report said.The U.N.'s Office on Drugs and Crime ...
A plant disease devastated Afghan opium production last year but Myanmar is seeing a worrying drug boom, the UN anti-narcotics agency warned Thursday.With the cocaine market in decline, Peru is now on a par with Colombia as the world's top ...
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