Key legal framework UN Conventions ratified 1988 UN Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 2000 UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime UN Convention against Corruption Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime …
Key legal framework UN conventions ratified 1988 UN Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 2000 UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime UN Convention against Corruption Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime Mozambique…
Key legal framework UN Conventions ratified 1988 UN Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 2000 UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime UN Convention against Corruption Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime …
• Four kilograms of cocaine and 200 grams of cannabis were seized by French authorities in an official Vatican car. Two people were arrested in connection with the drugs. • Twelve members of a North England gang, that were arrested in 2013 with around £1m worth of cannabis and cocaine were sentenced to between two…
According to Justice Minister Mark Golding, Jamaica’s Cabinet is moving forward with a plan to decriminalise cannabis by the end of 2014. The possibility of decriminalisation first gained political traction in the late 1990s, with the formation of the Ganja Commission, headed by the late Barry Cheveannes. At the time US opposition led to the…
The Global Commission on Drug Policy released a report stating that drug control is out of hand, calling for a shift towards decriminalisation and regulation of most illegal drugs, while cracking down on violent drug gangs. Following a three-year investigation in New Brunswick, Canada, 28 people were arrested, disrupting a major organised crime and drug…
Research published in the US vividly demonstrated the effect which cocaine has upon blood vessels in the brain. •A corrupt Portsmouth dockyard worker was among the 10 individuals imprisoned this week for attempting to smuggle cocaine into the UK disguised in crates of bananas and pineapples. • Peruvian authorities seized 6.5 tons of cocaine from…
Canadian police seized 37.5kgs of cocaine concealed inside a shipment of machine parts originating in Panama. • California’s state assembly gave final legislative approval to a bill proposing to lower the penalty for the sale of crack cocaine to the same as that for powdered cocaine. • Costa Rican police arrested 6 drug traffickers at…
Nigeria is one of the key countries for the implementation of AIRCOP. The programme brings together the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), immigration, customs, and the State Security Service (SSS) into a Joint Airport Interdiction Task Force (JAITF). The only agency missing is the police. The other agencies involved have been working together to…
Key legal framework UN Conventions ratified 1988 UN Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 2000 UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime UN Convention against Corruption Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime …
