India repatriates 197 Indians who fled to Thailand from Myanmar scam centreIndia successfully repatriated 197 citizens from Thailand, who had managed to flee from scam operations in Myanmar. These individuals were ...
10 Nov, 2025, 09.53 PM IST
Trump administration imposes sanctions on Colombia's president and family members over drug trade allegationsThe Trump administration has imposed sanctions on Colombian President Gustavo Petro, his family, and a government minister. These actions s...
25 Oct, 2025, 12.47 AM IST
Europe’s most wanted drug lord gains immunity in Sierra Leone by fathering a child with the President's daughterJos Leijdekkers, Europe's most wanted cocaine trafficker, is reportedly hiding in Sierra Leone. He allegedly fathered a child with the daug...
08 Oct, 2025, 12.27 AM IST
What do COP28, money laundering and the Amazon have in common?The law enforcement meeting, dubbed "a historic collaboration", is organized by the International Initiative of Law Enforcement for Climate...
29 Nov, 2023, 08.10 PM IST
UN says drastic rise in meth trade in Afghanistan after opiate banAfghanistan's Taliban rulers have clamped down on the decades-old, lucrative trade in poppy tar - the psychoactive substance in heroin -sin...
10 Sep, 2023, 11.10 PM IST
Significant increase in seizures of drugs in India over past five years: UN narcotics watchdogIn the period 2017-2022, heroin seizures increased from 2,146 kg in 2017 to 7,282 kg in 2021. There has also been an increase of more than ...
10 Mar, 2023, 12.54 PM IST
Record billion methamphetamine pills seized in East, Southeast Asia last year: UNThe UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said law enforcement netted nearly 172 tonnes of methamphetamine -- approximately seven times more...
30 May, 2022, 11.47 AM IST
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nadia Murad says pandemic raising violence, trafficking of womenThe 27-year-old activist, who was forced into sexual slavery by Islamic State fighters in Iraq, said curfews, lockdowns and travel restrict...
01 Dec, 2020, 02.22 PM IST
Pandemic could hit drug markets as in 2008 crisis: UNIn its 2020 World Drug Report, the agency predicted an overall increase in drug use due to the pandemic, with a shift towards consuming che...
25 Jun, 2020, 04.17 PM IST
UN report vindicates our stand on Pakistan sponsored terror: India"This vindicates India's long standing position that Pakistan remains the epicentre of international terrorism," MEA Spokesperson Anurag Sr...
03 Jun, 2020, 10.43 AM IST
Human trafficking a serious issue: Home Minister Rajnath SinghHuman trafficking is a border-less organised crime in which more than 1.5 lakh people become victims every year, Home Minister Rajnath Sing...
07 Oct, 2015, 01.52 PM IST
How drug traffickers and terrorist groups are interlinkedMedia reports have emerged of Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram making inroads into the drug trade in India.
21 Dec, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Prescription drug abuse growing in India: UN reportThe UN report said in its annual report that governments in South Asia continue to respond strongly to the threat of drug trafficking and a...
05 Mar, 2014, 11.48 AM IST
- Taliban raises $400 mn in 2011 from donations, extortion: UN
Taliban raised about $ 400 mn last year through donations, taxes on Afghanistan's poppy cultivation and extortion , UN report said.
12 Sep, 2012, 01.11 PM IST
- Cross-border criminals make $870 billion a year: UN
Turnover of cross-border organised crime is about $870 bn a yr, more than six times the total of official development aid, a U.N. agency sa...
16 Jul, 2012, 05.15 PM IST
- Global response needed against drug trafficking: Sharma
India has called for a coordinated global response to arrest the threat posed by transnational organised crime, drug trafficking, terrorism...
25 Jun, 2011, 02.05 PM IST
- 10 mn people around the globe work as bonded labour: UN
More than 10 mn people might be in bondage worldwide with sexual exploitation and forced labour being most common forms of human traffickin...
13 Feb, 2009, 03.26 PM IST