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India showcases justice reforms, digital initiatives at UN CongressAt the 15th United Nations Congress, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal emphasized India's new legal framework incorporating technology. He dis...
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...
Afghan farmers lose income of more than USD 1 billion after the Taliban banned poppy cultivationAfghan farmers suffered over $1 billion income loss due to the Taliban's ban on poppy cultivation, a UN report showed. The ban, imposed in ...
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...
How crypto helps Latin America's drug cartels do businessDrug cartels and crime gangs in Latin America have taken up virtual currencies to launder money, receive payments and sell drugs on the dar...
India announces 20,000 MTs of wheat assistance to Afghanistan via Chabahar PortIndia offers capacity building courses to Central Asian states to fight drug menace. India also offered capacity building training courses ...
Afghan territory must not be used for terrorist activities: India and 5 central Asian countriesLast December, India joined several other leading countries in criticising the Taliban's decision to ban university education for women in ...
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...
Exponential rise in seizure of drugs in India in last 5 years: NCB DG"In the last 5 years, the country has witnessed exponential increase in seizure of heroin from 2,146 kg in 2017 to 7,282 kg in 2021 which i...
Probe if India emerging as a 'preferred destination' for narcotics trade and consumption: Home MinistryThe counter-terrorist task force said following an order by the Ministry of Home Affairs, it took over the case filed against Machavaram Su...
Seizure of Drugs at Airports: Officials worry tech platforms making sale of drugs easyThe Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials have arrested a woman foreign national at the Bengaluru international airport on ch...
Cheap, small arms becoming weapon of choice of many terror groups: UN counter-terrorism chief"Insufficient international response in countering the illicit trafficking of small arms and light weapons, the challenges that Member Stat...
Record-high opium production in Afghanistan creates multiple challenges for region and beyond: UNThe UNODC report noted opium cultivation increased by 63 per cent; from 201,000 hectares in 2016 to an estimated 328,000 hectares in 2017.
Arun Jaitley to inaugurate conference on dealing with illicit fund flowsArun Jaitley will tomorrow inaugurate an international conference which will discuss scope for regional cooperation to effectively deal wit...
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.
- 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...
- 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...
- Financial crisis a boon for illegal drug trade
The global economic crisis and the lack of financing available for legitimate businesses offer a golden opportunity for drug traffickers to...
- 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...
- Human Trafficking: Biggest crime after arms
The ILO estimates that average profits generated from trafficked forced labour are as high as $32 bn a year and is linked to other crimes l...