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Webs of Smoke: Smugglers, Warlords, Spies, and the History of the International Drug Trade (State & Society East Asia)

This fascinating history of international drug trafficking in the first half of the twentieth century follows the stories of American narcs and gangsters, Japanese spies, Chinese warlords, and soldiers of fortune whose lives revolved around opium. The [...]

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On-duty firefighter, drug money linked
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – The Albuquerque firefighter linked to what federal agents call a major drug trafficking and money laundering operation is accused of making a transaction while he would have been in uniform, on the clock and possibly in [...]

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Reinforcements join crackdown on Rio drug gangs
Rio de Janeiro’s slums saw sporadic violence as hundreds of soldiers and police joined a widening crackdown on drug gangs that has killed at least 34 people in less than a week.
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Bank offers £1.5bn to community projects in deal to dodge new taxes
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Rio braces for more violence in drug crackdown
Residents of Rio’s slums braced for More violence Friday as hundreds of soldiers and police joined a widening crackdown on drug gangs that has killed at least 31 people in six days.
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US-Mexico project IDs border-crossing victims
Lorenia Ton visits the morgues of southern [...]

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Being a pheonomenon of the 80′s, arcade-style video game’s hardware is quite sturdy in that old school way.
It reminds me of a skateboard my neighbours had when I was a kid. Chrissie had to come over and show us all her new skateboard, a skinny, clear acrylic number w/ transparent red wheels.
It [...]

Continue Reading Mexican drug cartel forces lawyer’s video confessions

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