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GRAPHIC: BRITAIN’S DRUG HABIT

HOME OFFICE USED ‘HIGHLY SELECTIVE’ DRUG FIGURES TO MAKE UKBA LOOK GOOD

That’s handy. Here is the criticism of the presentation of the statistics, by the Chair of the UK Statistics Authority

Lies, damn lies and statistics, eh??

SEIZURES OF DRUGS IN ENGLAND AND WALES, 2010/11

Oops…your blogger had the figure all along and knew that seizures were 5% down year on year….but he hadnt opened the email

Mea Culpa maxima!

COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT CALLS FOR GLOBAL RETHINK ON DRUGS

‘WERE SECURITY OFFICIALS, POLITICIANS AND SOCIETY BLIND IN THE RIGHT EYE?’

GERMAN PROSECUTORS FORMALLY ARREST FAR-RIGHT TERROR GROUP SUSPECT

BRAZIL POLICE TARGET DRUG GANGS IN RIO’S BIGGEST SLUM

GERMAN GOVERNMENT FEARS NEW FAR-RIGHT TERRORISM AFTER NEO-NAZI KILLING SPREE

SILENT VICTIMS: IRAQI WOMEN TRAFFICKED FOR SEX,INTO COUNTRIES INCLUDING JORDAN – REPORT SAYS

A report released by the London-based non-governmental group Social Change for Education in the Middle East (SCEME) Wednesday hopes to change that.

Entitled Karamatuna, or Our Dignity, the study highlights the plight of girls as young as 10 or 12 who have been trafficked from post-war Iraq into countries including Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia for sexual exploitation.

WANTED ‘NDRANGHETA CRIMINAL SEBASTIANO PELLE ARRESTED AFTER 16 YEARS

AGI) Reggio Calabria- Last night, 57-year-old fugitive Sebastiano Pelle, who had been wanted for 16 years, was arrested. He had been entered into the special program for wanted, highly dangerous criminals led by the Interior Ministry and executed by local law enforcement, under the coordination of DDA reggina. The arrest was made in the port area in Reggio Calabria. Mr Pelle was wanted on charges of mafia ties, international drug and weapons trafficking, and other crimes. .

ITALIAN ARTICLE HERE ON ‘LA REPUBBLICA’