European police arrest more than 100 mafia suspects in drug crackdown
Rome, Italy/Brussels, BelgiumReuters Police across Europe arrested more than 100 people on Wednesday in a massive crackdown that targeted the Italian ‘Ndrangheta mafia, with suspects accused of drugs and weapons trafficking with counterparts in Latin America. “Today’s raids are one of the largest operations carried out so far in the fight against Italian organised crime,” said […]
Some 250 million people took illicit drugs in 2015 with almost 30 million engaged in “problematic” use, says UN report
More than five per cent of the world’s population – some 250 million people – used illicit drugs in 2015 while almost 30 million people worldwide engaged in “problematic” drug use which could include dependence, according to a UN report released this week. The latest World Drug Report, released by the United Nations Office on […]