Two weeks after Burkina Faso coup, UN Security Council expresses “serious concern”
United NationsReuters The United Nations Security Council expressed “serious concern about the unconstitutional change of government” in Burkina Faso in a statement more than two weeks after a military coup deposed President Roch Kabore. The 15-member council met behind closed doors on Tuesday to discuss the 24th January coup. In a statement, agreed by consensus […]
UK police under fire over children trafficked into drug trade
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Police efforts to crack down on drug gangs that traffic children in Britain are being hampered by a lack of coordination and inconsistent treatment of victims, a watchdog said on Friday. Thousands of children in Britain are estimated to be used by gangs to carry drugs from cities to rural areas, […]
“A trafficker lives here” – Bangladesh uses red paint to mark suspects’ homes
Dhaka, BangladeshThomson Reuters Foundation Bangladeshi border guards are painting warnings on the homes of suspected human and drug traffickers in eastern villages in a bid to curb to trafficking to India, an official said on Friday. Houses in villages near the border with northeast India have been marked in red paint with phrases such as […]
Mexican Catholic bishop throws support behind initiative to ban music exalting drug traffickers
A Roman Catholic bishop has thrown his support behind an initiative to ban the distribution and promotion of so-called “narcocorridos” music – Mexican folk songs that have been co-opted to exalt the activities of drug traffickers. Bishop José Guadalupe Galván Galindo, of the Diocese of Torreon in Coahuila state, said the music influences the “state […]