Recent surveys reflect public safety has not been the priority of the current Brazilian government. The surveys are talkinf about little investment public safety, high rates of crime and homicide, low percentage of homicides cleared by the justice system, increased sense of insecurity of the population, according to an article published by 180graus.com The article [...]
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A crusading federal prosecutor in Brazil this week opened his second 20 billion real ($10.9 billion) lawsuit against U.S. oil company Chevron and driller Transocean, doubling the charges against both companies while drawing criticism from other Brazilians. The new lawsuit, the second filed by Eduardo Santos de Oliveira against the companies in less than five months, is related to an oil leak discovered [...]
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The following is stated in the investigation made by the Norwegian Narcotics Governmental Committee which members, more than 100 consultative bodies, has made a public statement in late February. The picture that emerges is the following: 1) the drug situation in Norway is improving, 2) law enforcement efforts should be reinforced, 3) amicable measures for [...]
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In Argentina, most people arrested for drug offenses are women or foreigners, according to study made by the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and ngo Intercambios. “Imprisoned for drug offenses in Argentina” is the title of the research that will be presented tomorrow at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires UBA (Santiago [...]
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Cartel gangsters frequently target private and unlicensed rehabilitation centers in Mexico, due to the following factors: a) these clinics are more likely to take in active gang members seeking to free themselves from an addiction to their own product. b) private clinics are not associated with the penal system and have little security, leaving their [...]
During a military ceremony in Mexico, the Minister of Health Jose Angel Cordova, told reporters that the administration has invested 2 billion dollars in the fight against illegal drugs addictions. However, the federal officer acknowledged that it is worrying that in the past six years the use of cocaine has doubled and the consumption of marihuana has [...]
A new government report blames increased marijuana use for an uptick in the overall use of illicit drugs among Americans. The annual National Survey on Drug Use and Health shows the rate of illicit drug use rose from eight percent in 2008 to 8.7 percent in 2009. The survey also found increases in the use [...]
Ottawa has a problem with crack cocaine. Its tentacles are everywhere. In the ByWard Market, obviously, but also in the middle-class enclaves of Orléans and Barrhaven and Kanata. Police officers, drug counsellors, community groups, politicians, outreach workers, judges and an army of others in the fight know that realistically it will never leave town. “It [...]
The brazilian government plans to invest $ 215 million dollars on campaigns, treatment and suppression of trafficking. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed on Thursday (20) a decree establishing the Comprehensive Plan to Combat Crack. In the event that signed the decree, Lula said he was especially concerned with the scope of the drug [...]
The White House finally announced its long-awaited drug control strategy yesterday, after postponing the announcement several times. The strategy calls, among other things, for allocating more federal resources to drug prevention and treatment, and alternatives to incarceration. READ MORE HERE
