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 [...]
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
The Organization of American States OAS (CICAD) and the United Nations UNODC reported on the subject at the Fifty-third Session of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna, Austria. This new study on drug abuse among youth in South America showed that marihuana is the most frequently used illegal drug among the population sample used. On [...]
Last weekend, a french-spanish filmmaker whose documentary about the violent street gang of the Maras in El Salvador provoked controversy earlier this year has been found shot in the head. The body of Christian Poveda, 52, was discovered in a car in Tonacatepeque, a poor rural area 10 miles outside the capital San Salvador. [...]
Joe Parry says: In Intelligence Infographics ” a good sketch is better than a long speech”.
EISIC, Dr. Nasrullah Memon and Computational Criminology: Early Warning Informatics System could predict Terrorist Threats
Sensor Urban Environments can prevent and fight robberies, terrorism attacks, natural catastrophes and other emergencies.
Athens Cyber Security Conference, Dr. Thuraisingham´s “Data Mining for Security”.
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