Abstract/Sommario: Gli articoli: On the trail of the traffickers (Mexico's President Felipe Calderon admitted that organised crime was out of control. The underline problem in Mexico is not drug-trafficking itself, but that neither the police nor the courts do their job properly. This is partly because it is a federal country. The biggest doubt is whether the government can stop its forces being infiltrated and corrupted); Sniffy customers: The cocaine business (drug-traffickers are expanding their ope ...; [Leggi tutto...]
Gli articoli: On the trail of the traffickers (Mexico's President Felipe Calderon admitted that organised crime was out of control. The underline problem in Mexico is not drug-trafficking itself, but that neither the police nor the courts do their job properly. This is partly because it is a federal country. The biggest doubt is whether the government can stop its forces being infiltrated and corrupted); Sniffy customers: The cocaine business (drug-traffickers are expanding their operations in Europe, despite the best efforts of the police. Europe's cocaine market is served by an evolving network of trade routes: the Iberian Peninsula ( Spain and Portugal have the highest rates of cocaine consumption on the continent); West Africa (22%); A toker 's guide (some countries are pushing the boundaries of liberalisation. The US imprison more people for drug offences than any other country. In Europe Sweden has implemented strict drug laws); In America, lessons learned (Drug education: efforts to warn people off drugs are still too timid)