The European Commission’s new enlargement strategy says corruption and organised crime are the biggest obstacles on Western Balkan countries’ path...
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China moves to silence journalists who offered rare taste of transparency
Investigative journalism provides a pressure valve in a society laced with pent-up discontent. Allowing it to continue, however, creates the...
Marijuana – A look at the impacts in Oregon
Marijuana – A look at the impacts in Oregon
Scotland: Deadlier than heroin, now methadone to be investigated
An investigation has been ordered into Scotland’s controversial methadone programme after it emerged that the heroin substitute now kills more...
Drug treatment in England 2011/12
The number of young people in drug treatment has fallen whilst the number of over-40s has risen. What drugs do...
Australia tobacco law did not infringe rights
Australia did not infringe tobacco companies’ intellectual property rights by forcing them to sell cigarettes in plain packets, Australia’s highest...
Italy needs anti-corruption authority
Anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International on Friday urged Italy to create an independent authority to fight graft, which costs taxpayers 60...
France: Marseille police unit deeply corrupt
A police unit in Marseille assigned to tackle spiraling gang violence, drug trafficking and a murder rate that have shocked...
Sinaloa cartel leader Alfredo Vasquez Hernandez extradited from Mexico to Chicago
On Thursday, Sinaloa cartel leader Alfredo Vasquez Hernandez was extradited from Mexico to Chicago to face drug trafficking charges.
Marijuana and your health: Just the facts part II
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