Recent findings highlight persistent failure of drug control measures
This grim picture emerges as Bangladesh, like other countries around the world, observes the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking today.
In a midnight raid on February 8, Jashore police arrested Ashraful Murad Rubel, a guard at the district’s central jail, for his involvement in drug trade.
Drug lords are finding innovative ways – including manipulating the desperate Rohingya refugees – and new routes to bring drugs into the country.
Rohingya human rights activist Razia Sultana talks to Shuprova Tasneem from The Daily Star on Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (June 9, 2022) said the Rohingyas are creating social problems in Bangladesh as many of them are involved in drug and women trafficking.
Recently captured drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is unapologetic for running one of the world's biggest drug trafficking organizations in a Rolling Stone interview with American actor Sean Penn.
The 'discovery' of yet more mass graves along the heavily-forested Malaysia-Thailand border makes the case that the Southeast Asia human trafficking disaster is far from being over.
While some tech companies have their sights set on commercial deliveries by drone, the black market is already one step ahead.
WE are deeply concerned by a recent report of this newspaper revealing that about 50 lakh Yaba pills are trafficked into the country and consumed every day, most of which come from Myanmar.
Promising jobs in Malaysia, transnational human traffickers held about 2.5 lakh Bangladeshis captive in Thailand...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expresses "deep regret" over Indonesia's execution of eight people convicted of drug offences.
