Since the 2003 US-led invasion, Iraq has witnessed a dramatic rise in the cultivation and trafficking of drugs. Reports indicate that drug abuse is on the rise among Iraqi youth and that armed militias have muscled in on this lucrative trade. So how can Iraq combat this growing problem? Inside Iraq investigates.
Authorities paln to increase border checks to curb smuggling of people into the country that is home to about 2 million Myanmar workers who also face a life of exploitation.
Drug traffickers in Colombia are finding ever more inventive ways of transporting narcotics out of the countyr.
Colombia is the world’s main producer and distributor of cocaine. As police continue their efforts to crack down on the drug cartels – they’re finding the battle is not only on land, in the sky or on the sea – but underwater.
Teresa Bo reports.
We talk to author Michael Viner about the toll of human trafficking.
Indian doctor Amit Kumar has been arrested in connection with a transplant racket.