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Fear and respect: on the trail of a Mexican drug lord
You might pass Servando “La Tuta” Gomez on the street and not look twice. But with a $2.5m bounty on his head, the charismatic leader of Mexico’s Knights Templar drug cartel commands respect and fear.
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Inside Rio’s drug gangs as they prepare drugs for World Cup
Brazil’s security forces are trying to clear Rio de Janeiro’s gang-held favelas before next year’s football World Cup. But they have a hard job on their hands, as Guillermo Galdos reports.
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Drugs claims a ‘ridiculous sideshow’ to trial, says Nigella
Nigella Lawson says she is “disappointed but not surprised” that her former assistants were cleared of fraud, after what she called a “campaign … to destroy my reputation” during the trial.
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Peru jail sentence for UK drug mule pair
Two women from the UK, Michaella McCollum Connolly and Melissa Reid, are sentenced to six years and eight months after pleading guilty to cocaine smuggling.
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‘White powder’: PA ‘saw drugs signs in Nigella’s home’
Nigella Lawson was a regular drug user and had white powder in her home toilet as well as rolled-up banknotes and credit cards with white powder on them, a court is told.
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Nigella Lawson: I’m not proud of drug use
Appearing at a west London court for the second day, Nigella Lawson says she is “not proud” of using drugs, and that she would have sued Charles Saatchi for libel if she could afford it.
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Do we care if people take drugs?
From Nigella Lawson to Paul Flowers, major names have been hitting the headlines because of drugs allegations. But has the UK got more relaxed about drugs?
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Treasury Co-op probe as Flowers arrested over drugs
An investigation into the scandal at Co-operative Bank will delve into the appointment of Paul Flowers as chairman, and look at the role of the government and regulators.
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High-tech drugs ‘super tunnel’ found in the US
A high-tech “super-tunnel”, designed to smuggle drugs from Mexico into the United States, is discovered, US authorities say.
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Unsafe, violent and drug ridden: government’s ‘model’ prison
The UK’s largest and newest privately run jail, described by the justice secretary as a model for prisons, is condemned as unsafe, violent, with very poor offender management and health service.
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Nightclub drug tests: saving lives or quality control?
In Austria and some other European countries, testing services tell clubbers whether their drugs are cut with other substances. But are such checks any more than quality control for the drugs market?
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Top cop argues for drugs decriminalisation
Durham’s chief constable puts the case for the decriminalisation of drugs. Drug money fuels most criminal gangs. And can’t we find a better way to help addicts?
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How illegal drugs are bought and sold on the dark web
It is possible to buy hard drugs online and have them delivered to your door, a Channel 4 News investigation can reveal. So how can the police combat this illegal trade on the dark web?
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How illegal drugs are bought and sold on the dark web
It is possible to buy hard drugs online and have them delivered to your door, a Channel 4 News investigation can reveal. So how can the police combat this illegal trade on the dark web?
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Peru drugs woman: guilty plea could save 19 years in prison
Guilty plea could cut 19 years off the prison sentence for Melissa Reid, the 20-year-old Scot in Peru charged with cocaine smuggling.