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  • New Cocaine Routes Are Ruining West Africa

    At the end of June, the UN held its annual International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Yury Fedotov, head of the UN's Office on Drugs and Crime, gave a speech in which he mentioned that the cocaine trade in Africa is growing, "fueling...

  • The New Narco-Cash Laundering World Bank

    Holding a tight shot on the unconscionable transgressions of British banking giant HSBC risks blotting out the bigger problem: Systemic interbank money laundering has ruthless drug cartels, notorious despots, and blind-eye banking executives working in...

  • Drug Lords

    Inside Mexico's narco churches.

  • Los Zetas Drug Cartel Has Their Own Radio Network

    Drug cartels are all over the place in Mexico, but the Los Zetas have gained the title of the most technologically advanced and dangerous cartel in the country. They’re ex-paramilitary, tooled up like a miniature army, and have even set up their own...

  • How Not to Smuggle Drugs Into America

    You can almost hear the lowly mules—both of whom fled the scene—cry out in that sort of self-deprecating "God damnit" that only comes when you know you really fucked up.

  • The Grisly Dead People Pictures of Fernando Brito

    These days, there's no shortage of grisly images coming out of Mexico thanks to the brutal and ever-present War on Drugs. But Brito’s work stands out because he seems to treat the cadavers as one with the landscape. There is a certain sense of...