As insecurity and criminality engulf Nigeria, the tenacity with which the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) is pursuing drug traffickers is instructive, given that illicit drugs, apart from its massive damaging potential on individual persons, is also a motivating element for the arms-wielding gunmen causing most of the mayhem. The agency’s drive is akin to looking beyond the obvious to unravel criminality in all its ramifications. It should be deemed to be a critical complement of the war against insurgency, terrorism, banditry, kidnapping and cultism among other heinous crimes.
And if the NDLEA’s recent discoveries are anything to flaunt, Nigerians should be worried at the large extent of illicit drug trafficking. The agency has lately been making major arrests on almost daily basis of individuals attempting to ferry in or out dangerous illicit drugs. The findings become worrisome considering the possibility that more than a few traffickers could have escaped the dr
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Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale made it clear how important it was, for him and the overall racing industry, to place his massive Kentucky Derby bet on-track at Churchill Downs. He told the Thoroughbred Daily News:
“It s crazy that some people in the horse racing business bet with a bookie or go offshore to a place like Costa Rica. They re not supporting racing.”
While there are plenty of legal arrangements for betting on U.S. racing, be it through any ADW account, at the track, an OTB outlet, or even for those abroad betting through licensed bookmakers who have agreements in place with U.S. tracks, there are many illicit operators which seek to skirt the law and share no revenue with horsemen or track operators.
Ugandan held in Kenya over smuggling ivory
Thursday May 13 2021
A recent report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), noted that poaching of rhinos and elephants was on the rise. The report detailed that crime gangs in East Africa fuelled by profits in the illicit trade threatened the existence of wildlife. PHOTO | FILE
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Police in Kenya are holding a Ugandan national for allegedly smuggling ivory worth KShs3m (about Shs100m).
The suspect, who is alleged to be a Uganda People’s Defence Forces Lt Colonel, was on Monday arrested by officers of the Kenya Directorate of Criminal Investigations at a mosque in Busia township as he reportedly tried to sell the ivory.
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A Hidden Crisis Of The Pandemic: Violence Against Women Hasn’t Stopped. Neither Have the Women-Led Organizations Combating the Problem.
By Bryanna Basilio, Mia Marks, Brittney Miller, Amanda Sifontes, Victoria Vargas and Emely Zuluaga
May 13, 2021
Tsvetelina Thompson was 20 years old when her ex-boyfriend trafficked her.
At first, she said, he was a “really sweet guy.” He would take her on lavish trips around Europe, adorning her with elaborate gifts – luxuries she never knew coming from a poor childhood in Bulgaria. So, she ran away with him.
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