drugs

FATF red flags opioids fuelling global black money flows

FATF red flags opioids fuelling global black money flows

December 2, 2022

In a new report, the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force, an international watchdog mandated to curb money laundering and other international financial crimes has said that organised crime has made fentanyl and other opioids as an easy way to not just expand their illicit bus...

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NCB chasing media hype, as drugs business booms in India

NCB chasing media hype, as drugs business booms in India

October 21, 2021

Just over a year after it had kept the national media attention and, by extension the national focus, on Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty, by arresting her on drug-related charges, the Narcotics Control Bureau is back at it, this time with Aryan Khan, the son of top A-lister of...

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World Suicide Prevention Day 2020: India making a parody of suicide prevention

World Suicide Prevention Day 2020: India making a parody of suicide prevention

September 10, 2020

On World Suicide Prevention Day, observed annually on September 10, India holds an unprecedented record of suicide attempts and suicide deaths owing to the pandemic, economic crisis, lockdown stress and lack of suicide preventive measures. The insensitivity of media and unperturb...

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