Synthetic Drugs

News Methamphetamine

Mexico’s Meth Producers Are Making Their Own Precursors, Government Says

by Victoria Dittmar 9 Jul 20249 Jul 2024

The headquarters of the UNODC in Vienna, Austria

News Drug Policy

Cocaine Surge Fuels Violence as Opium Falls: UN Drug Report 2024

by Christopher Newton 28 Jun 202428 Jun 2024

News Drug Policy

US Drug Overdose Deaths Are Dropping, and Here’s Why

by Parker Asmann 13 Jun 202427 Jun 2024

How Precursor Chemicals Sustain Mexico’s Synthetic Drug Trade

Investigations Drug Policy

In Battle to Slow Precursor Chemicals in Mexico, Public-Private Partnerships Are a Path Not Taken

by Annie Pforzheimer 31 May 20246 Jun 2024

Spanish National Police displays part of 1,800 kilograms of methamphetamine seized on May 16.

News Methamphetamine

Mexican Methamphetamine Increasingly Moving Through Europe

by Beatriz Vicent Fernández 22 May 202422 May 2024

Crystal methamphetamine.

News Synthetic Drugs

Extradition of Precursor Chemical Broker Hits Heart of Synthetic Drug Trade

by Peter Appleby 17 May 202417 May 2024

Authorities escort a flight attendant accused of smuggling money out of the US and into the Dominican Republic from JFK airport. Las autoridades escoltan a una azafata acusada de contrabandear dinero fuera de Estados Unidos y hacia la República Dominicana desde el aeropuerto JFK.

News Money Laundering

Flight Attendants Smuggled Millions of Dollars in Fentanyl Cash Proceeds to the Dominican Republic

by Deborah Bonello 16 May 202416 May 2024

A bag of fentanyl in pill form. Una bolsa de fentanil en forma de pastilla.

News Synthetic Drugs

DEA’s Emphasis on Defeating Cartels Oversimplifies Fentanyl Industry

by Marley Markham 14 May 202427 May 2024

Why Are There More Women in Mexican Prisons for Organized Crime?

by Daniela Valle 13 May 20243 Jul 2024

Investigations Money Laundering

How Mexico Loses the Precursor Chemical Money Trail

by Steven Dudley 8 May 20248 May 2024

News Synthetic Drugs

3 Reasons Why Canada is a Cautionary Tale for the International Fentanyl Market

by Victoria Dittmar and Steven Dudley 7 May 20243 Jul 2024

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