Drug Trafficking
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India committed to work with BIMSTEC members for combating terror, drug trafficking: PM Modi
India | Aug 30, 2018, 07:41 PM ISTSpeaking at the inaugural session of BIMSTEC summit, PM Modi expressed India’s willingness to work with the member states for enhancing regional connectivity in the region.
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Donald Trump suggests death penalty for drug traffickers
World | Mar 02, 2018, 05:11 PM ISTSpeaking at a White House summit on the opioid epidemic on Thursday, Trump threatened to sue companies that manufacture painkillers with an eye toward halting the opioid addiction epidemic in US.
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US calls Venezuelan Vice President an ‘international drug trafficker’, slaps severe sanctions
World | Feb 14, 2017, 05:11 PM ISTUS authorities called Venezuelan Vice President Tareck El Aissami an ‘international drug trafficker’ and slapped severe sanctions on him. The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said on Monday that El Aissami had
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Pakistan ‘main transit country’ for trafficking of Afghan drugs: UN report
World | Aug 24, 2016, 05:35 PM ISTIn yet another embarrassment for Islamabad, a UN report has revealed that Pakistan is the main country through which narcotics produced in Afghanistan are transported to the rest of the world.
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Now, drug trafficking in India via Darknet, Bitcoin
India | Jul 17, 2016, 04:38 PM ISTNew Delhi: Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) have detected two syndicates facilitating drug-trafficking in India through the cryptic ‘darknet’, and the clandestine and unregulated currency Bitcoin. NCB, the chief law enforcement and intelligence agency
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Agencies detect first drug trade via Darknet, Bitcoin in India
India | Jul 17, 2016, 11:38 AM ISTNew Delhi: In a bid to remove the paper and money trail, hi-tech drug traffickers in India are using cryptic darknet and the clandestine and unregulated currency Bitcoin. This is the first instance of
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Mamta Kulkarni’s husband prime suspect in Rs 2,000 cr drug bust
Bollywood | Apr 28, 2016, 06:28 PM ISTNew Delhi: In a record haul, the Thane police seized around 22 tons of party drugs this month. Their stupendous achievement earned them a letter of appreciation from the US Drug Enforcement Agency. While the
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Six-member team reaches Bali to get underworld don Chhota Rajan back to India
India | Nov 01, 2015, 02:26 PM ISTNew Delhi/Bali: A special six-member joint team of the CBI, Delhi Police and Mumbai Police arrived in Bali, Indonesia today to seek the deportation of arrested underworld don Chhota Rajan.The special team is carrying all
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5 Indian fishermen set free by Lanka arrive in Chennai
India | Nov 21, 2014, 06:42 AM ISTChennai: Five fishermen from Tamil Nadu, who were sentenced to death in Sri Lanka for alleged drug trafficking but set free after President Mahinda Rajapaksa pardoned them, arrived here on Thursday.The fishermen from Rameswaram, who
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Three Chinese get death for drug trafficking
World | Aug 28, 2013, 11:24 AM ISTBeijing: Three men in China have been sentenced to death for drug trafficking, a court said.The court in south China's Hainan province announced Tuesday evening that Lin Mingjin and Yang Zuxing were found guilty of
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Malaysia Orders Indian To Hang For Drug Smuggling
World | Apr 20, 2011, 11:06 AM ISTKuala Lumpur, April 20 : A Malaysian court has sentenced an Indian man to death by hanging for drug trafficking.An official in a court outside Kuala Lumpur says a judge convicted and sentenced Khader Waheed