Huge increase in transnational crime and synthetic drugs in SE Asia requires cross-border cooperation

adminJune 2, 2023September 13, 2024011 mins

A Thai Navy launch travels at high speed down the muddy brown waters of the Mekong River close to the border town of Chiang Saen in the north of Thailand. To the right is Laos, where huge construction projects funded by foreign investment are rising out of the lush undergrowth along the riverbank and ahead…

‘Unprecedented insecurity’ in Haiti requires urgent action: new UN envoy

adminApril 26, 2023September 12, 2024010 mins

Gang violence is expanding at an alarming rate in areas previously considered relatively safe in the capital, Port-au-Prince, and outside the city, with a shocking increase in criminality and abuses, and a police force that is unable to handle the situation. At the same time, almost half the population, 5.2 million people, needs humanitarian aid,…