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Government Efforts. The Government of Iran is arresting, investigating, and prosecuting a significant number of cases involving prostitution and/or trafficking and working with Pakistan to increase border patrols to prevent cross-border trafficking of drugs and persons. Iranian law does not specifically prohibit trafficking; however, there are other statutes that are used to prosecute traffickers, including prohibiting procurement for the purpose of fornication. Over 7 months in 2002, police closed down 70 brothels. During the year, the government arrested hundreds of people for involvement in either "corruption networks" related to prostitution where young girls were trafficked abroad. No consolidated information on the total number of convictions is available, but there are cases where facilitators of prostitution rings have received sentences from 3 years to death. There have been unconfirmed reports of victims being arr ... [Read More]
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Cultivation/Production. Opium is still grown in relatively small quantities, more for personal use than for illicit sale. Traffickers continue to find opium and heroin smuggled from Afghanistan cheaper, purer, and more potent than locally produced opiates. Cannabis cultivation continues, although law enforcement officials reportedly seized 1,330 kilograms of marijuana from four growers who were cultivating cannabis for profit. Available evidence suggests that cannabis smuggled through Kazakhstan does not reach the United States, but Russia claims that 80-90 percent of its marijuana is smuggled via Kazakhstan. Ephedra grows wild in mountainous areas of southern and western Kazakhstan. A shipment of ephedra was stolen in early 2001 en route to a pharmaceutical plant. Later in 2001, law enforcement seized 1.72 metric tons of ephedra plants from a storehouse, arresting the owner for attempting to sell 16.5 kilograms of ephedra-based drugs. ... [Read More]
Europe and Central Asia
AlbaniaI. Summary Drug trafficking is a significant problem in Albania, which is a major transit country for heroin from Afghanistan and Turkey destined for markets throughout Europe. Organized crime groups use Albania as a transit point for drug and other types of smuggling due to the country’s strategic location, weak police and judicial systems, and porous borders. The most common illegal drugs are heroin, marijuana, and to a lesser extent, cocaine. Heroin is typically transported through the "Balkans Route" of Turkey-Bulgaria-Macedonia-Albania, and on to Italy, Greece and the Netherlands. Cocaine is smuggled from South America, via the United States, Italy, Spain, Greece or the Netherlands, and ... [Read More]
Europe and Central Asia
Corruption. Corruption has been the most significant problem within Georgia's law enforcement agencies. Georgia's anti- corruption efforts continue to be hampered by the widespread tolerance of corruption within Georgian society. During 2001 the Government of Georgia formed a commission to reform the law enforcement agencies (so-called "power ministries"). The commission developed a strategy for reorganization that was forwarded to the Georgian National Security Council; however, no significant changes were made. In any case, none of these proposed measures can truly ameliorate the situation given the low wages of officials and poor standard of behavior from those in charge that nourish wide-scale, low level corruption. The new hope of eradicating corruption within the system emerged with the appointment of a new Minister of Internal Affairs, who has publicly and repeatedly announced his commitment to combating corruption and the trafficking ... [Read More]
US Department Of State Post Report
The New Embassy Compound (NEC) occupies nearly 10 acres and is equipped with state of the art systems and meets all latest security requirements. The New Embassy Compound consists of a Chancery, Marine House and a warehouse. The new Chancery will occupy nearly 135,000 square feet of the 165,000 square feet built up space and capable of housing all agencies and Embassy functions presently at post. With the exception of the Peace Corps, all other agencies, i.e. USAID, FCS, FAS, DAO, DOJ will be collocated in the new Embassy Compound under one roof. ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Text: State Dept. Official Cites Intellectual Property Benefits
The positive impact of intellectual property protection can also be seen in India's development of a flourishing information technology and software sector. However, the lack of basic patent protection, especially in pharmaceuticals, has undermined the incentive for India's best scientific minds to engage in original research and development in India itself. As a result, domestic innovation and growth in that sector remain stymied, while cheap generics proliferate. ... [Read More]
International Narcotics Control Strategy Reports
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORTMARCH 1995BUREAU FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRSEUROPE 301 Albania 303 Austria 305 The Baltics 308 Estonia Latvia Lithuania Belarus 313Belgium 316 Bulgaria 319 Cyprus 323 Czech Republic 326 Denmark 329 Finland 331 France 334 Germany 337 Greece 340 Hungary ... [Read More]
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