Five months ago, it came to light that the chief anti-corruption official in Afghanistan has a less reputable past as a heroin dealer here in the U.S.

On monday of this week, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime released a report showing unprecedented levels of opium production and political corruption in Afghanistan.

Hmmmm, might there be a connection here?

More on:
United Nations Office on drugs and Crime here.
U.S. reacts to report by calling the situation “very serious” here.
Guardian Unlimited article on heroin dealer chief Afghan anti-corruption official Izzatullah Wasifi here.

(audio clip from the film Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas)

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Earlier this month, officials announced that the Columbian Navy had confiscated a 65-foot submarine, suspected of being used to sneak cocaine into the United States.

It seems this has actually become somewhat of a trend in recent years. With the U.S. military patrolling the skies and open ocean, it seems that the logical place to go is down.

more on:
Columbia seizes submarine here.
U.S. Air Force’s efforts to fight cocaine trafficking here.
Another submarine caught, this one with drugs on-board, here.

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