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Xuan, a Vietnamese migrant, speaks during an interview in London.
WORLD
Feb 13, 2025
'Trapped': Vietnamese slavery victim's ordeal on U.K. dope farm
Vietnamese migrants are among the most exposed to modern slavery, with more than 1,000 presumed victims reported to British authorities in 2023.
The Osaka Prefectural Police headquarters in the city of Osaka
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 12, 2025
Osaka police arrest man for abandoning his wife’s body
His wife was last seen leaving work early at around 2 p.m. on May 26 last year.
Drug rehab patients walk in formation to have lunch at the Mega Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Center, north of Manila, in 2019.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Feb 10, 2025
Abuse and coercion rife in Philippines drugs rehab, rights groups say
Rights groups say some facilities fail standards and have called for more health and social support.
Fentanyl precursors on display in Mexico City on Oct. 4, 2023. Chemical components are said to be shipped from China to Mexico, where they are then made into fentanyl and smuggled across the border.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Feb 4, 2025
How China allegedly contributes to the deadly fentanyl crisis
Chemical components are said to be shipped from China to Mexico, where they are then made into fentanyl and smuggled across the border.
The GCT Deltaport container terminal at Roberts Bank Port in Delta, British Columbia, Canada, on Sunday
WORLD
Jan 31, 2025
Trump to hit Canada and Mexico with 25% tariffs on Saturday
Trump indicated the 25% rate could represent a floor, saying that the tariff levels "may or may not rise with time.”
Experts in Japan emphasize the importance of supplementing a new legal framework with expanded opportunities for drug education targeted at young people.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 21, 2025
Many in Japan advocate for drug education to combat cannabis abuse
More than 80% of cannabis-related cases detected in Osaka in 2023 involved people in their 20s or younger, according to the Osaka prefectural police department.
Asylum seekers line up before crossing to the U.S. for appointments at El Chaparral crossing port in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on Monday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Jan 18, 2025
Gangs cash in on desperation of U.S.-bound migrants
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office next week, gangs are using threats and extortion to exploit migrants trying to arrive in time.
Cancer patient Anne Maldzinski was given an experimental therapy developed by French biotech MaaT Pharma through an early access program. The effect was dramatic.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 9, 2025
Drug from bowel bacteria helps blood cancer patients facing deadly complication
A burgeoning field of therapies is harnessing the power of the microbiome to treat and potentially prevent diseases.
Takeshi Ebisawa poses with a rocket launcher during a meeting with an informant and two undercover Danish police officers at a warehouse in Copenhagen, Denmark on Feb. 3, 2021.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 9, 2025
Yakuza leader pleads guilty in U.S. court to conspiring to sell nuclear material
The leader was charged in February 2024 with conspiring to sell weapons-grade nuclear material and lethal narcotics from Myanmar and purchasing military weaponry.
Opium is harvested from poppies in Bang Laem Village, Shan State, Myanmar.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 31, 2024
Drugs, scams and sin: Myanmar’s war has made it the global crime capital
Growing opium poppies is illegal in Myanmar, but small-scale farmers see it is a relatively low-risk cash crop.
Stefan Kaufmann, former president and CEO of Olympus, in 2022
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 27, 2024
Ex-Olympus CEO Kaufmann gets suspended sentence over drugs
The judge decided to suspend the sentence, given that the former Olympus CEO has been staying away from drugs.
Then U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz runs up the East Capitol stairs as the deadline to avert a partial government shutdown approaches on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 30, 2023.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 24, 2024
Matt Gaetz found to have paid for sex and drugs, and obstructed U.S. Congress
Matt Gaetz was found to have paid $90,000 to 12 women, a substantial portion of which the panel found was likely for either sexual activity or drug use.
Stefan Kaufmann, former president and CEO of Olympus
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 23, 2024
Ten months sought for ex-Olympus CEO Kaufmann over drugs
Stefan Kaufmann said that the allegations against him are all true, in the first hearing of his lay-judge trial at the Tokyo District Court.
A police officer stands in front of the residence of a man alleged to have stabbed two junior high school students in Kitakyushu.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 20, 2024
Crime numbers rise in Japan for second straight year
Crime numbers had been steadily declining since 2003, continuing to hit postwar lows from 2015 to 2021, before bouncing back in 2022.
The Dubai skyline on Dec. 15, 2023. For years, Dubai has been an ideal rear base for trafficking and money laundering, with little risk of being extradited for lack of satisfactory judicial cooperation, according to European investigators and magistrates.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 19, 2024
End of the Dubai dream for Europe's drug lords?
The Gulf emirate has been a haven for some of Europe's biggest drug traffickers, but the tide may be turning.
Latin America has seen a rise of sophisticated, transnational organized crime driving violence, human trafficking and corruption.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 17, 2024
Cartels are conglomerating. Governments must too.
Latin America has seen a rise of sophisticated, transnational organized crime driving violence, human trafficking and corruption.
Police patrol outside Bali's Bangli Prison in Nov. 2018 ahead of the expected release of Renae Lawrence, a member of the group of nine Australians convicted of trying to smuggle heroin out of Indonesia in 2005.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 15, 2024
Australia says remaining 'Bali Nine' members have returned from Indonesia
The men were among nine people arrested in 2005 trying to smuggle more than 8 kg of heroin out of the Indonesian resort island of Bali.
Illegally cultivated cannabis plants uncovered by police at a home in Chiba Prefecture. Revised cannabis-related laws now criminalize the use of marijuana in addition to its possession and sale.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 12, 2024
Japan tightens cannabis laws amid rising youth usage
The use of marijuana has been criminalized, with the maximum penalty for possession, transfer and now usage set at up to seven years in prison.
Donna Nelson (fourth from left) with her family members. Nelson was found guilty of smuggling drugs to Japan.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 4, 2024
Australian woman given six-year sentence over Japan drug smuggling
Donna Nelson has said that she was a victim of an online romance scam and that she was not aware she was carrying luggage containing illegal drugs.
Donna Nelson says her life was turned upside down when she learned that the man she was falling for had tricked her into smuggling 2 kilograms of methamphetamine into Japan.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 3, 2024
Australian says romance scam tricked her into smuggling drugs into Japan
Donna Nelson says her life was turned upside down when she learned that the man she was falling for had tricked her into smuggling drugs.
Yen advances past ¥150 per dollar as BOJ rate-hike bets ramp up
The Japanese currency climbed as much as 1% to ¥149.95 against the dollar on Thursday, a level it hasn’t touched since Dec. 9.
Japan release of Shiori Ito's documentary in limbo
Shiori Ito, who won a civil suit over a rape case against a TV reporter, in 2018. Her former lawyers claim her documentary includes footage used without the consent of sources.
Japan's Prince Hisahito to hold first news conference on March 3
Prince Hisahito heads to greet the Emperor and Empress on the occasion of his 18th birthday in Tokyo on Sep. 6.
LDP and opposition lock horns over Japan budget
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in parliament on Friday
Japanese panel seeks to tighten screening of new universities
Education minister Toshiko Abe (right) receives a report on higher education from an advisory panel on Friday.
As Ukraine rift emerges, Kyiv's envoy says Japan must take on bigger global role
Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan Sergiy Korsunsky speaks during an interview at the Ukrainian Embassy in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan release of Shiori Ito's documentary in limbo
Shiori Ito, who won a civil suit over a rape case against a TV reporter, in 2018. Her former lawyers claim her documentary includes footage used without the consent of sources.
Abdul Hakim Sani Brown ready to sprint past Paris disappointment
Abdul Hakim Sani Brown (center) runs during a 100-meter heat at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 3, 2024.
What is the ceiling for sumo’s newest yokozuna?
Newly promoted grand champion Hoshoryu (center) performs a dedication ceremony at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on Jan. 31.
‘Yasuko, Songs of Days Past’ puts overlooked star in the spotlight
“Yasuko, Songs of Days Past” centers on a real-life love triangle between poet Chuya Nakahara (Taisei Kido, left), actor Yasuko Hasegawa (Suzu Hirose, center) and literary critic Hideo Kobayashi (Masaki Okada).

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