This report explores the FARC’s involvement in Colombia’s illegal drug trade, its alliances with other groups in the region and possible scenarios for the future.

The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime examines the impact of past UN Crime Congresses and considers ways to better leverage its potential.

The new EHRN report shows that implementation of criminal laws regulating drug use and drug possession with no intent to supply costs more than double the amount spent on drug treatment, such as opioid substitution treatment in the region of Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Welcome to the second edition of the IDPC Drug Policy Guide. The Guide brings together global evidence and examples of best practice to provide guidance on the review, design and implementation of national drug policies.

This briefing summarises the links between interpersonal violence and illicit drug use, identifies risk factors for involvement in drug-related violence, outlines prevention measures that address drug-related violence, and explores the role of public health in prevention.

Guatemala faces a growing, potentially existential threat. Territories and routes which once experienced moderate trafficking of goods, humans, and drugs have become superhighways for the transfer of high value products, chemical products, weapons, and cash required by the illicit drug industry.

This e-book analyses research and evidence generated over the years on the drug problem and confronts it with the state of affairs on this issue as seen through the prism of the United States and Mexican experiences.

Mexico’s drug war has taken its toll on children. More than 30,000 of them have been involved in organized crime, according to the Children’s Rights Network.

This report analyses the role played by the police, petty drug dealers and users in the street level drug trade in Tajikistan.

The report consists of a summary of the national drug situation presenting brief information in key areas (drugs prevalence, prevention, harm reduction, drug laws etc.).

This report proposes innovative policy changes to address drug trafficking in Latin America and the United States.

Far from eliminating drug use and the illicit trade, prohibition has inadvertently fuelled the development of the world’s largest illegal commodities market – a market worth hundreds of billions of dollars, controlled solely by criminal profiteers.

Drug-related violence has become a very serious problem in Mexico, leading to more than 30,000 deaths in the country between December 2006 and December 2010. This publication is an assessment of Mexican security based on existing RAND research on Urban Unrest, Insurgency, and Defense-Sector Reform.

Through in-depth research in five of Mexico’s most violent states, Human Rights Watch found evidence that strongly suggests the participation of security forces in more than 170 cases of torture, 39 “disappearances,” and 24 extrajudicial killings since Calderón took office in December…

As the US government looks for ways to help Mexico and Central America deal with their crises of violence and organised crime, eyes in Washington turn often to Colombia. This new report dissects the Colombian experience of the past 10 years, drawing out human rights and strategy lessons that are…

The bloody eruption of Mexican-led cartels into Guatemala is the latest chapter in a vicious cycle of violence and institutional failure.