Transnational & organised crime

News13 May 2026

‘We were terrified they were going to kill us’: fishers who survived US boat strike speak out

Amid mounting concern over extrajudicial killings and abuses carried out in the name of the 'war on drugs', survivors' stories underscore the deadly risk of the US campaign against 'narcoterrorism'.

News23 April 2026

IDPC joins global call to all states to stop facilitating US extrajudicial killings

A coalition of 125 organisations warns of human rights implications, as well as the risk of legal responsibility for States collaborating in unlawful killings at sea.

News12 April 2026

Philippines: ICC hearing gives survivors of Duterte’s 'drug war' hope

A recent ICC hearing offered a rare moment of hope in the pursuit of accountability for the deadly campaign.

News3 December 2025

U.S. lethal strikes in Caribbean expose the failures of punitive drug war

A wave of lethal U.S. airstrikes in Latin America and the Caribbean has sparked international outrage over their legality, human cost, and troubling escalation of punitive drug control.

News28 November 2025

Mexico's President Sheinbaum dismisses Trump’s threat of sending troops to Mexico

As the US escalates its violent interference in Latin America, Sheinbaum condemns possible military strikes against Mexican drug cartels.

Publications12 November 2025

From forest to dust: Socioeconomic and environmental impacts of the prohibition of the coca and cocaine production chain in the Amazon Basin and Brazil

Intersecção discusses how drug prohibition fuels deforestation, violence, and inequality across the region, linking the 'war on drugs' to the global climate crisis and calling for ecological harm reduction and rights-based regulation.

News11 November 2025

Unprovoked lethal strikes by the United States against vessels at sea may amount to international crimes: UN experts

Leading international human rights experts urged an end to the attacks and an independent probe to ensure accountability.

News26 October 2025

Open letter: Executive overreach regarding extrajudicial killings in international waters and militarized responses in U.S. communities

IDPC joins over 100 national and international organisations urging the US Congress to investigate President Trump’s unlawful military strikes in the Caribbean and growing militarisation of domestic response.

IDPC in the Media20 October 2025

The global war on drugs as authoritarian statecraft and its human rights costs

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IDPC in the Media20 October 2025

Cocaine trafficking through West Africa fuels local addiction

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IDPC in the Media2 October 2025

Despite rift with U.S., can Colombia revolutionize global drug policy?

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News2 October 2025

Despite rift with U.S., can Colombia revolutionize global drug policy?

Amid a rapidly shifting diplomatic landscape, Colombia has emerged as a potential leader of global non-prohibitionist drug policy reform, but the sustainability of these efforts remains uncertain.

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