Opium crop cultivation in Afghanistan grew by 32 per cent in 2022 amid multiple humanitarian and economic crises faced by the Taliban-ruled nation since the extremist group stormed into power in Kabul last August, said the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in a report published Tuesday.

Opium cultivation up by one-third in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, UN agency warns

Brazil has mobilized more than 4,000 soldiers to patrol its northern coast near the jungle border with French Guiana for trafficking of drugs, weapons and gold among other crimes, which are rampant in the remote Amazon rainforest region.

Brazil military patrols northern Amazon border region to curb drugs and weapons trafficking

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Opium cultivation up by one-third in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, UN agency warns

Brazil military patrols northern Amazon border region to curb drugs and weapons trafficking