You are here: Homepage Tag Drogen Articles Black market | Syria Dubious business Prostitution, drugs and illegal money dealing: Syria's black market is flourishing in the wake of Assad's fall. A lack of regulations and clarity is deterring new investment in the formal economy By Ahmed Mohamed 08/24/2025 Colombia's president Gustavo Petro speaks after the first ever council for security and peace between Colombia's government, Military Command Line and the local government of the capital Bogota, August 2022 Photo: Sebastian Barros / NurPhoto / Getty Images Armed conflict | Colombia A fractured peace Hopes ran high that President Gustavo Petro would finally end violence in Colombia. But a year after his election, the fight for peace continues By Juan Álvarez 06/01/2023 A farmer harvests opium plant sap in a poppy field in the Darra-i-Nur district of Nangarhar province (2020) Photo: Noorulla Shirzada / AFP / Getty Images Drugs war | Afghanistan Opium for the masses Profits from the opium industry account for over half of Afghanistan's economic output. An overview of the drug threatening to tear Afghanistan apart 10/01/2022
Black market | Syria Dubious business Prostitution, drugs and illegal money dealing: Syria's black market is flourishing in the wake of Assad's fall. A lack of regulations and clarity is deterring new investment in the formal economy By Ahmed Mohamed 08/24/2025
Colombia's president Gustavo Petro speaks after the first ever council for security and peace between Colombia's government, Military Command Line and the local government of the capital Bogota, August 2022 Photo: Sebastian Barros / NurPhoto / Getty Images Armed conflict | Colombia A fractured peace Hopes ran high that President Gustavo Petro would finally end violence in Colombia. But a year after his election, the fight for peace continues By Juan Álvarez 06/01/2023
A farmer harvests opium plant sap in a poppy field in the Darra-i-Nur district of Nangarhar province (2020) Photo: Noorulla Shirzada / AFP / Getty Images Drugs war | Afghanistan Opium for the masses Profits from the opium industry account for over half of Afghanistan's economic output. An overview of the drug threatening to tear Afghanistan apart 10/01/2022