Afghan opium production predicted to reach new high
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Afghanistan's opium production is expected to exceed 1999's record high of 4,581 tones in 2004 depending on total acreage and average yields as opium poppy cultivations has spread to new provinces and districts across the country. This situation has outlawed the opium economy by a fatwa signed by AfghanistanEs Council of Ulemas, which reinforced the ban pronounced by the Afghan transition government of Hamid Karazai.
Publication Name: Jane's Intelligence Review
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0955-1247
Year: 2004
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Morocco's smuggling rackets: Hashish, people and contraband
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The trans-Mediterranean drug trafficking from the Rif region of Morocco has grown in line with European consumption and it also provides the infrastructure for smuggling people and consumer goods. Cannabis eradication and suppression programmes in the Rif region are ineffective, despite the state's ability to control patterns of cultivation in the area.
Publication Name: Jane's Intelligence Review
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0955-1247
Year: 2005
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Opiate smuggling routes from Afghanistan to Europe and Asia
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An examination of trafficking routes taken by AfghanistanEs illicit products suggests that the task of controlling Afghan drugs entry into Europe is difficult. Afghanistan remains the worldEs main source of opiates like opium, morphine and heroine, despite the fall of Taliban.
Publication Name: Jane's Intelligence Review
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0955-1247
Year: 2003
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