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HIGH SEAS, HIGHER STAKES: When drugs travel across oceans

buy this article By Kotie Geldenhuys Photos courtesy of Wikimedia Criminal organisations exploit the vastness of the world’s oceans by smuggling illicit drugs across international borders, evading detection through sophisticated concealment methods and complex logistical networks. The maritime drug trade is facilitated by various vessels, ranging from small fishing boats to large cargo ships, making

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SOMETHING TOXIC IS COOKING: Clandestine drug laboratories

buy this article By Kotie GeldenhuysPhotos courtesy of Unsplash and the SAPS When most people imagine the manufacturing of synthetic (man-made) drugs for medicinal use, they imagine a hi-tech, spotless laboratory. A place where technicians wear protective gear including safety glasses, gloves and masks, and where every ingredient is carefully measured, labelled and handled under

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Judicial Notice

Buy this article QuestionA reader refers Pollex to the Constitutional Court (“the Concourt”) judgment of AK v Minister of Police [2022] ZACC 14 (CC), and 2023 (1) SACR 113 (CC). This is the case in which Ms AK claimed damages (Afrikaans: “skadevergoeding”) from the SAPS in Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth), in that the SAPS failed

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