buy this article Compiled by Kotie Geldenhuys Photos courtesy of Pixabay and Unsplash From the fields where Papaver/opium or coca plants are grown to the factories where substances are processed, illegal drug production leaves a hidden footprint on the planet. Behind the global trade lies an environmental cost measured in rising carbon emissions, depleting water […]
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buy this article By Kotie Geldenhuys Photos/images courtesy of Pixabay, Unsplash and Pexels Behind every discarded cellphone, laptop and electronic device is a hidden global trade. E-waste has become a growing environmental crime, with criminal gangs abusing weak legislative enforcement to profit from the transportation and disposal of electronic items. Millions of devices cross borders,
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buy this article By Kotie Geldenhuys Photos/images courtesy of ChatGTP and Pixabay Illicit logging, wildlife trafficking and illegal mining activities result in huge gains for the criminals who launder the proceeds of their illicit activities through elaborate financial schemes. With the escalation of such environmental crimes, it has become equally important to trace the money
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– Small towns under siege from ghost criminals who vanish by day, terrorise by night buy this article By Odwa RalaneImages generated by Copilot This article explores the “amaphara-phara” phenomenon: young men driven by their drug addiction who abandon their homes for street life and crime, transforming small Eastern Cape towns into zones of fear.
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