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UN offers guidance on ‘cyberterrorism’
The United Nations published Monday a report offering guidance and support to countries on tackling “terrorists” who use the Internet to plan attacks, recruit and disseminate propaganda. “Just as Internet use among citizens has increased in the past few years, terrorist organisations also make extensive use of this indispensable global…
UN: 27 million people worldwide are ‘problem’ drug users
Some 27 million people worldwide are problem drug users, with almost one percent every year dying from narcotics abuse, while cannabis remains the most popular drug, a UN report showed Tuesday. “Heroin, cocaine and other drugs continue to kill around 200,000 people a year, shattering families and bringing misery to…
Davos calls for global action against cybercrime
DAVOS, Switzerland — International action to snuff out cybercrime is desperately needed, officials and business leaders said here, warning that criminals move at Internet speed while countries drag their feet. Many hackers are no longer just mischievous individuals. Instead well-funded organisations do it for profit, along with spies and terrorists,…
Opium production soars in Afghanistan: UN
VIENNA — Production of opium and the illicit crop’s value soared in Afghanistan last year, the United Nations said in a report released Thursday. According to the UN’s Office on Drugs and Crime, farmer income derived from Afghanistan’s opium crop in 2011 was $1.4 billion (1.09 billion euros), representing nine…
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