LOCKED UP in a foreign country
A South African perspective
LOCKED UP in a foreign country is intended to WAKE UP and SHAKE UP the harsh reality of drug trafficking.
This is not another "don't do drugs" website. Rather, it is intended to give you a glimpse into the darker side of the drug business.
If you have never used or never thought about dealing drugs, some of your closest friends probably have. Drug Mules are recruited in nightclubs, at parties, pubs, on the rugby field, in the gym, university, the workplace. In fact, every social gathering has potential.
Not every drug user becomes an addict however, using some drugs can lead to addiction. Addiction can lead to becoming a mule.
For the addict who has lost everything, accumulated debts and finds themselves in a dire financial position, the offer of cash-for-a-run is a very attractive one. The going rate is between R20,000 and R35,000.
OUR MISSION:
- To educate people!!
- To put as much pressure as it takes on the SA Government to SIGN onto the existing worldwide multi-lateral Prisoner Transfer Agreement and extradite it's people!!
THE ROOT OF THE WORLDS DRUG ISSUES
THE DRUG USER
The issue of drug trafficking and arrests is not limited to South Africa and the issue of drug use is a global one however, South Africa has become a drug-trafficking hub to the world.
Sadly, this 'hub' created in recent years is due to the high levels of corruption in our country, our porous borders and our lack of security infrastructure, but corruption tops the list as to why South Africa is so prominent in this trade.SA's PRISONER TRANSFER AGREEMENT AT ADVANCED STAGE
SABC NEWS .com
Gillian Pillay 25 March 2012
The Ministry of Correctional Services says discussions around the Prisoner Transfer Agreement are at an advanced stage.
If ratified the agreement will ensure that South Africans incarcerated in prisons abroad, can complete the remainder of their sentences at home.
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FREE AT LAST
MAIL & GUARDIAN
Free at last: Longest-serving farang at 'Bangkok Hilton' is checking out.
HAZEL FRIEDMAN - Mar 02 2012
Like most prisons, Bang Kwang Central reeks of decay. But the fetidness of the "Bangkok Hilton", as it is known by inmates, is more indicative of the soul of the place than the damp edifices that contain the men.
KING FREES JOBURG DRUG MULE
THE STAR
LAEA MEDLEY 13 March 2012
A JOBURG drug mule is coming home after 18 years in a Thai jail – thanks to a pardon from the king on his birthday.
Alexander (Shani) Krebs was arrested for drug trafficking in Bangkok in 1994, the day before SA’s first democratic elections.
Krebs was arrested for attempting to smuggle heroin out of Thailand, and was sentenced to death at the Bang Kwang Prison in Bangkok.
He was 34 at the time.