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!!
India nabs ‘SA mule’ with 26kg of drugs
May 19 2013 at 04:14pm
By STAFF REPORTER and SAPA
A woman believed to be South African has been arrested in India after apparently being found with 26kg of drugs on being searched by officials at Mumbai International Airport.Cocaine – the South Africa connection
South Africa has become a major transit-point for the drugs trade, some of which is destined for Britain.
By Martin Plaut [1] Published 12 February 2013 10:37
South Africa has become a major transit-point for the drugs trade, some of which is destined for Britain.
South African police, co-operating with their Brazilian counterparts, are attempting to end a cocaine smuggle operation which has involved container loads of drugs, some of which were destined for the British market. The case underlines the importance of South Africa as a transit-point in the international drugs trade.
Families want SA to help prisoners in Mauritius
- 6 Oct 2012
- Weekend Argus (Saturday Edition)
- TANYA WATERWORTH
AN “island of tears”. .
That’s how Cape Town mother Patricia Gerber described the paradise island of Mauritius this week, as she and nine other families were denied permission to visit their loved ones serving sentences in the Beau Bassin Central Prison.
Peru's coca cultivation increases again, says UN study.
27 September 2012 Last updated at 01:01 GMT
Peru's coca cultivation increases again, says UN study
Peru's cultivation of coca - the raw ingredient for cocaine - has risen for a sixth consecutive year, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said.