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from The Human Impact:
Smuggling of weapons-grade nuclear material unacceptable – former CIA officer
Rolf Mowatt-Larsson, currently a senior fellow at Harvard University's Belfer Center, served more than three years as director of intelligence and counter-intelligence at the U.S. Department of Energy and for 23 years as a Central Intelligence Agency officer in various posts.
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He delivered a presentation about preventing nuclear terrorism at the three-day "Reporting on International Security and Terrorism" seminar in Istanbul hosted by the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Discussions are hosted by international security experts and attended by 25 journalists from around the world.
Picture credit: Rolf Mowatt-Larsson, a senior fellow at Harvard University's Belfer Center, in a conference room at the Marmara Pera Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey, on Nov. 14, 2012. ALERTNET/Julie Mollins
from Environment Forum:
Suspected smuggler of rare Sumatran tigers arrested in Indonesia
Indonesian wildlife officials have arrested a suspected smuggler of critically endangered Sumatran tigers after a two-day stakeout, World Wildlife Fund reports. There are believed to be fewer than 400 of these rare big cats in the wild.
The arrest was made by Indonesia's Natural Resource Conservation Agency in Riau and West Sumatra provinces, with support from World Wildlife Fund-Indonesia's Tiger Protection Units. The authorities also seized the skin of a Sumatran tiger they believed was poisoned.
from Environment Forum:
Backyard tigers
Would you keep a tiger as a pet?
A puppy-sized tiger cub can be bought in the United States for as little as $200, and there are probably about 5,000 such backyard tigers across the country, about the same number of privately owned tigers in China, according to World Wildlife Fund.
That is far greater than the approximately 3,200 wild tigers worldwide, compared to the estimated 100,000 wild tigers a century ago. The growing number of these animals in captivity poses a threat to the species in the wild, WWF reports.
from Environment Forum:
Tiger among fluffy toys shows extreme smuggling tricks
The drugged tiger cub (left) hidden among cuddly toys in a bag at Bangkok airport ranks as one of the most bizarre smuggling tricks.
Imagine the shock of X-raying the bag -- as airport workers checking luggage did -- and finding a live tiger among the fluffy tiger toys. Maybe it moved, or they spotted the outline of its skeleton among the other toys?
from Fan Fare:
Cameron Douglas girlfriend arrested for smuggling heroin in toothbrush
Call them the Hollywood drug gang that couldn't shoot straight -- or get straight.
First, the son of Michael Douglas, 30-year-old Cameron Douglas, gets arrested late last month in New York City for allegedly dealing in crystal meth. He's a member of Hollywood royalty -- grandson of Kirk Douglas -- and undoubtedly was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. You can read about his arrest here.
from India Insight:
Prohibition policy in Gujarat — a tragic farce?
More than 130 people died after consuming bootleg liquor in Gujarat last week.
While prohibition is in place in Gujarat, liquor is often smuggled in from neighbouring states and people are forced to buy it at inflated prices.
What can the poor do? They cannot afford to buy branded alcohol so they consume illicit liquor. Plastic pouches called 'potlis' of illegally brewed liquor are available for as little as ten rupees.
