Re-route of all evil: transnational crime and Ukraine’s war
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 2 May 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Criminal networks have had to reorganise since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with knock-on effects from Afghanistan to the Andes. We take a look at the scourge of abductions in Nigeria, and what is being done for the families of the missing. And Scotland’s Campbeltown whisky is enjoying a long-awaited resurgence.
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| 1:14.6 | Last month marked nine years since over 200 girls were kidnapped by jihadists from a school in northern Nigeria. |
| 1:23.6 | Most of them have still not been found. |
| 1:25.6 | And alongside thousands of other missing Nigerians, |
| 1:29.3 | hope is dwindling that they ever will be. |
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| 1:40.3 | Now, after a century of mostly decline, global exports and prices are on the rise, |
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