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Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist.

I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

In Sweden, gangs have been setting off bombs for years, but the scale of recent attacks

is unprecedented. The culprits, many of them are very young, recruited online and just

trying to make a quick buck.

And Athel Fugard was the preeminent playwright of South Africa's apartheid era.

Our obituaries editor looks back on a career spent exploring the experience of the poor,

both black and white, even as the government tried to shut him down. First up, though.

This week, Rodrigo Duterte was arrested in Manila. The International Criminal Court

has indicted the former president of the Philippines for crimes against humanity. He led the country

from 2016 to 2022, proudly overseeing a crackdown on drug traffickers and drug users that killed thousands.

In custody, he remained defiant.

He showed to me now the legal basis for my being here.

He's now been transferred to the Netherlands to stand trial in the Hague, where some of his

supporters protested and chanted his name.

Our Asia diplomatic editor, Aaron Connolly, says their complaint was that he had been treated

unfairly by the judicial system. It's ironic that Duterte's supporters was that he had been treated unfairly by the judicial system.

It's ironic that Duterte's supporters claimed that he was denied due process

because a lack of due process was the signature of his war on drugs.

I remember on the show, Aaron, we covered Mr. Duterte's time in power and his willingness to go beyond the law when it comes to drug traffickers and the like was all out in the open.

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