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Case ReportOpen accessIn the keywordsMystifying Toxidrome: A Case of Heroin Body Packer SyndromePrasan Kumar Panda, Tom Jose Kakkanattu, Arvind Kumar et al.Drug trafficking is an international problem. Over years it has increased in prevalence and concealment methods. Body packers swallow wrapped packets of illicit drugs, mainly cocaine and heroin and try to conceal them from security personnel. They present to physicians either as body packer syndrome with symptoms of intoxication or asymptomatically on suspicion of drug concealment, for observation. We report … …American Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Vol. 11, Issue 2 · 18 Jun 2016 · 7,731 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Informal Funds Transfer System “Hawala” as a Segment of the Shadow Economy: Social Impact Assessment and Framework for CombatingBakhyt Moldatjaevich Nurgaliyev, Kanat Sametovich Lakbayev, Alexey Vladimirovich Boretsky, Aiman Kudaibergenovna KussainovaThe research considers the problems of social impact assessment in the informal funds transfer systems based on the principles of the ''hawala''. The international experience, leads us to express an opinion that the degree of its public danger through the possibility of financing terrorism, extremism, drug trafficking and transnational organized crime is underestimated. The methods of counteracting these processes by … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 12 · 22 Nov 2015 · 6,593 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Diaspora Nigerians’ Image Problem of Drug and Fraud: A Case Study of the Malaysian-Indonesian Experience through Newspaper ReportsMusa Yusuf Owoyemi, Abdul Kadir Haji Din, Ahmad Zaharuddin Sani Ahmad SabriIt is no longer news that the economic and social problems in Nigeria have led to mass migration of Nigerians to other parts of the world for better job opportunities and/or education. South-East Asia has had its fair intake of some of these Nigerians especially in recent times. However, some unscrupulous Nigerians in their bid to make quick money have … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 2 · 24 Jun 2015 · 7,761 accessesView PDF Cite