However, the majority of victims were not war correspondents, but local reporters covering illegal activities such as drug trafficking or illegal logging.
To figure out which American cities have been hit hardest by illegal drug use and trafficking, Forbes looked at available federal data and spoke with public health and law enforcement officials across the nation.
Since America panicked over the crack epidemic ten years ago, toughening drug laws at both the federal and state level, the number of people imprisoned for illegal drug use or trafficking has quadrupled, nearly twice the growth rate for violent criminals.
Charges include illegal firearm possession, drug trafficking and others.
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The implications of such an outcome could be far-reaching for the integrity of our southern frontier, illegal immigration, drug-trafficking, terrorism, trade and the radical "reconquista" movement (which is intent on "taking back" at least parts of the United States for Mexico).
He was involved in gambling, drug trafficking, illegal arms sales and extraction of mineral resources, it said, and controlled organized crime groups in Moscow and across the country.
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Boucher also said Monday that U.S. law enforcement agencies will aggressively work to curb illegal activities by Pyongyang, including drug trafficking, smuggling, counterfeiting and proliferation of weapons.
Acting on a search warrant, Rio police seized medical equipment as well and informed that the 11 be fined for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances, drug trafficking and performing illegal abortions.
Not only are they drawn by the profits that can be made in normal trading but they can also use their connections in these areas to launder money that they have made elsewhere in illegal activities such as extortion or drug-trafficking, he adds.
Valdes said the issue is important because illegal mining has negative consequences such as child slavery, deforestation, drug trafficking and mistreatment of workers.
Though traffickers use the capital's main airport to move drugs, money and illegal migrants and 440lb (200kg) of cocaine has been seized there so far this year, violence related to drug trafficking seldom occurs in passenger areas.
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