Drugs

An armed Indonesian customs officer stands guard next to a disabled Iranian national (R) identified with initials 'MV' after he was arrested at Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Jakarta on November 11, 2009 for allegedly smuggling methamphetamines.'MV', 32 years old, was reportedly caught with 1,660 grams of illegal drugs worth 3.6 billion rupiah (382,978 USD) strapped in his prosthetic leg upon arrival at the airport. A series of recent drug busts by authorities have arrested groups of Iranians attempting to smuggle drugs thru Indonesian airports.

An activist of 'Medecins Sans Frontiers' (Doctors Without Borders), or 'MSF', jumps into Lake Geneva next to a giant inflated mock capsule during a demonstration on October 28, 2009 in Geneva. In a way to produce new drugs at affordable prices, MSF is aksing the biggest pharmaceutical companies to quickly make available new treatments for millions of people living with AIDS and urging them to agree to put their patents in a pool that UNITAID, the international drug financing agency, is in the process of setting up in.

Indian officials from the special narcotics cell of the Punjab state police force pose with sacks containing 10 kilogrammes of seized heroin during a press conference in Amritsar on October 30, 2009. Officials recovered the drugs which was allegedly smuggled into the country from Pakistan.

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 03: Home Secretary Alan Johnson attends a question and answer session with police chiefs, council workers and members of the public in Shoreditch on November 3, 2009 in London, England. During the meeting Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged his support to Home Secretary Alan Johnson over Mr Johnson's sacking of the Government's chief drugs adviser, Professor David Nutt.

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 03: Home Secretary Alan Johnson attends a question and answer session with police chiefs, council workers and members of the public in Shoreditch on November 3, 2009 in London, England. During the meeting Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged his support to Home Secretary Alan Johnson over Mr Johnson's sacking of the Government's chief drugs adviser, Professor David Nutt.

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 03: Home Secretary Alan Johnson attends a question and answer session with police chiefs, council workers and members of the public in Shoreditch on November 3, 2009 in London, England. During the meeting Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged his support to Home Secretary Alan Johnson over Mr Johnson's sacking of the Government's chief drugs adviser, Professor David Nutt.

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 03: Home Secretary Alan Johnson attends a question and answer session with police chiefs, council workers and members of the public in Shoreditch on November 3, 2009 in London, England. During the meeting Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged his support to Home Secretary Alan Johnson over Mr Johnson's sacking of the Government's chief drugs adviser, Professor David Nutt.

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 03: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (r) and Home Secretary Alan Johnson (l) attend a question and answer session with police chiefs, council workers and members of the public in Shoreditch on November 3, 2009 in London, England. During the meeting Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged his support to Home Secretary Alan Johnson over Mr Johnson's sacking of the Government's chief drugs adviser, Professor David Nutt.

Kenyans hold a procession on November 4, 2009 on the sidelines of the fifth Multilateral Initiative on Malaria conference in the Kenyan capital Nairobi to call for donor support in research and distribution of drugs to combat AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Chanting: 'Yes We Can,' a slogan synonymous to the presidential campaign and election of US President Barack Obama a year ago, partcipants in the procession promised to send thousands of cards and messages to urge donors, and in particular Obama, to continue backing treatment for these diseases by significantly expanding investments in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

Kenyans hold a procession on November 4, 2009 on the sidelines of the fifth Multilateral Initiative on Malaria conference in the Kenyan capital Nairobi to call for donor support in research and distribution of drugs to combat AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Chanting: 'Yes We Can,' a slogan synonymous to the presidential campaign and election of US President Barack Obama a year ago, partcipants in the procession promised to send thousands of cards and messages to urge donors, and in particular Obama, to continue backing treatment for these diseases by significantly expanding investments in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

Kenyans hold a procession on November 4, 2009 on the sidelines of the fifth Multilateral Initiative on Malaria conference in the Kenyan capital Nairobi to call for donor support in research and distribution of drugs to combat AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Chanting: 'Yes We Can,' a slogan synonymous to the presidential campaign and election of US President Barack Obama a year ago, partcipants in the procession promised to send thousands of cards and messages to urge donors, and in particular Obama, to continue backing treatment for these diseases by significantly expanding investments in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

New British girl band ' Candy Rock ' arrives in London's Leicester Square for the European Premiere of Sir Michael Caine's latest film, 'Harry Brown' directed by Daniel Barber on November 10, 2009. Described as a 'modern urban western,' the titular Harry Brown (Caine) is an elderly widower and former Royal Marine who has lived to see his South London neighbourhood overrun by violent gangs, drugs and crime.

New British actor Ben Drew arrives in London's Leicester Square for the European Premiere of Sir Michael Caine's latest film, 'Harry Brown' directed by Daniel Barber on November 10, 2009. Described as a 'modern urban western,' the titular Harry Brown (Caine) is an elderly widower and former Royal Marine who has lived to see his South London neighbourhood overrun by violent gangs, drugs and crime.

British actor David Bradley arrives in London's Leicester Square for the European Premiere of Sir Michael Caine's latest film, 'Harry Brown' directed by Daniel Barber on November 10, 2009. Described as a 'modern urban western,' the titular Harry Brown (Caine) is an elderly widower and former Royal Marine who has lived to see his South London neighbourhood overrun by violent gangs, drugs and crime.

British actor Joseph Gilgun grins as he arrives in London's Leicester Square for the European Premiere of Sir Michael Caine's latest film, 'Harry Brown' directed by Daniel Barber on November 10, 2009. Described as a 'modern urban western,' the titular Harry Brown (Caine) is an elderly widower and former Royal Marine who has lived to see his South London neighbourhood overrun by violent gangs, drugs and crime.

Blanca Alicia Martinez de la Rocha (R), widow of Mexican journaslist Armando Rodriguez, embraces a friend during a demostration one year after he was shot dead by armed men, on November 13, 2009. On the background, a newspaper's front page with one of the stories written by Rodriguez on places to buy illegal drugs.

Daniele Gounord, spokeswoman of the French Church of Scientology arrives at Paris court on October 27, 2009 for the trial of the Church of Scientology, classified as a sect, with seven of its members for illegally prescribing drugs. The court fined the Church of Scientology for defrauding vulnerable followers, but officials voiced regret that a recent change in the law prevented France from banning it outright. Scientology's Celebrity Centre and its bookshop in Paris, the two branches of its French operations, were ordered to pay 600,000 euros (900,000 dollars) in fines for preying financially on its followers in the 1990s.

Daniele Gounord, spokeswoman of the French Church of Scientology speaks to journalists as she arrives at Paris court on October 27, 2009 for the trial of the Church of Scientology, classified as a sect, with seven of its members for illegally prescribing drugs. The court fined the Church of Scientology for defrauding vulnerable followers, but officials voiced regret that a recent change in the law prevented France from banning it outright. Scientology's Celebrity Centre and its bookshop in Paris, the two branches of its French operations, were ordered to pay 600,000 euros (900,000 dollars) in fines for preying financially on its followers in the 1990s.

French socialist MP Catherine Picard speaks to journalists as she arrives at Paris court on October 27, 2009 for the trial of the Church of Scientology, classified as a sect, with seven of its members for illegally prescribing drugs. The court fined the Church of Scientology for defrauding vulnerable followers, but officials voiced regret that a recent change in the law prevented France from banning it outright. Scientology's Celebrity Centre and its bookshop in Paris, the two branches of its French operations, were ordered to pay 600,000 euros (900,000 dollars) in fines for preying financially on its followers in the 1990s.

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 03: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrives to attend a round table meeting with police chiefs and council leaders in Shoreditch on November 3, 2009 in London, England. In a later question and answer session Mr Brown pledged his support to Home Secretary Alan Johnson over Mr Johnson's sacking of the Government's chief drugs adviser, Professor David Nutt.

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 03: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (R) and Home Secretary Alan Johnson (L) attend a question and answer session with police chiefs, council workers and members of the public in Shoreditch on November 3, 2009 in London, England. During the meeting Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged his support to Home Secretary Alan Johnson over Mr Johnson's sacking of the Government's chief drugs adviser, Professor David Nutt.

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 03: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (R) and Home Secretary Alan Johnson (L) attend a question and answer session with police chiefs, council workers and members of the public in Shoreditch on November 3, 2009 in London, England. During the meeting Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged his support to Home Secretary Alan Johnson over Mr Johnson's sacking of the Government's chief drugs adviser, Professor David Nutt.

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 03: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown attends a question and answer session with police chiefs, council workers and members of the public in Shoreditch on November 3, 2009 in London, England. During the meeting Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged his support to Home Secretary Alan Johnson over Mr Johnson's sacking of the Government's chief drugs adviser, Professor David Nutt.

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 03: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown attends a question and answer session with police chiefs, council workers and members of the public in Shoreditch on November 3, 2009 in London, England. During the meeting Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged his support to Home Secretary Alan Johnson over Mr Johnson's sacking of the Government's chief drugs adviser, Professor David Nutt.

MIAMI - NOVEMBER 05: U.S. Coast Guard crew members off load bags of cocaine from Coast Guard Cutter Valiant after it stopped nearly five tons (9,200 pounds) of the drug from entering the U.S. on November 5, 2009 in Miami, Florida. The Coast Guard interdicted boats carry the drugs in four separate drug smuggling events in the Caribbean Sea, during the month of October.

Venezuela's Interior and Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami (R) shows packages of drugs during a press conference in Caracas November 6, 2009. Two tons of marijuana from Colombia and bound for the U.S. and the Caribbean were seized by police, authorities said.

TOKYO - NOVEMBER 09: (JAPANESE Alleged actress Noriko Sakai leaves her home for Tokyo District Court on November 9, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. Sakai was sentensed to 18 months in prison, suspended for three years for possessing and taking illegal stimulant drugs.

British actor Sir Michael Caine (L) and Britain's new boxing World heavyweight champion David Haye arrive in London's Leicester Square for the European Premiere of Michael Caine's latest film, 'Harry Brown' directed by Daniel Barber on November 10, 2009.'Harry Brown' is scheduled to be released on November 13, 2009. Described as a 'modern urban western,' the titular Harry Brown (Caine) is an elderly widower and former Royal Marine who has lived to see his South London neighbourhood overrun by violent gangs, drugs and crime.

British actor Sir Michael Caine (L) and Britain's new boxing World heavyweight champion David Haye arrive in London's Leicester Square for the European Premiere of Michael Caine's latest film, 'Harry Brown' directed by Daniel Barber on November 10, 2009.'Harry Brown' is scheduled to be released on November 13, 2009. Described as a 'modern urban western,' the titular Harry Brown (Caine) is an elderly widower and former Royal Marine who has lived to see his South London neighbourhood overrun by violent gangs, drugs and crime.

Britain's new boxing World heavyweight champion David Haye poses on arrival to London's Leicester Square for the European Premiere of Michael Caine's latest film, 'Harry Brown' directed by Daniel Barber on November 10, 2009. Described as a 'modern urban western,' the titular Harry Brown (Caine) is an elderly widower and former Royal Marine who has lived to see his South London neighbourhood overrun by violent gangs, drugs and crime.

Martin Kemp of the group Spandau Ballet poses on arrival to London's Leicester Square for the European Premiere of Michael Caine's latest film, 'Harry Brown' directed by Daniel Barber on November 10, 2009. Described as a 'modern urban western,' the titular Harry Brown (Caine) is an elderly widower and former Royal Marine who has lived to see his South London neighbourhood overrun by violent gangs, drugs and crime.

Eric Roux, head of the Paris Celebrity Center of the Scientology Association (ASES-CC) speaks to journalists as he arrives at Paris court on October 27, 2009 for the trial of the Church of Scientology, classified as a sect, with seven of its members for illegally prescribing drugs. The court fined the Church of Scientology for defrauding vulnerable followers, but officials voiced regret that a recent change in the law prevented France from banning it outright. Scientology's Celebrity Centre and its bookshop in Paris, the two branches of its French operations, were ordered to pay 600,000 euros (900,000 dollars) in fines for preying financially on its followers in the 1990s.

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 03: John Denham the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government arrives to attend a round table meeting with police chiefs and council leaders in Shoreditch on November 3, 2009 in London, England. In a later question and answer session Mr Brown pledged his support to Home Secretary Alan Johnson over Mr Johnson's sacking of the Government's chief drugs adviser, Professor David Nutt.

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 03: Home Secretary Alan Johnson attends a question and answer session with police chiefs, council workers and members of the public in Shoreditch on November 3, 2009 in London, England. During the meeting Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged his support to Home Secretary Alan Johnson over Mr Johnson's sacking of the Government's chief drugs adviser, Professor David Nutt.

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 03: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (R) and Home Secretary Alan Johnson (C) attend a question and answer session with police chiefs, council workers and members of the public in Shoreditch on November 3, 2009 in London, England. During the meeting Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged his support to Home Secretary Alan Johnson over Mr Johnson's sacking of the Government's chief drugs adviser, Professor David Nutt.

Venezuela's Interior and Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami shows packages of drugs during a press conference in Caracas November 6, 2009. Two tons of marijuana from Colombia and bound for the U.S. and the Caribbean were seized by police, authorities said.

This courtroom sketch shows Japanese pop star Noriko Sakai who was handed a suspended jail term of 18 months for illegal drug at the Tokyo District Court on November 9, 2009. Sakai was caught in August, a week after the arrest of her surfer-husband on drugs charges, in possession of 0.008 grams of an unidentified illegal stimulant and later pleaded guilty to drug use and possession. Under Japan's strict drug laws, prosecutors demanded 18 months' prison, but the court suspended the jail term for three years.

British actress Gemma Arteton poses on arrival to London's Leicester Square for the European Premiere of Michael Caine's latest film, 'Harry Brown' directed by Daniel Barber on November 10, 2009. Described as a 'modern urban western,' the titular Harry Brown (Caine) is an elderly widower and former Royal Marine who has lived to see his South London neighbourhood overrun by violent gangs, drugs and crime.

British director Daniel Barber arrives in London's Leicester Square for the European Premiere of Sir Michael Caine's latest film, 'Harry Brown' directed by Daniel Barber on November 10, 2009. Described as a 'modern urban western,' the titular Harry Brown (Caine) is an elderly widower and former Royal Marine who has lived to see his South London neighbourhood overrun by violent gangs, drugs and crime.

Eric Roux, head of the Paris Celebrity Center of the Scientology Association (ASES-CC) arrives at Paris court on October 27, 2009 for the trial of the Church of Scientology, classified as a sect, with seven of its members for illegally prescribing drugs. The court fined the Church of Scientology for defrauding vulnerable followers, but officials voiced regret that a recent change in the law prevented France from banning it outright. Scientology's Celebrity Centre and its bookshop in Paris, the two branches of its French operations, were ordered to pay 600,000 euros (900,000 dollars) in fines for preying financially on its followers in the 1990s.

Patrick Maisonneuve (C), lawyer of the French Church of Scientology speaks to journalists as he arrives at Paris court on October 27, 2009 for the trial of the Church of Scientology, classified as a sect, with seven of its members for illegally prescribing drugs. The court fined the Church of Scientology for defrauding vulnerable followers, but officials voiced regret that a recent change in the law prevented France from banning it outright. Scientology's Celebrity Centre and its bookshop in Paris, the two branches of its French operations, were ordered to pay 600,000 euros (900,000 dollars) in fines for preying financially on its followers in the 1990s.

French socialist MP Catherine Picard speaks to journalists as she arrives at Paris court on October 27, 2009 for the trial of the Church of Scientology, classified as a sect, with seven of its members for illegally prescribing drugs. The court fined the Church of Scientology for defrauding vulnerable followers, but officials voiced regret that a recent change in the law prevented France from banning it outright. Scientology's Celebrity Centre and its bookshop in Paris, the two branches of its French operations, were ordered to pay 600,000 euros (900,000 dollars) in fines for preying financially on its followers in the 1990s.

The image of two children behaving apparently under influence of drugs is reflected on a taxi's wing mirror, near the Macacos shantytown, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil October 28, 2009. Rio de Janeiro must triple its security outlay ahead of the 2016 Olympic Games, especially to crack down on rampant violence spread by drug gangs, Justice Minister Tarso Genro said Tuesday. His assessment, given at a meeting with Rio authorities, came days after bloody clashes between slum gangs and police left 45 people dead and saw a police helicopter shot down.

The image of two children behaving apparently under influence of drugs is reflected on a taxi's wing mirror, near the Macacos shantytown, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil October 28, 2009. Between January and September 2009, Rio's police confiscated 68,5 Kg of crack, a 542 percent increase compared with the same period of 2008, according to official reports.

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 03: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (C) attends a round table meeting with Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government John Denham (R), police chiefs and council leaders in Shoreditch on November 3, 2009 in London, England. In a later question and answer session Mr Brown pledged his support to Home Secretary Alan Johnson over Mr Johnson's sacking of the Government's chief drugs adviser, Professor David Nutt.

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 03: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown attends a question and answer session with police chiefs, council workers and members of the public in Shoreditch on November 3, 2009 in London, England. During the meeting Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged his support to Home Secretary Alan Johnson over Mr Johnson's sacking of the Government's chief drugs adviser, Professor David Nutt.

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 03: British prime Minister Gordon Brown attends a round table meeting with police chiefs and council leaders in Shoreditch on November 3, 2009 in London, England. In a later question and answer session Mr Brown pledged his support to Home Secretary Alan Johnson over Mr Johnson's sacking of the Government's chief drugs adviser, Professor David Nutt.

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 03: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (r) and Home Secretary Alan Johnson (l) attend a question and answer session with police chiefs, council workers and members of the public in Shoreditch on November 3, 2009 in London, England. During the meeting Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged his support to Home Secretary Alan Johnson over Mr Johnson's sacking of the Government's chief drugs adviser, Professor David Nutt.

TOKYO - NOVEMBER 09: (JAPANESE 3000 people queue for court gallery seats at the Noriko Sakai trial at Hibiya Park on November 9, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. Sakai was sentensed to 18 months in prison, suspended for three years for possessing and taking illegal stimulant drugs.

TOKYO - NOVEMBER 09: (JAPANESE Accused actress Noriko Sakai leaves her home for Tokyo District Court on November 9, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. Sakai was sentensed to 18 months in prison, suspended for three years for possessing and taking illegal stimulant drugs.