this is news live from berlin india's 3rd wave has been described as beyond heartbreaking hospitals are overwhelmed with surging corona virus infections and many needing treatment are being turned away western nations are sending medical supplies also coming up. lawyers for a black man killed by police in the u.s. state of north carolina say camera footage shows he was shot in the back of the head on his hands while on the steering wheel. the russian authorities ordered the offices of jailed opposition leader alexina valmy to suspend their activities will

take a look at the latest legal attempts to block the volley supporters from russian elections and politics. are really mohamad welcome to the program india has reported a record high number of new corona virus infections more than 350000 in just 24 hours the u.s. the u.k. and the european union are sending medical supplies including oxygen which hospitals need to treat 1000 patients can mix are now at full capacity and turning people away and what we're hearing that there are. crowds waiting for a shot of her as the current a virus devastates india people queue outside a vaccination center in mumbai. even though the country is

a major coronavirus vaccine maker many fear there is not enough to go around. in many parts of the country ill people are queuing outside hospitals they desperately need treatment. in delhi animesh kumar is looking after a family member they've been turned away from 2 hospitals already. all 3 an oxygen ambulance is running out his condition a serious west standing here in the middle of the road without oxygen or hope. hospitals too are running out of oxygen they are already caring for so many patients with covert 19 that wards a full. the few deliveries that do arrive are simply not enough. that the government is rushing to open new covert 19 wards like this one

a brand new center in delhi they say even more beds will be available soon. where working on increasing the number of oxygen beds on a large scale are there. within the next few days we will increase the capacity to 2000 to 5000 beds. we are also preparing $200.00 beds at the intensive care unit. as long as that's and. but new hospital wards come too late for many victims of covert 19. at last cremation sites like this one outside the capital delhi. the pandemics gristly told is clear. let's bring in money given a professor of history specializing in modern india at the city university of new

york india appeared sir to be controlling this pandemic quite well initially but now i see hospitals are overwhelmed what do you think went wrong. good evening thanks for having me. well i think several things 1st and foremost i think that the government essentially declared victory too soon after the 1st wave 2nd they didn't adequately prepare for a 2nd wave and 3rd they took a go it alone approach rather than working in an all parties fashion on a war footing they you know sort of decided that they would try to try to. do policy on the fly unfortunately and it's has had disastrous consequences for the country that we know that this is basically a race against what many virus variance right now and do you think it's in the interest of western nations to help india quite quickly yes absolutely obviously because the longer it the longer india suffers the more and the more the virus

transmits in the country the more room there is for additional variance to take root to grow and then to threaten the west as well so cold it is an international and global problem and what affects one part of the world is ultimately going to affect every other part so we have to quickly control contain and douse the fire in india so that it doesn't spread everywhere else and bring the whole world down and how far are the social inequalities impacting the situation here. ok so this is a question with 2 different angles on the one hand rich and poor alike are suffering from cope it so. some india's most famous movie star i mean the button most famous cricketer such and then the looker both of come down with coded and famous politicians and journalists themselves or their families have come down with coded and some are suffering death as well. so in that sense it effects both

rich and poor on the other hand. those who have the means are fleeing the country on private jets and if they are able to they purchase private canisters of oxygen to treat themselves or family members so obviously the weight of this is borne especially high by the poor and in addition to that broadly speaking . the poor have the least access to health care and they are also subjected to what we might call coded policing so when there are fines for not properly masking or following protocols or they're in the wrong place or they're setting up a food stand and they shouldn't be they they bear the penalties for all of this in the starkest possible terms so obviously as with many things. the way is for an evenly and heaviest by the poor and that some on

a bug have been speaking to us from the city university of new york thank you so much for your time alice thank you. and german chancellor angela merkel has confirmed that germany is sending medical aid to india as part of an international effort to bring the covered 1000 crisis they're under control event and then and then i will work with other countries to ensure that we can help india then we are working hard on finding ways to get oxygen production facilities there the whole of europe is working on that and i also discussed this with the prime minister of portugal today they are currently holding the e.u. presidency we want to do everything we can to help india. so he's president of type one has announced that what he calls a nationwide full lockdown will start on thursday and a set to last until the middle of may authorities are ramping up restrictions off

of curfews and weekend lockdowns failed to stop the rapid spread of corona virus infections the number of daily cases soared to record levels this month but have since for them in the latest 24 hour period more than $37000.00 people across the country tested positive for the virus. and let's look at other stories making headlines around the world we'll say in turkey here where the trial of a pro a prominent pro kurdish politician has begun so latino differences was the leader of the opposition h d p party and is a 2 time election challenger to president one he's been in prison for more than 4 years on terrorism charges despite international calls for his release. germany will relax its vaccine priority list beginning in june chancellor angela merkel made the announcement after a meeting with state premiers this means that people outside risk categories can

now be vaccinated. and relatives of andrew brown a black man who was shot last week by us police in north carolina was shown video footage of the incident on monday lawyers of the family held a press conference they said what they'd seen was brown being shot while he was sitting in his car and had his hands on the steering wheel posing no threat to offices they also said that they were only allowed to view 20 seconds of this video from one camera even though longer footage from multi multiple cameras exists. it is not true. when you've got a multiple of his gun and then a man with it is only trying to get away. we will have just. we will have just. found simon is in washington d.c. for us some day doesn't what's happened here. well to tell you this

is all a hot tub mess and it's not looking too good to actually those lawyers one little further they said that they watched an execution and execution of a black man on armed with his hands on the wheel trying to get away being shot in his beck no gun 7 officers or deputies i should say on the scene. that was quite a scene today all the networks here national networks took this press conference life of course and i have. i can't remember having seen lawyers of a family of this family and those are big names those lawyers his civil rights lawyers says that drama is so angry they were outset they were angry about what they what the authorities made available to the family and how they were actually treated while they were watching this what they call only was

a snippet of video as you mentioned there were 7 officers on the scene everybody were body camera there's plenty of material and authorities are not. showing it and what do we know about the deputies involved in this case. deputies all 7 on the scene but what happened to those involved in this case in total were 10 we hear 7 of those are on that ministry of leaf and now here it comes to resigned and one charles retirement. if you have a case as a police department involving 10 or 7 of the scene $810.00 in total with this case and then you have a county attorney who is not or very reluctant to release footage to be transparent to a very very engaged and very very angry crowd or community because of your

in transparency and not being transparence then you have a big big problem so these are a lot of red flags 7 on administrative leave to retire one retire and to resign from their jobs so what is likely to happen next when a senate protests and also the elizabeth city has now declared a state of emergency. that he has declared a state of emergency and consequently before the family was shown this snippet or 20 seconds. long video which again the lawyers call an execution this is tough language this is this reverberates in the in the in the african-american in the black communities so you know we'll see what happens in the next day or 2 here and specifically at nights but there is anger there is outrage in northern carolina in elizabeth city as well as in the in other. places here in

the united states this is going to be interesting and that is stefan simon speaking to us from washington d.c. thank you. russian authorities have ordered the offices of jailed opposition alexina valmy to suspend their activities it comes off for a quarter that could outlaw anti corruption foundation as extremist and threaten supporters with jail terms the injunction is the latest move in a crackdown against president putin's fiercest critic and his organizations these banks contain the court transcripts the defense lawyers estimate they weigh 12 kilos but that's just the papers that are not categorized as top secret the volleys team has 3 days to read it all then the hearings begin the public prosecutor wants in the valleys organization to be classified as extremist claiming they pose a danger to russia stability classification has serious consequences it's all about

the definition of illegal activities when an organization is officially declared extremist than even the people who donate money can be taken to court. in the valley runs a network of regional offices they help independent candidates and raise money for an of all these anti corruption fund for more than a decade this organization has been denouncing corrupt politicians no molly says this problem goes all the way up to the highest government offices their best known video shows a palace that allegedly belongs to putin the kremlin denies this donations to this organization would be endangered if they were to be categorized as an extremist group the german government criticized russia. using counter-terrorism loss to suppress political criticism is not compatible with the principles of the rule of law because nobody's for thursday is the next court date recently my valise team organized protests across the country but now they are banned from doing this again

. well that's it you are up to date up next is chris kobo with the business news armando you can also find much more news and analysis on a website that is d w dot com with all the latest updates on the current of virus pandemic in india i mean of mohammad thank you very much for watching i'll see you soon. in the art of climate change. as soon. as today no further future. for. the making.

strong profits amid bad news the electric car maker tesla topped expectations with its 1st quarter earnings but is that enough to offset recent reports about cost of more protests and another fatal crush also on the show a pause. civil shot in the arm for europe's tourism industry the e.u. is preparing to welcome american travelers again beginning this summer as the vaccination plane in the us sitting strong. program

you as electric car maker tells its 7th straight profitable quarter the company reporting 1st quarter earnings of $438000000.00 beating market expectations but the news comes as the company faces growing competition as well as accusations of quality and safety problems. from trailblazer to mass market producer analysts are watching closely to see if tesla will successfully make the leap the numbers look good tesla has surpassed expectations with 180000 vehicles sold in the 1st quarter. despite recent setbacks it remains a star on the stock market at $700000000000.00 it's worth more than all traditional car manufacturers taken together. but the race is nowhere near finished. with a massive expansion strategy the electric automaker is now trying to increase its sales figures

a newly constructed plant and shanghai has already paid for itself every 3rd test is now sold in china and billions are being pumped into the construction of 2 more plants bigger factories in germany and texas are due to go online this year even so established automakers are starting to catch up. in europe will find its way to the top spot in electric vehicle thought last year followed by the rental nissan mitsubishi group well tesla came in 3rd. at the same time established automakers are introducing new models on several start ups and also joined the friendly and accidents have sell a pioneer tesla's image the circumstances surrounding a fatal crash in texas have yet to be clarified influential consumer advocacy magazine consumer reports says the autopilot is dangerously flawed.

chinese authorities to accuse the company of poor quality and the protests of a customer who accuses tesla's faulty brakes of causing an accident have gone global environment and social media. let's get more on this with our financial correspondent korda in new york record sales in the 1st quarter strong profits what else does this earnings report tell us their overall you could say that test fired on almost all is cylinders a profit of more than $400000000.00 that is also a new record strong business in china and if you look at the year and had to train the 20 a test it delivered almost half a 1000000 vehicles and for this year tesla is hoping to even increase that number by almost 50 percent so overall it predicts

a successful quarter it was all those obstacles so there was a plant closure here in the united states because of a shortage of semiconductors said but still tesla was able to deliver yes make this fresh earnings data where does tesla see itself compared to the competition in europe and china in particular that are trying to make inroads in those markets. yes definitely i mean the competition is definitely catching up to a few look at last year here in the united states for example tesla had a market share for electric vehicles of about 82 percent and that is down to about 70 percent that is still very strong especially as the e.u. market is still growing quite a bit but you definitely can see that to more and more other companies folks like for instance those other economy as well are offering much more electric vehicles such i know you mentioned that they could also try to increase competition to tesla

so no doubt the heat is on so public protest at the shanghai auto show another fiery crash and reports that tell us all the pilot can be tricked into driving with no one at the wheel it's been rather bad news lately for tesla will that have an impact well so far there tesla fen basically is seems to be quite forgiving and if you just look at the stock price the stock is actually even trading higher today than it was sobre when we got news of this crash in texas for instance among the other side the stock price is down about 15 percent from its all time high so that you can see that there is a bit of hesitation at least i'm on wall street but all this negative press to that test has gotten into pos couple of weeks and months as

a not target business very hard to at least up to this point. reporting in 7 straight profit. or thank you it's. now let's take a look at some of the other business stories making news german tech and media associations are filed an anti trust suit against apple over its new iphone privacy settings these require app makers to tell users what tracking information they want to gather and get permission to do so many users will likely object tracking in the digital ad industry fears a major loss of income apple and facebook are also at loggerheads over the new system. several 1000 cubans have taken to the high seas to demand the end of the nearly 60 year old u.s. trade embargo after a short lived repugnant under the obama administration relations between heaven and washington became tense with donald trump the biden administration has not yet made

cuba a priority. now for more than a year the european union has banned non-essential travel from most countries in an effort to limit the spread of the coronavirus but now with the ever growing parts of the population in the united states having received the covert job the e.u. is planning to welcome u.s. travelers that have been fully vaccinated the summer. from basketball courts to pool pox a monumental effort across the united states since the start of the year means over 200000000 vaccine doses have now gone into american arms. it's bringing a full return to international travel for u.s. citizens closer and closer and some of their favorite tourism destinations are keen to welcome them back regarding the issue of travel from the u.s. to europe particularly the summer let me start by saying that we have been following very closely the progress of vaccination indian ited states and we seek

to restore transatlantic travel as soon as it is safe to do so the return of americans this summer would come as a huge relief to e.u. member states like greece which rely heavily on holidaymakers travelers from outside the european union are enormously important to the block and over the past year the continent's tourism hotspots have been missing them in normal times the e.u. would welcome 500000000 people from overseas bringing with them 340000000000 euros in revenue with international tourism accounting for 10 percent of the g.d.p. . the decision to allow only vaccinated americans into the e.u. comes with its challenges exactly how would that work what we will probably have is a framework a technical framework so an app with a coat that can show whether you have been vaccinated that can show whether you have been infected with the disease or whether you have been recently tested what

then each an individual member state will make with these results so if you have been tested negative what you can do with it that is up to each individual member states you. well once the technology has been worked out and american starts jetting off on their flights across the atlantic europe's beaches stand ready to welcome them. the e.u. has begun legal action against british swedish pharmaco number of esther's seneca over delays in supplying its covert 19 vaccine the company is on course to deliver just a 3rd the number of doses it previously promised to score the european commission says the firm has failed to respect their contracts and has quote no reliable plan for ensuring timely deliveries russians and co says the litigation is without merit but the e.u. is resolved to go ahead what matters to us in this case is that we want to make sure that he's a speedy delivery of a sufficient number of doses that the european citizens are entitled to and which

has been promised on the basis of the contract so the commission has indeed started siegal action on its own behalf and on behalf of the 27 member states that are slightly aligned in their support for this procedure thank you. it's supporter going now they country is the largest producer of lithium in europe one day it could be home to the largest mine on the continent for the rare metal which is an essential component for the batteries used in mobile phones and electric vehicles but opposition to the plan is a growing. no to mining yes to life. that's the slogan used by protesters or poles to a mining project a plan to me also in northern portugal while these mountains are rich in lithium locals do not want this to become europe's let him producing hub. he freaky. mouse my brothers and i grew up here keeping the culls that's why for me it's even

more meaningful because i know this area ever since i was a kid. i'm not against lithium but i'm not in favor of polluting my village and other villages like minded people used to cities that are the if you go i knew the region is recognised as a place of important agricultural heritage by the un british miners savannah resources plans to invest more than 100000000 year olds in the project it is now trying to allay fears that mining operations will destroy the local way of life. resigned perjury be sustainable design sure moves best practices and we have a whole raft of management plans to deal with a very extreme. group projects development they are hoping portuguese authorities will give it the green light as soon as possible but for many here

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this isn't smuggling it's a sophisticated highly profitable business and the dutch police sees only 5 to 10 percent of total production and that gives you an idea of how much is actually on the market and. crystal meth is easy and cheap to produce and the profits for dealers can be enormous. believe it was a couple still here we see a typical meth lab. well it can produce 20 kilograms over a 2 day cycle. and on the street a kilo of meth cells or 600000 check crowns cougar. that's just over $23000.00 euros so 460000 euros for that in just 48 hours the average price per gram is $65.00 euros crystal meth normally taken on fifty's so we've reached the point where people at all levels of society are using this drug and so their guess is just because it comes amid.

they says rotterdam in the netherlands europe's largest seaport there's been a big increase recently and illegal imports of the chemicals that are used to make crystal meth. dutch journalist make fun felony says that the number of meth labs raided by police is rising fast since 2 actions just in jalazone 3 and since 2016 about 20 of these labs have been identified huge labs that can produce $80000000.00 euros worth of drugs per month in normal hodes a lot of. mexican cartels supply

a lot of crystal meth for the european market it's pouring in with the components often hidden onboard freighters like these the cartels have also sent their own meth cooks to europe to make this stuff. like a study on beginning of it's crystal meth and it's extremely important for us to monitor developments in the crystal meth market very closely and of like ok you know it's we're not talking about small time cocaine or marijuana distributors here . these are the mexican cartels. and when they get into a market there's a big increase in drug production and drug related violence built here for we've seen that in mexico and they're moving into the market here. so as far as crystal meth is concerned the warning signals are flashing throughout europe where crystal meth the new doll back in june 20192500 kilograms of crystal meth were seized at the port of rotterdam the largest drug bust of its kind in europe.

this is the bavarian city of pasto we've come here to meet drug counsellor yunus clean. from 2003 until he retired last year kate was in charge of a therapy center that's affiliated with the catholic diocese of passout. he says there's been a big increase over the last decade in the number of people who've come to the center for help. the situation is serious in fact it's alarming we've even had a few deaths recently that puts 3 different. when clique walks through parts of town known for drug activity he can often great some of the people there by name. the number of addicts who've come to the center is increasing 20 years ago cook had

just a handful of clients 3 years ago there were 80 and now the number has risen to well over 100. and those are just the statistics from one counseling center. kind that is still consummate no one who uses crystal meth comes to my office on their own and asks me for help all of our clients have been ordered to get counseling. a prosecutor will tell them sign up for a treatment program or go to jail. but those people are just the tip of the iceberg this is a huge problem is the power to be a police excited. but few people aside from you are sounding the alarm about crystal meth abuse and pass out. the hook if this insight room is when things calm down a bit when a lot of people come to the mistaken conclusion that the situation is under control

. as far as i'm concerned that's an indication that this drug has become part of everyday life in our communities and people just aren't concerned about it anymore . and let me read some team or give a hoot. about public apathy doesn't mean that the problem is any less serious now we're going to introduce you to a local resident who's been using crystal meth for 6 years. we've agreed to conceal his identity he says he even goes to work when he's high. my boss doesn't have a problem with me using drugs he doesn't know that i also use them on the job sometimes when i've been taking drugs i'll be late for work but the boss doesn't seem to mind because i always do a great job. he estimates that about 20 percent of the

people in his home town use crystal meth. many of those who've taken the drug say that it gives them a rush of energy makes them more alert and enhances their overall performance. we've come to the bavarian town of by a light to me to addiction therapist or don't have the p.t. he's been working with crystal meth users for 3 decades including single mothers skilled workers and business managers he explains why people can quickly become addicted to this drug. just as a crystal the crystal meth that sold on the street can be up to 90 percent pure a 1st time user who inhales $80.00 to $100.00 milligrams of the drug at that level of purity will soon experience a sense of euphoria which is the maximum you could use a few days of movie crystal meth triggers the release of several chemicals in the brain that make people feel good. and they keep taking the drug because they want

this sensation to last the studio wanted to see no one. but these feelings of euphoria are deceptive users often find that they need more and more crystal meth to achieve the same level of stimulation. and once the drug wears off they will likely experience withdrawal symptoms. just not through moon's shock because the big problem with crystal meth is that it's neuro toxic that is it damages the nervous system it's called chronic meth abuse can reduce the amount of chemicals in the brain that make us feel good this is because this can lead to fatigue and even depression disbelieves to ask even consider it if you keep using this stuff you'll eventually build up a tolerance so you have to take

a larger amounts to try to get high and eventually you get to the point where it just doesn't give you that rush anymore you feel burned out all the time you can't feel anything anymore. this is the czech capital prague crystal meth has been produced here for decades even during the cold war and after the fall of the berlin wall in 1989 production increased travelling and distributors began exporting their drugs to germany these days czechs and vietnamese immigrants produce an estimated 10 tons of crystal meth every year a lot of it is shipped to neighboring germany. the national czech police have created a special division to combat drug crime the division's director is yakob. he

says he and his officers face an enormous challenge. one of their main tasks is to chip away at the production of crystal meth as part of that effort police have raided more than 200 drug labs over the last 5 years but as soon as they shut down one lab another one opens up somewhere else. just as me all so the the situation has changed recently yes my you sports no matter what that of people you just go we're seeing that large organized crime groups which are made up mostly of vietnamese immigrants who are shifting large scale production of crystal meth to other countries. i ships the body anything over 51015 or 20 kilograms is now produced outside the czech republic. not was i mean ixtoc. in some raids officers have

seized up to one ton of crystal meth but this work often involves cross border co-operation with police in other countries. it works closely with european customs author already is and the european law enforcement agency europol. and there's a new factor that's complicating the effort. the news was that we mexican drug cartels are now setting up operations in the netherlands. here fleet which conducts an inspection tour along the czech german border. he explains that the mexican cartels have moved into the european market for crystal meth mostly because the czech government has cracked down hard on local drug dealers. fleece department has been expanded over the past several years and they're making

life difficult for those who produce and distribute crystal meth in the czech republic so the mexicans have stepped in to fill the gaps their network even includes some of the vietnamese immigrants who used to make their own meth. dutch dealers used to earn a lot of money by selling drugs like ecstasy or unfair means known as speed but now they can make even more by selling crystal meth. finally says that the mexican cartels have priced the vietnamese right out of the market thanks to lower overhead. will be able they can offer lower prices because they create so much product we're talking about hundreds of kilos of crystal meth even tons of it. they don't produce the stuff here because there's not

much local demand for. people used math quite a bit in the early 1990 s. but not today certainly not enough to justify massive levels of production with all the. times are tough for small vietnamese shops along the czech german border particularly those that can supplement their income by selling crystal meth not many people come here to buy drugs anymore these days they're often delivered by a quarry or or people order drugs on the dark web and they arrive in the mail regardless of the method an estimated 5 tons of crystal meth reaches the german border region every year. roughly the same amount stays in the czech republic itself police managed to confiscate only about $100.00 kilos of it per year and despite what some of the szell say this country does have

a serious problem with crystal meth addiction an estimated 35000 people are hooked on the drug. local producers are losing market share to meth that's shipped in from the netherlands and they're facing increased pressure from the german and czech police. law enforcement agencies from both countries have been working closely together since 2007 when border controls were relaxed under the shannon agreement the joint center for german czech police and customs cooperation is located in the town of shantou off of area this facility is staffed around the clock officers exchange data follow up leads on drug cases organized searches and make arrests. all this information flows into the data bank at regional police headquarters in the

lead. detective chief superintendent christopher wasn't bagus says that crystal meth is a problem here but other drugs pose more of a threat. but incisional infamous based on our statistics the drugs that are seized most often by our officers are heroin and cannabis. they also represent the largest quantities of the drugs that are confiscated. we carry out fewer raids that involve crystal meth and we seize smaller amounts of saugus if you're still there when we are condemning it. in 2019 just under 2 kilograms of crystal meth were seized in this part of bavaria that was about the middle of the pack among the various 7 administrative districts. regardless of the statistics the various health ministry has recently reported an increase in drug related deaths and drug users who've signed up for outpatient treatment how can we explain this discrepancy. is

in with us has said as it does with the only drug cases that we hear about are the ones where the police get involved. and criminology and sociology experts make a distinction between crimes that are reported and those that aren't. so if police make a lot of drug arrests that will show up in the crime statistics and that's good. but if the police stopped investigating drug cases altogether the number of arrests would drop to 0 and the politicians would say that's good. police resources are stretched to the limit and the authorities simply don't have the money or the personnel to track down everyone who produces and distributes crystal meth so criminal organ. zation slike the mexican cartels feel free to move in but that may change soon. enough bullets non-tourist over the last several

years some german states have tried to add personnel where they can. the federal government has agreed to help state governments to do that but it's a slow process as an aftershock not us and police have lots of other priorities right now besides drug crimes. they also have to keep track of serious problems like islamist terrorism and right wing extremism extremist muslim terrorist most. so the effort to crack down on the use of crystal meth is pretty far down the list of police priorities meanwhile authorities have come up with an unusual new way to monitor the use of illegal drugs it involves analysis of sewage from. the european anti drug agency has been working with this core group since 2011 to

monitor of waste water for traces of illicit substances several german cities are taking part. here at the sewage treatment plant in nuremberg and employee collect samples that will then be sent to the score analysis center in dresden the results will help the authorities quantify the scope of drug abuse. the latest samples from nuremberg indicate that consumption of crystal meth has jumped 30 percent since 2017 lots of people are able to buy the drug despite the restrictions imposed because of the covert pandemic the study also shows high rates of meth consumption in the german states of the varia the range and saxony but where are the drugs coming from. cheshire invoked. as crystal put it the netherlands is moving ahead of the czech republic and the

production of crystal meth will find this farm but are in for this because that's clear from the statistics for the number of drug seizures are to. in the german state of north rhine-westphalia for those brutal and blind this fog and preliminary analysis and decades that the drugs were shipped from there to major german cities that evil villains over the. next production facilities in the netherlands have done what the checks were never able to do flood big cities in western and central germany with large quantities of crystal meth. german authorities are calling for decisive action. called us crystal because of a whole fish meal this is an open wound as far as crystal meth is concerned it and i hope that we'll be able to cooperate more closely with our dutch colleagues and team are in the middle of they've indicated that they're willing to help us divide those who they don't want the netherlands to become the new center for meth

production and they're ready to take action to do that because to mark to to become from dutch authorities often look the other way when it comes to the use of cash and marijuana but the last thing that they want is a new crystal meth industry run by mexican cartels. we're dealing with violent organized crime groups that distribute drugs on an international scale i think it would be naive to believe that we can solve this problem by legalizing these drugs as i said we have to strengthen our efforts to stop these groups that includes taking away the profits they make from selling drugs. and drafting laws aimed at preventing money laundering as part of a larger overall strategy chrissy's of teams to ramp. new developments in international drug production and distribution require new law enforcement

strategies among sebastien fiedler is top priorities at the creation of an investigative units that target crime groups and nash. no centers for crime prevention. cities that have a meth problem would benefit from a national strategy on preventing drug addiction and drug abuse counsellors would also welcome this development. now that vitamin family the counseling center in november in 1980 s. today 20 percent of the people who come to him for help are dictated to crystal meth he says treatment should also be part of an overall preventive strategy. we've seen this is year disunity gets a shift wondered if. the cost of addiction in our society is huge hundreds of billions a year. and in that calculation you have to include the cost of people who lose their jobs or go into treatment or end up in jail. and as crystal meth abuse moves

into the middle class more and more people will be affected and that will push up the costs to talk of medicine in an attempt at smoking in prefocus nowadays you can buy meth on the web and it'll be in your mailbox the next day. so we have to find the people who are using those sites and offer them help. but to do that we need a digital infrastructure. that includes technical experts but all that will cost a lot of money and we just can't seem to find it against us mostly true and yet among those that most politicians don't consider drug counseling to be a top priority. the mexican cartels offer technical support to the crews in holland that are making crystal meth. experts estimate that about 2 thirds

of all the methods seized by police in germany is now produced in the netherlands. in. reform t.v. show the cartels have been active in this market for the last decade and now they've become really powerful stuff we need to do a lot more to keep them in check. the dutch government is trying to find new ways to stop the spread of illegal drugs but they have a lot of catching up to do that in neighboring countries are not exactly satisfied with the job we've done so far. the dutch authorities don't really want to talk about the situation but will. drug abuse is a sensitive topic in the netherlands so it's no wonder that police are reluctant to talk about it one and they laws haven't really been historial synthetic drugs are part of our recent history that we started with amphetamines in the 1970 s.

continued with ecstasy and now we've got a problem with crystal meth and the cartels. in mexico. and. the netherlands is ideally located for importing the raw materials that are used to make the drugs and there are 2 big ports rotterdam and antwerp we are the gateway to europe and that's why the cartels want to take over this market. and if you're caught making drugs the penalties aren't very stiff just a few years in jail it's an ideal situation for the cartel it's crucial that. the cartels earn about 20000000000 euros a year from the sale of synthetic drugs the profit margins are huge because the mexicans import cheap chemicals from asia to make the stuff. as the power of the cartels increases police have reported just surge in contract murders and assaults

and have found drug labs in remote locations in may 2020 dutch police raided a lab and seized chemicals and crystal meth worth an estimated 10000000 euros. the lab was located on a farm near a village just 20 kilometers from the german border police arrested several suspects including one each from mexico. colombia and the united states. the raid was successful because dutch investigators had worked with police agencies in other countries to track the crooks a special police unit kept the suspects under constant surveillance and a lot of hard work finally paid off. i clicked help but she didn't take. the investigation and the run up to the raid took several months. bills police managed to break into the criminals phones and decrypt their messages

to the gods this allowed investigators in france germany and the netherlands to monitor their conversations for months. but when this kind of international cooperation be enough to stop the spread of crystal meth . the v's english and de botton does involve bread through the policy documents of all the major political parties and they seem to be focused on how to fight the use of cannabis find politicians think it's a sexy topic and there are no proposals for dealing with more dangerous drugs like crystal meth emitted in the crystal meth and under one hardened old. last seen child the need we have to confront this problem head on let's talk to the people who are actually using drugs and offer them counseling as part of an overall preventive strategies to to fish to death for even cod these are told to sin i can

mock truants mention dissidents who these drugs are ruining people's lives. we can't ignore this kind of drug abuse and tell ourselves that everything's fine this past that people trying these drugs and then they become addicted to drug abuse can destroy families people can lose their jobs because of it and some users end up in a psychiatric ward and some users end up debt it's a serious problems isn't it. criminal groups are simply providing huzoor as with the drugs that they want to buy perhaps we should focus on how to keep people from taking drugs in the 1st place. i don't want to keep using crystal meth forever it just ruins your life. you can't ignore the effect it has on your mind and body it makes you paranoid about

things that no one else would notice. more and more people in here or are using crystal meth we have to deal with this problem before it gets any worse and the best way to do that is to develop a comprehensive prevention strategy that combines effective police measures with counseling in treatment for drug users who may be at risk.

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