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Iraq's War on Meth - with Yalda Hakim

Basra is in the grip of a crystal meth epidemic. Yalda Hakim has gained exclusive access to Basra's SWAT team and the prison where dealers and addicts are kept in the same cell.

Iraq's oil-rich southern province, Basra, is in the grip of a crystal meth epidemic. High levels of unemployment, poverty and despair are fuelling the crisis, along with plentiful, cheap supplies of the highly addictive drug. Yalda Hakim has gained exclusive access to Basra's police SWAT team, and the prison where dealers and addicts are all kept in the same cell. She reports on the authority's tough approach to drug-related crime.

30 minutes

Last on

Wed 15 Aug 201802:30GMT

Credit

RoleContributor
ReporterMurad Batal Shishani

Broadcasts

  • Sat 5 May 201803:30GMT
  • Sat 5 May 201820:30GMT
  • Sun 6 May 201802:30GMT
  • Sun 6 May 201820:30GMT
  • Wed 9 May 201802:30GMT
  • Sat 11 Aug 201820:30GMT
  • Sun 12 Aug 201802:30GMT
  • Sun 12 Aug 201820:30GMT
  • Wed 15 Aug 201802:30GMT