Nation Oct 02 Watch Feds bust online illegal drug market and its ‘Pirate’ proprietor Federal investigators shut down the high-profile online market for illegal drugs known as Silk Road and arrested the site's alleged mastermind, Ross Ulbricht. Cordelia Lynch of International Television News reports on how easy it was to access illicit substances using…
Dec 07 Watch Shields and Brooks on Pot Laws, RGIII and Heisman Picks Shields and Brooks on Pot Laws, RGIII and Heisman Pick…
World Oct 11 Watch Demand for Illegal Ivory Explodes in Asia, Where Industry Expands Despite Ban Despite a 1990 global treaty illegalizing the sale of elephant tusks, religious faiths across Asia value ivory and are willing to pay for it. In China, demand has been met with the construction of major factories to process and produce…
Politics Apr 25 Watch Wal-Mart Bribery Allegations: What Legal Problems, Penalties Could it Face? Wal-Mart Bribery Allegations: What Legal Problems, Penalties Could it Face?…
Mar 30 Watch Apple Supplier Foxconn Pledges Better Working Conditions, but Will it Deliver? Apple Supplier Foxconn Pledges Better Working Conditions, but Will it Deliver?… Continue watching
Jan 23 Watch Want to Use a GPS-Tracking Device? Get a Warrant, Supreme Court Tells Police The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that police violated the Constitution by attaching a GPS-tracking device to a car owned by a Washington, D.C., club owner, eventually leading to a cocaine-trafficking conviction. Jeffrey Brown discusses their reasoning and the implications… Continue watching
Nov 07 Watch Gold Lures Illegal Miners to Peru’s Rainforests In southeastern Peru, where the Andes Mountains meet the Amazon, lies one of the world's richest ecosystems and the destructive lure of gold. In a collaboration with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, special correspondent Steve Sapienza reports on illegal… Continue watching
Oct 28 Watch Ala.’s Sen. Beason on Aborigines, ‘the Clip’ We talk to state senator Scott Beason about comments that have landed him in hot water. Continue watching
Aug 31 Watch Marijuana Farming Is Lucrative Business in California, but Who’s Profiting? Last year, local and federal authorities seized some 7 million illegally grown marijuana plants in California. The Center for Investigative Reporting and KQED investigate who and what are behind the spike in the state's lucrative marijuana-farming business. Continue watching