GenevaLunch » drugs http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:10:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Swiss customs revenues get boost from high Swiss franc http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/08/swiss-customs-revenues-get-boost-from-high-swiss-franc/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/08/swiss-customs-revenues-get-boost-from-high-swiss-franc/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:40:48 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66411 GenevaLunch.com BASEL / GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Lower prices across the border in France thanks to the high Swiss franc don’t always mean the Swiss lose out: the Swiss Customs Office says that in 2011 its revenues rose thanks to import declarations, from CHF28.7 million to CHF39.8m. Imported border goods remain nevertheless a small part of customs [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/08/swiss-customs-revenues-get-boost-from-high-swiss-franc/feed/ 0 Novartis 2,000 job cuts in US result of patent ending, new drug demand fall http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/13/novartis-1600-job-cuts-in-us-result-of-patent-ending/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/13/novartis-1600-job-cuts-in-us-result-of-patent-ending/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:48:05 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=65219 GenevaLunch.com BASEL, SWITZERLAND – Novartis will be cutting close to 2,000 jobs in the US, in New Jersey, as the result of an expected fall in demand for a relatively new medicine and the expiry of the patent for another, the company announced Friday 13 January in Basel. The sales force will lose 1,630 jobs and [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/13/novartis-1600-job-cuts-in-us-result-of-patent-ending/feed/ 0 Lausanne police seize stolen goods, drugs, cash in refugee centre raid http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/05/lausanne-police-seize-stolen-goods-drugs-cash-in-refugee-centre-raid/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/05/lausanne-police-seize-stolen-goods-drugs-cash-in-refugee-centre-raid/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:33:37 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62119 GenevaLunch.com LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Lausanne police Wednesday pulled in 44 of the 91 residents questioned at the Venne refugee centre, the Etablissement vaudois d’accueil des migrants (EVAM), in the city after a dawn raid that continued until 14:00. Authorities seized a quantity of drugs: 232 grams of cocaine, 22 g of heroin and 60 g of marijuana. [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/05/lausanne-police-seize-stolen-goods-drugs-cash-in-refugee-centre-raid/feed/ 0 Russian, Italian criminal presence in Switzerland grows, aided by Internet http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/23/russian-italian-criminal-presence-in-switzerland-grows-aided-by-internet/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/23/russian-italian-criminal-presence-in-switzerland-grows-aided-by-internet/#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:48:56 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59119 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The Italian “Ndrangheta” organized crime group as well as Russian mafia have been increasing their operations in Switzerland, Swiss federal police said Thursday 23 June. Human trafficking from eastern Europe is also on the rise. Police have been working more closely on a national level to reduce the amount of drug trafficking [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/23/russian-italian-criminal-presence-in-switzerland-grows-aided-by-internet/feed/ 1 Geneva police say 2 women found dead in park known to drug services http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/01/geneva-police-say-2-women-found-dead-in-park-known-to-drug-services/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/01/geneva-police-say-2-women-found-dead-in-park-known-to-drug-services/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:28:48 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=58399 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The two women, ages 34 and 37, whose bodies were found shortly after 08:30 Tuesday 31 May in the Geisendorf Park in Geneva (between rue de la Servette and rue de Lyon), were known to Geneva’s narcotics agents, police say. The two were stretched out on the ground, with no sign of [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/01/geneva-police-say-2-women-found-dead-in-park-known-to-drug-services/feed/ 0 Weighed down by cocaine, light on the Bible: police nab man http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/19/weighed-down-by-cocaine-light-on-the-bible-police-nab-man/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/19/weighed-down-by-cocaine-light-on-the-bible-police-nab-man/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 13:43:50 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=57910 GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Police in Zurich arrested an unusual-looking drug runner Wednesday at Kloten Airport, a man disguised as a missionary, complete with flowing robes. The Romanian man, whose costume was impeccable,  nevertheless raised the suspicions of a customs officer who checked his bag and didn’t find a Bible. The 37-year-old man was x-rayed and [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/19/weighed-down-by-cocaine-light-on-the-bible-police-nab-man/feed/ 0 Five minutes of silence for 35,000 victims of Mexico’s drug war http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/09/five-minutes-of-silence-for-35000-victims-of-mexico-drug-war/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/09/five-minutes-of-silence-for-35000-victims-of-mexico-drug-war/#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 07:54:19 +0000 Tara S. Kerpelman http://genevalunch.com/?p=57420 GenevaLunch.com Javier Sicilia, a well-known Mexican poet who writes for a news magazine called Proceso, Sunday 8 May asked for five minutes of silence after a rally in Mexico City’s main square, where people yelled “Enough is enough” in the fight against Mexico’s drug war. An estimated 150,000 people attended the rally to call on the [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/09/five-minutes-of-silence-for-35000-victims-of-mexico-drug-war/feed/ 0 Drug bust in Geneva, 5 people arrested http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/20/drug-bust-in-geneva-5-people-arrested/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/20/drug-bust-in-geneva-5-people-arrested/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:41:24 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=56819 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A drug bust this past weekend in Geneva resulted in five people arrested and 10 kilos of cocaine seized. According to information first presented by the Tribune de Genève, and confirmed by Geneva prosecutor, Adrian Holloway, a Spanish national and four Colombians were arrested for their alleged involvement in the trafficking [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/20/drug-bust-in-geneva-5-people-arrested/feed/ 0 Heroin costs 1/3 less in Geneva than in rest of Switzerland http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/12/heroin-costs-13-less-in-geneva-than-in-rest-of-switzerland/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/12/heroin-costs-13-less-in-geneva-than-in-rest-of-switzerland/#comments Sat, 12 Mar 2011 08:54:38 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=55203 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Geneva’s new head of criminal police services, François Schmutz, says that the amount of heroin on offer in Geneva has risen substantially, compared to 10 years ago. The price is considerably cheaper, he points out, making Geneva an attractive destination for buyers, 70-80 percent of whom come from outside the canton. [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/03/12/heroin-costs-13-less-in-geneva-than-in-rest-of-switzerland/feed/ 1 Police seize drugs, cash during Nyon refugee center search http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/22/police-seize-drugs-cash-during-nyon-refugee-center-search/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/22/police-seize-drugs-cash-during-nyon-refugee-center-search/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:45:33 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=54417 GenevaLunch.com Nyon, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Some CHF7,000 in cash, 1.5kg of marijuana and 93 packets (85 grams) of cocaine were seized by authorities in canton Vaud Tuesday 22 February when they accompanied staff from the Nyon refugee centre, Établissement vaudois d’accueil des migrants (EVAM), on a search of the premises. Forty-seven of the 101 single men [...]

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