Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Blog 7: UN Says Liverpool Has Drug-Related 'No-Go Areas' Like Those In Brazilian Favelas


Senior British police officers reacted with dismay yesterday after the head of a UN drugs agency said parts of Manchester, Birmingham and Liverpool were "no-go areas" similar to Latin America's notoriously violent favelas.  Professor Hamid Ghodse, president of the UN's International Narcotics Control Board, said communities across the world, including those in the UK, were locked in a "downward spiral" caused by growing poverty, crime, alienation and hopelessness.  Speaking ahead of the launch of the annual report on the global narcotics trade, Professor Ghodse said "In many societies around the world, whether developed or developing, there are communities within the societies which develop which become no-go areas.  "Drug traffickers, organized crime, drug users, they take over. They will get the sort of governance of those areas. Examples are in Brazil, Mexico, in the United States, in the UK, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, and therefore it is no good to have only law enforcement, which always shows it does not succeed." Police reacted angrily to the suggestion there were areas of major cities beyond their reach. Chief Constable Tim Hollis, the Association of Chief Police Officers lead on drugs, said "I simply do not recognize the reference to 'no go' areas in the UK. It appears to be set in the broader context of social cohesion." Merseyside Police said they "absolutely disagree that there are any 'no- go areas' in Liverpool," and West Midlands Police also denied their existence.  These no-go areas are not something that should be ignored, even if the police are offended by their presence and claim that they do not exist.  Drug related crime is becoming very dominant in many of the world’s societies today, and it is not something that should be written off simply because the police are ashamed that they are not able to control the problem.  All of this needs to be taken care of very soon or it will begin to spiral out of control and they will never be able to set it back on track.  I believe that if the police are ashamed of the problem and that they are not able to handle it themselves, they should seek outside help.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/un-says-liverpool-has-drugrelated-nogo-areas-like-those-in-brazilian-favelas-7462654.html

1 comment:

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