Articles by Azam Ahmed

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The Opium War – Tasked with Combating Opium, Afghan Officials Profit from It [Part 1)
Azam Ahmed – International New York Times, 29 Feb 2016

This is the first in a two-part series examining the fight to control the Afghan drug trade. Read Part 2: Penetrating Every Stage of Afghan Opium Chain, Taliban Become a Cartel.

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The Opium War – Penetrating Every Stage of Afghan Opium Chain, Taliban Become a Cartel [Part 2)
Azam Ahmed – International New York Times, 29 Feb 2016

This is the second in a two-part series examining the fight to control the Afghan drug trade. Read Part 1: Tasked with Combating Opium, Afghan Officials Profit from It.

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After MF Global, Another Brokerage Firm Collapses With $200 Million Missing
Azam Ahmed – The New York Times, 16 Jul 2012

After discovering accounting irregularities, regulators on Monday [9 Jul 2012] essentially shut down PFGBest, a prominent player in the small world of futures trading. Now, banks accounts with customer funds appear to be short more than $200 million, regulators said. On Monday [9 Jul 2012] morning, according to a statement to clients, the brokerage firm’s chairman and chief executive, Russell R. Wasendorf Sr., tried to commit suicide.

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