On December 20, ...

... 1992 (15 years ago today), Yugoslav-Communist-turned-nationalist Slobodan Milosevic was re-elected President of Serbia with 56% of the vote in an election riddled with accusations of fraud. He would go on to become President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, to be indicted and put on trial by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, and, before entry of any verdict, to die in custody in 2006.
... 1988, the U.N. Convention against the Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances was adopted in Vienna, Austria. "This Convention provides comprehensive measures against drug trafficking, including provisions against money laundering and the diversion of precursor chemicals. It provides for international cooperation through, for example, extradition of drug traffickers, controlled deliveries and transfer of proceedings," as stated by its monitoring agency, the International Narcotics Control Board (logo above).
 
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