Struggles to respond to introduction of drug merchants.

In the border states, that could mean bloody gang wars among drug merchants, or the body trade in illegal immigrants.

It brings in a lot of money, and the drug merchants are none too choosy about the means they'll adopt to protect their trade.

The firm's newest and biggest customer is a family of Georgian drug merchants.

The situation to the south in Afghanistan, where fundamentalist faction leaders and drug merchants roam unchecked, is even worse.

Even worse, a Turkish drug merchant was on board, accompanied by his heavily armed private guard.

In the face of an overwhelming display of force, the drug merchant and his guard surrendered.

A leading factor in the industrial north was the laundering of profits for drug merchants and tax cheaters.

A British bank becomes involved in money laundering for drug merchants from the former Soviet Union.

Then the drug merchants take over, turning the city-provided haven into a new form of hell.