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India has on its statute book a number of enactments providing for seizure and forfeiture or confiscation of illegally acquired property. The Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture of Property) Act, 1976, provides for forfeiture of both movable and immovable property illegally acquired by smugglers and foreign exchange manipulators and their relatives and associates. The Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974, contains provisions for the detention of certain persons to prevent them from undertaking certain prejudicial activities. The normal maximum period of detention under the Act is one year, but in respect of certain activities and in specified areas highly vulnerable to smuggling, it may be extended to two years. The Customs Act, 1962, provides for penal sanctions against infringement of its provisions, including departmental adjudication in respect of smuggled goods, imposition of penalties and prosecution by a court of law, which in certain cases may impose a sentence of imprisonment of up to seven years. The Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973, provides for confiscation of securities, moneys and properties arising from such offences as the unauthorized export or import of currency and nonbanking foreign exchange transactions. The existing central laws on narcotics--the Opium Acts, 1857 and 1878, and the Dangerous Drugs Act, 1930--contain provisions for confiscation of narcotics and related goods under certain circumstances. Since stringent measures generally lead to greater ingenuity and sophistication in methods of drug trafficking.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Forfeiture of properties in respect of economic offences: the Indian experience. 657 Jun 94

Opium is the raw material for the production of heroin, and the characterization of opium seizures through laboratory analysis is a valuable tool for law enforcement agencies to trace clandestine opium production and trafficking. In this work, a method for opium profiling based on the relative content of five principal and 14 minor opium alkaloids was developed and validated. UPLC-Q-TOF was adopted in alkaloid analysis for its high selectivity and sensitivity, which facilitated the sample preparation and testing. The authentic sample set consisted of 100 "Myanmar" and 45 "Afghanistan" opium seizures; based on the data set of the 19 alkaloid variables in them, a partial least squares discriminant analysis classification model was successfully achieved. Minor alkaloids were found to be vitally important for opium profiling, although combined use of both principal and minor alkaloids resulted in the best geographical classification result. The developed method realized a simple and accurate way to differentiate opium from Myanmar and Afghanistan, which may find wide application in forensic laboratories.
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PMID:Classification of Opium by UPLC-Q-TOF Analysis of Principal and Minor Alkaloids. 2766 80

Opium has found great use medicinally for its analgesic properties and has been witnessed as one of the most popular medications used in psychiatry. Opium derivatives have been shown as efficacious for relieving pain and the treatment of epileptic seizures, but progressive research toward their use in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases remain elusive. To gain more insight into the other properties of opium such as anti-inflammatory properties, herein we discuss basic information regarding opium, opium content and mechanism of action, pharmacology of opium derivatives, the role of opium in the prevention of neurodegeneration, and adverse effects of opium derivatives on neuronal health.
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PMID:DARK Classics in Chemical Neuroscience: Opium, a Friend or Foe. 3099 16