A cocktail of chemicals its strong stuff and extremely addictive the result is panic attacks the dizziness palpitations and even fatalities where one place hard hit by this epidemic is greeces 2nd largest city thessaloniki we joined a former user there who is determined to understand the root causes of the problem and find a solution but it is not optimistic. As darkness descends on. Drug dealers swarm into the citys parks. Many of them are young migrants working for greek or albanian drug lords. The substances they sell are becoming cheaper and more dangerous for example the increasingly popular pot pourri also known as synthetic marijuana basically herbs coated with synthetic chemicals. Used to be a drug addict himself today hes a social worker helping junkies get clean hes alarmed by the Substance Abuse in his home town these days and he wants to find out more about the drugs. He meets an old friend who is still part of thessaloniki drug scene he tells them about a drug called. A cheap knock off version of crystal meth. The friend explains the dangers of pot pourri. Is a potent its like heroin and what does it cost just 20. 00 euros a bag ive sworn never to touch that stuff again my mother once found be tripping after taking it and thought id died. Drug consumption in greece has been rising many attribute this to the countrys youth Unemployment Rate of almost 40 percent. Many drug users have psychological problems and its in there now and then you prove you have to be. They just care about a drug been cheap and not about whats actually in that. Category as this wants to learn more about the notorious pot pourri drug. Hes heard its even sold in some shots under the counter. After all its a concoction of substances that are legally available like artificial fragrances. Thats why drug expert fed on color is calling on greek authorities to act he says the country faces a part of 3 and see set epidemic. It is quite a big deal because people. Want it more and more because of its power its a powerful its a potent substance a potent drug unlike heroin hearing is a downer we call it a dollar here isnt really a big dog so this makes it also very attractive. The catastrophic effects of pot pourri and cesar are evident unfaithful in icky street in some parts of town locals are too scared to leave their homes at night and some shopkeeper say the drug users are harming their business. Or their track each other with stones clubs and knives was not only people who want to cross the square feel unsafe and threatens years also shopkeepers like goods are in mortal danger. Ive heard about these new cheap drugs but we. All know there are many who consume them in the student neighborhood for you to keep your. Police are going after a dealer here the countrys new conservative government has clamping down on the drug trade there are now more police controls and the number of arrest has increased but often suspected dealers carry too few drugs on them to warrant a conviction. Caddick have obtained a packet of the notorious pot pourri drug it looks like marijuana but its far more dangerous 10 doses cost about 20 years with good but if you buy them and you get this drug can be produced by anyone with just a basic understanding of chemistry. Will have a major impact and many peoples lives we still dont know enough about the long term effects of this drug and attics. But it seems the drug lords couldnt care less night after night dealers spill out into the streets of thessaloniki. So what is it a farce or a tragedy well one thing is for certain the chaos known as briggs it continues to rock every aspect of life in the United Kingdom its been especially traumatic for the hundreds of thousands of poles who have made the u. K. Their home in recent years now many say they no longer feel welcome and heading back to poland but one man is doing all they can to persuade his fellow nationals to stay away from. Salt crust pork belly on a bed of sauerkraut a polish style dish made with ingredients from the british county of camera chair its the creation of polish chef damien in virginia. I treat britain like my home and i cook my home food in my new home if maybe dont mix but you know that this is what im trying to do i try to create something completely completely new for this environment for these guests. His menu and his restaurant house of feasts reflect damians identity he came to england in 2005 like so many of his compatriots when poland joined the e. U. Hes worked his way up even cooking for royalty like princess them. And prince william. But most of his guests are Eastern European. Some of them dont even speak polish but they come in here they look on the dish or best doesnt look polish and then they eat the fish as i think this is like my mom cooked so this is what i think makes me smile. House of feasts is located on the outskirts of peterborough in the east of england its many factories and farms and workers from Eastern Europe who are long welcomed here with open arms tens of thousands of poles settled here but since the grex it referendum many feel unwelcome to be allowed to stay here jens girl lived here for 8 years and shes worried. The moment yeah i dont want to have to go back to poland mainly because of my 13 year old son speaks very little home and streets will be so i dont think he has a future there he saw that his door is going to move. Shes brought all of the documents which prove shes lived in the u. K. For more than 5 consecutive years to damiens restaurant outside of Opening Hours a polish social. Worker comes here to help people apply for settled status online opening. A lot of us have not been keeping these documents. You know this whole time because who would know that would actually be required at any point so the anxiety around the settlement scheme comes from comes from not being you know not not being sure whether theyre going to be able to prove that settled state is even if they get it damien didnt get his at 1st either though hes lived in paid taxes in britain for 15 years but he fought back and now has the settled status by hosting free info sessions he hopes to stop more poles from leaving. The numbers in britain fell from 1000000 to under 900000 last year making it harder to find staff in the last 2 years is drastic is huge issue and. Well probably because of break so because so many friends of mine already left. And they were well settled we have also ships which came here 56 years ago they work for me they left so hes also using the info sessions to recruit staff p. S. Y. Of asian schools says thanks but no thanks against all odds dainian plans to expand my god there are if you ask. Hes got 12 trailers to sell his polish style dumplings from cambridge here although over the u. K. Now the russian capital moscow is of course a huge city and its facing a huge garbage crisis theres very little recycling and waste sites are quite simply overflowing so the of clarity is how they wanted to transport the problem to a so far im spoiled location more than a 1000 kilometers from moscow as i say that was the plan but in an unusual show of grassroots activism local residents are up in arms saying the proposed garbage tip is an environmental disaster in the making. Moscow with its 20000000. 00 inhabitants is a rich metropolis responsible for a quarter of russias gross domestic product. Russias capital both luxurious cars and restaurants catering for all tastes. On the flipside is this garbage a lot of garbage. Most of it still ends up and dumps hardly any garbage is recycled. Therefore local authorities would like to use trains to transport the garbage here 1200 kilometers to the northeast she has a rail station with a tiger by chance hunters found this construction site which came as a shock for a local residents like on your check of. The plan 1st they said they were going to cut down 300. 00 hectares of forest now its already up to 3000. 00 what theyre planning is unbelievable but they simply want to destroy russias north which those. Activists worry about the swamp land becoming europes largest dispose of the syllabi they believe toxics could see 1st into rivers and then into the sea certainly no ecological impact studies was commissioned and construction was never approved. The new chick oliver and other residents have started protesting. They blocked gas trucks so that the fuel had to be delivered by helicopter. But its there were 35 of us at the helicopter landing site when a group of at least 60 security personnel came toward us they started beating us and carrying us away asking. Construction has been suspended but the atmosphere remains tense massacure the personnel guards the site we recorded to and the policeman takes note on his phone. Day and night activists monitor the site aware that construction might start again. Instead of fighting on moscow could learn from. Here theyre experienced in garbage separation in the nearby town of earth the citizens themselves constructed a central collection point for recyclables. To survive came up with the idea you separate recyclables into 10 different categories each symbol represents a different material and can be found in the packaging. The initiative and or the most has earned them warts and is inspiring others. To work which about their own will with the realisation that life cant go on as before results from human beings learning and understanding by example. 100 over for the protesters and chivas. Volunteers come from all over the region some of them have travelled by car for 12 hours. Theyve erected a camp and keep an eye on the site day and night. The governors promised jobs and investments into infrastructure schools and hospitals provided the dump would be constructed the activists want to prevent this at all costs. Just a few meters away the operating company is passing out information a p. R. Employee explains the garbage from moscow is safely whether the boxes for them or construction here was just a preliminary examination will be to be looked at least 10 iraqi buildings like these trailers and the loading and unloading side of the minimal infrastructure necessary to Start Construction to start examinations. Of what. The activists dont believe a word he says theyve called for further protests and over 20 russian cities. Gladly pack up and leave as soon as the authorities decide to abandon construction plans for this dumping site until that happens will stay i dont always lie i need to stay on the. Marina and her husband take on shifts at the activists monitoring site too. They dont want their efforts to be misunderstood as a conflict between cities and rural areas. Were not against moscow citizens but both they and their bosses need to understand that its time to start separating garbage and to give up plastic the activists emphasize that their protest is peaceful but we are repeatedly been told that if needs be they can start blocking rail tracks once garbage arrives from moscow. Now the series of wars that followed the breakup of yugoslavia back in the 1990 s. When notoriously bitter and bloody and still today militant nationalism plagues the region with accusations and counteraccusations our reporters visitors in a small village in the shibani region of southern croatia where the serb minority has regularly being faced with violence but one local man boris petko says the time has come to begin to look to the future. The people of this story hey will never forget the day a group of men attacked boys pet because bar boys his family and friends had been watching a football match when they stormed the bar beating up everyone inside and wrecking havoc. A 16 year old boy from the neighborhood was even hospitalized with a serious head injury. To a local. There were 2 they werent local men. Also spoken of as. They travelled here for more than 100 kilometers. One of the missing this was a premeditated attack. Yeah it was a blast and. I want the authorities to find out who organized this. And who sent them youre going to you know the one of the old. Boys has since repair the damage some suspected attackers are now behind bars although the background of the attack has not been cleared up. Boris who belongs to croatia serb minority has been subjected to intense online abuse from right wing croatians they accuse him of being a war criminal an ex Police Officer who tortured croatian prisoners of war. The authorities and media have never refuted ds accusations you know that or to. Know he has made clear this wasnt me petco. Theyve all kept silent. Nobody has explained that i was only 12 years old when the war broke out. The legacy of the yugoslav wars is still evident today there croatian county of means she beneath was once occupied by serbs and then retaken by croats many ruin still dark the region today thousands were massacred and fell victim to ethnic cleansing hundreds of thousands were forced to flee the retaking of conine during Operation Storm became a symbol of the croatian victory and is celebrated every year with great pomp and fanfare this year a president called linda grab architect of the church said she wished shed fought alongside the croatian troops nationalism is on the rise in croatia attacks on the serb minority are increasing but the regions governor claims the attack was an isolated incident. Well you know such incidents the situation is peaceful and stable there are no excesses hate crimes or anything like that. The croatian government sees things differently theyve strongly condemned the attacks and are demanding that local authorities tracked down the perpetrators. But the problem is much bigger than the authorities want to lead on says journalist vasco radulovich gangs chant nationalist slogans and stones were thrown into windows that night though she says only a fraction of the attacks become known. The words of those. In villages were mainly older serbs live they dont want to talk about it when Something Like that happens or they have justified fears because Something Like the attack could happen anywhere. Thats the right to live it has documented many such cases. Here peoples olive trees were chopped down they live from all of their farmers and of course no one asked them how high the damage was and they didnt get any compensation either. But boris is not intimidated he says he gets along with everyone whether served at apart from the bar he runs a farm and has they play and soon he hopes to turn his bar into a restaurant that will serve meat hes raised himself. We have to look to the future not the past. We want to live work create something thats all about a t. V. Near his house is a commemorative plaque which remembers the 8 serbs killed here almost 15 years ago during Operation Storm they are died on a single day in all were over 60 old people who couldnt or wouldnt plea their killers are still at large here history is long from being forgotten. Now on a very different note the illegal drug trade is a large lucrative found a growing market its driven by the fact that more and more people in prosperous countries like germany want purebred pets to knock down prices and that demand is satisfied mainly by unscrupulous suppliers from Eastern Europe whoever Animal Rights activists stefan klipsch tyson has made it his mission to expose the Illicit Trade which requires some real courage as we find out now. Steffen clip stein and a friend of his are on their way to the next case they want to expose illegal dog smugglers in berlin. They pretend they want to buy this puppy. The smugglers were filmed with a hidden camera. And you can get it for 500 on. This deal is a trap. The Police Take Action Animal Welfare worker stefan clips dine here on the left witnesses scenes like this almost every day. Right. The Animal Rights activists use these methods to work against romanian dog smugglers. That they want to save the animals. Or to thailand to live years or inflamed i inflammation here inflammation its the dogs perhaps 8 or 10 weeks old he shouldnt be in germany and he shouldnt be sold here if you recall the. Puppies can only be legally exported within the e. U. From the age of 15 weeks. They have to have received all their required vaccinations before hand clips time works to ensure these laws are up held hes been attacked and injured by smugglers many times. Leader of the other one speaking out or doing something against this face has been stalked and intimidated. So much so nobody is doing anything against it because if you do then youll be facing a lot of trouble. For rick and cliff stein looks for dubious ads on the internet he says 8 out of 10 ads on e bay classified are illegal. Most puppies imported illegally come from Eastern Europe especially romania thats where the dog mafia uses another trick they also smuggle stray mongrels as well as pedigree dogs got the u. S. Government on its own strange a 1st ever. I make money with stray dogs but there one can just touch dogs in the street or get them from Animal Shelters or given away for free whats up with the missiles google books are when theyre sold in germany and money is made because people take pity because customs in the court of law. Book arrest the romanian capital stray dogs are a big problem here. Battles the smugglers the other end of this criminal network he files Police Reports and tries to get lost changed he also started an Animal Shelter for rescue dogs. This one was dumped by smugglers when maryas exposed them today hes part of the household. Photos of stray dogs are also part of the business shady Animal Welfare groups in germany are involved working with their romanian partners together they raise money on the internet mostly through facebook setting off a string of profits. For them where this sort of start rescue was right we need money for the transport and germans the italians the brits start to pay so you raise a few 1000. 00 fellow docs into a van and bring them to a shelter where they look for sponsors again the same people who already gave money donated in sr used thats what were talking. Back in berlin stephan clip stein is looking for Political Support he meets with beyond voice that Animal Rights expert of the christian democratic party. The author of im often on my own documenting researching and contacting the police of the view that i often feel like the political will to actively clamp down of this is lacking. Thats fine for us its good of you to help out but this is actually the states job every local council should have an Animal Rights department. Up to now authorities havent been effectively clamping down on dog smuggling. It infuriates me that this is still possible selling animals online still has not been banned. As a dog lover stefan clip stein wants to ensure that all the dogs being smuggled to germany month after month get the protection if they deserve. So all from focus on europe this time around thanks so much for joining us and if youd like to see any of our reports again just go to our home page on d. W. Dot com or visit our Facebook Page w stories do come back next time around thats over and by by but im sure. The a. Few. Folks. To. Enter the conflicts are confronting the power of. The cio piaf has come a long way in the short talk in new peace deal with air traffic and the new Prime Minister apparently determined to bring accountability from the human rights abuses of the hall to my guest this week here in brussels is this previously i mean mario testament. Conflicts. In 30 minutes on. Level we were. When we were. In the percent of americans at some point in our lives will experience hardship now listen up. To your france dear antonio heres a see him this is opposite us im sitting on a terrace in twilight its peaceful my 3 grandchildren sleep untroubled as are when i was 8 frances age germany was split in 2 and remain divided for decades and it was my given when your mother was born in 1969 the world was already 8 years old and you know my grandchildren were born after the wall fell born in a dream to find a wonderful time a time of great joy. 3 generations one family on a journey through recent german history. Our family and us starts november 6th on d w. 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