The Conversation: Why people become drug mules – and why harsh sentences don’t deter them

Thousands of British nationals are charged with drug smuggling abroad every year. The UK charity Prisoners Abroad reports a rise in the number of British people imprisoned abroad for drug offences in 2024-25, compared to the previous year, especially women under 34. Two recent examples making headlines are Bella May Culley, an 18-year-old woman from County Durham, and […]