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-Archipelago consisting of 115 islands, most of which uninhabited. 98% of the population (of less than 100,000) live on the so-called inland islands, a group of 42 islands comprising about half of the country's land area. When the British gained control of the islands during the Napoleonic Wars, they allowed the French upper class to retain their land. Both the French and British settlers used enslaved Africans, and although the British prohibited slavery in 1835, African workers continued to come. Thus the Gran blan ("big whites") of French origin dominated economic and political life.
+Archipelago consisting of 115 islands, most of which uninhabited. 98% of the population (of 96,720 by March 2018) live on the so-called inland islands, a group of 42 islands comprising about half of the country's land area. When the British gained control of the islands during the Napoleonic Wars, they allowed the French upper class to retain their land. Both the French and British settlers used enslaved Africans, and although the British prohibited slavery in 1835, African workers continued to come. Thus the Gran blan ("big whites") of French origin dominated economic and political life. The country’s economic boom since it recovered from the 2008 foreign currency crisis has sharpened social differences and income inequality. The country also began to play a role in international drug traffic as a bridge between Afghanistan and East Africa. By 2016, [https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/oct/27/victoria-mahe-seychelles-creole Seychelles had at least 1,000 heroin users, and 2.3% of the 90,000 population were intravenous drug users], that was among the worst rates in the world.
 For some years (ca. 2011-2015) the Seychelles had the world's highest incarceration rate ranging '''between 799 and 868 prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants''', relegating the USA to second place. According to the research officer at Montagne Posee, Sam Dodin, [https://www.facebook.com/todayinsey/posts/938746639496480:0 70% of the inmates at Montagne Posee owed their incarcderation to drug related offences].
-The release of 150 drug related prisoners in late 2016 '''resulted in 448 per 100,000 by March 2018''' and put the USA back in the leading position. Nota bene: the country's actual population at that time was/is lower than 100,000, namely 96,720.
+An American-style drug policy with high minimum sentences made things no better. In late 2016, a new law tightened the already stiff sentences: now, the minimum sentence for aggravated manufacture, importation or trafficking in a class A drug like heroin was up to 20 years and the maximum to life. The minimum for aggravated cultivation of a class B drug like cannabis was set at eight and the maximum at 20 years. Traffickers can be prosecuted for any quantity of drugs, including fake ones, even when those have been manipulated to keep them below the statutory threshold.
-:2017 -  [https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/oct/27/victoria-mahe-seychelles-creole Seychelles has at least 1,000 heroin users, and 2.3% of the 90,000 population are intravenous drug users], among the worst rates in the world. The addicts have only appeared in recent years, with fast economic growth, income inequality, and rapid social change - all this on the drug trafficking routes between Afghanistan and East Africa.
+Temporarily, the simultaneous release of 150 drug related prisoners in late 2016 - as the new law came into effect - provisionally lowered the imprisonment rate and '''resulted in 448 per 100,000 by March 2018''', putting the USA back in the leading position.
-:2016 November - Seychelles judiciary releases 150 drug offenders as new law comes into effect. ... "For example the indicative minimum for aggravated manufacture, importation or trafficking in a class A drug like heroin, the most serious offence is 20 years and the maximum is life while the indicative minimum for aggravated cultivation of a class B drug like cannabis is eight years and the maximum is 20 years,” she said. Traffickers can now be prosecuted for any quantity of drugs, including fake ones, even when those have been manipulated to keep them below the statutory threshold. According to the Seychelles prison services there are currently nearly 80 convicts -- 59 men and 19 women -- serving sentences for drug-related offences out of over 400 prisoners. Twenty-nine men are also being remanded in relation to drug offences.
 :2016 - American sisters found dead in $1,800-a-night Seychelles villa had fluid on their lungs often linked to drug overdoses, authorities say - as locals tell of 'cocaine ... The sisters pictured in a September 19 photo while on vacation in Seychelles. .... ' It is a big problem here and lots of tourists taken the drug.