Drug Trafficking Drug trafficking is the production of drugs done illegally that violate the drug prohibition laws. Throughout the years, drug trafficking has been progressing and expanding to the point to where it is now worldwide. Organizations involved in drug trafficking have been improving their networks, constantly upgrading their transportation and equipment, having new methods to transport the drugs and communication throughout the system, and finding information on their employees to use
Drug trafficking is a big global issue - drugs are manufactured and then illegally distributed all over the globe. The most common drugs being trafficked are cocaine and opiates, and they tend to originate from South America and Asia. Back in 2016, the Spanish Guardia Civil began an international investigation on a group they suspected was trafficking drugs in sailboats. The investigators were able to intercept one of these sailboats and found a false bottom that had 400kg (around 880 lbs) of cocaine
According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes, or the UNODC, drug trafficking in Mexico is a business worth $50 billion per year. Many people believe this money is only for the traffickers and their organizations, but what they do not know is that some of that money actually serves a good cause like helping the poor. To those who follow drug traffickers one would come to the assumption that they are not as bad as people think. They use their money to help their hometown and surrounding
ng in the United States Drug trafficking is the worldwide illegitimate trade, which involve the cultivating, producing, distributing and the selling of materials that are subject to the drug proscription laws. There are a number of drugs which are trafficked into the United States. These include, but are not limited to heroin, marijuana and cocaine. The system of drug trafficking in the United States as well as in other countries and continents remains very complex. Although the government and non-government
people in Mexico turned to drug trafficking? Kate Rosenthal Mr. Knollman 2GH AP World History 27 May 2016 Aranda, Salvador Maldonado. “Stories of Drug Trafficking in Rural Mexico: Territories, Drugs and Cartels in Michoacán”. Revista Europea de Estudios Latinoamericanos y del Caribe / European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies 94 (2013): 43–66. JSTOR.Web.16 May. 2016 In this article, Salvador Maldonado Aranda writes about drug trafficking in response to Mexico’s transitioning
Unethical Actions FedEx was charged with illegal drug trafficking in 2000s. FedEx got caught shipping illegal drugs across the US into pharmacies, the DEA confirmed that FedEx did this by going through internal emails. This problem originally occurred in 2006 when a women who used the shipped drugs committed suicide. FedEx wanted nothing to do with the woman, so that led to an investigation. What happened on the inside of FedEx, the employees were questioning higher management of why delivery truck
Although the issue in Mexico of combating against drugs trafficking organizations (DTOs)1 in other words transnacional criminal organizations (TCOs)2, is not a new topic for the Mexican’s government, in the last decade these said criminal asociations, have changed their modus operandi as a result of the strategy in 2006 by the former Mexican President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, who deployed fifthy thousands of troops between navy, army, and air force these last two involved in marijuana and poppy
Over the course of the last decade, there has been an exponential growth in illicit trafficking of drugs affects all aspects of life. Brazil is a direct victim of this trafficking as its homicide rate of 27.1 per 100,000 inhabitants. This figure is one of the worst in the world, most are largely linked to drug trafficking by organized crime groups. Brazil is conscious of crime groups that control the illegal drug trade are: Primeiro Comando da Capital, Comando Vermelho, and Amigos dos Amigos. Due
trafficking is one of the most severe cross-border crimes affecting the world today. Drug trafficking involves both the narcotic and the non-narcotic substances like marijuana. The criminalization of drugs has made the elements gain significant values in the global market. The United States of America (U.S.A) is one of the largest markets of global narcotic drugs and related substances. Mexico has proved to be the most significant distribution channel and a significant source of drugs and associated
What is drug trafficking? “Drug trafficking is a global illicit trade involving the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of substances which are subject to drug prohibition laws. UNODC is continuously monitoring and researching global illicit drug markets in order to gain a more comprehensive understanding of their dynamics. Drug trafficking is a key part of this research.” What is immigration? “Immigration is when someone permanently has to stay in one country forever, unless ofcourse