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Oscar Correa

Professor Santosh

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Drug trafficking- “is a global illicit trade involving the cultivation, anufacture,

distribution and sale of substances !hich are sub"ect to drug #rohibition la!s$ %Dictionar&'co('

)he constant battle bet!een DE*+s and boarder officials in containing and irradiating the drug

trade bet!een boarder lines still continues and see to have a #ossible end' an& of the drugs

being dis#ersed across the globe coe fro an& third !orld countries due to the vitalit& to

their econoical standing' )he a"or drugs being traded aong state boarders begins !ith

Cocaine, ari"uana, ./ O0 S#ice, ean, D*, 2eroin, *lcohol, etha#hetaine, Steroids

and Bath Salt' )he underground drug trade i#acts our global econo& in an e&e concerning

boarder line threat and granting ultiate #o!er to a"or drug lord+s thus allo!ing the trafficking

of illegal contraband'

)he underground !orld of drug trafficking takes a toll on our global econo&

treendousl&' )he trafficking of drugs is estiated in billions in revenue and thousands of

#ounds being trans#orted across boarder lines and consued on a &earl& basis' * a"or

organiation that hel#s in the fights against drug trafficking and irradiates an& further contact

!ith a"or drug lords, “Organiation of *erican States$ hel# in the fight against drugs' O*S

states, “ 4n ters of the sie of overall drug arkets, the ost recent 56 estiates #lace total

retail sales of illicit drugs at soe 73/8 billion or 8'9 #ercent of :DP'$ )his drug e#ideic takes

a toll in our econo& due to the assive aounts of unarked and unta;able deals accruing


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overseas' an& of this drugs getting trans#orted throughout the global coe fro close b&

countries as stated b& 5nited 6ation of Drug and Crie' 4n an online article b& 56ODC states,

“)he Balkan and northern routes are the ain heroin trafficking corridors linking

*fghanistan to the huge arkets of the 0ussian


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Euro#ean %/ #er cent( and =estern and Central Euro#e %18 #er cent('$ )he aount that *sian

countries trans#ort heroin to other countries is assive' 0ounding in the etric tons and

trans#orted throughout seas an& of our heroin connections coe fro *sia and a"or

trans#ortation of cocaine coe fro Euro#ean territor&'

Global heroin flows from Asian points of origin

)rans#ortation of drugs is better understood !hen gone into detail like sho!n in the #icture of

the near b& countries and the flo! of drug trans#ortation fro countr& to countr&' 4t begins in

*sia and s#reads through out the global allo!ing the contraband to travel overseas and allo!ing

assive aounts to be secretl& trans#orted' aking it harder for the 5nited 6ation of Drugs and

Crie to caught these delinuents thus continuing the s#read of contraband throughout our

globe'

* national threat !ith no eans to end, drug trafficking has slightl& increased' *lthough

this a& be true, national officials are slo!l& catching u# !ith several ethods such as guarding


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the boarders and shielding #orts in order to close of contraband flo!' *s e;#lained in the Polic&

of, Office of 6ational Drug Control Polic&, “Controlling borders and ports of entry is

vital in order to ensure the rule of law and prevent the ow of contraband --

including illegal drugs”

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