Essays on Drug Trafficking

At the mention of drug and substance abusers, one might not expect to find highly respectable figures in the society. However, a quick scan of the background of numerous public figures and you will realize their secret or not-so-secret addictions to drugs such as opium...

“Drug traffickers have mixed legitimate business with their illicit activities, in part, so that the former can conceal the latter” (Woody, 2017). This is commonly done through food importation, where drugs are hidden amongst food products. An example of how this is done is evident...

Introduction Illegal drug and drug trafficking is one of the biggest income sources of organized crime organizations and it is one of the biggest problems in terms of security, not only because it creates health problems, but also because it is used in jobs connected...

The hard thing with drugs us that there is no in between side. It becomes an even trickier thing to try and deal with when taken internationally. It becomes a whole different equation when you add hundreds of countries with different governments that have different...

The exponential growth of the drug trade during the 1950’s in South America was heavily influenced by the rapid globalization happening in the world. There were two main cartels that controlled the drug trade in Mexico and Columbia. The Guadalajara cartel controlled most of Mexico’s...

According to the UNODC’s World Drug Report 2007, the whole capability price of Afghanistan’s 2006 opium harvest accruing to farmers, laboratory proprietors and Afghan traffickers reached about $US3.1 billion. In addition, it’s miles suggested that in 2004, a few four hundred lots of cocaine become...

When the movie Traffic burst onto U.S. movie screens in December 2000, the pundits were unanimous: By confronting a difficult subject in a compelling, head-on manner, the film would force Americans to grapple with an anti-drug crusade that was costing billions of dollars a year...

“The penalty for drug traffiking in Saudi Arabia is death, and Saudi officials make no exceptions” (CountryReports). In a country where the consumption of drugs and alcohol is illegal and results in long jail time, and where the death penalty is given to those smuggling...

Mexican cartels exploit the US – Mexican immigration dilemma by forcing immigrants to smuggle drugs into the US as a way of payment for getting passage into the US. Multiple methods to stop the drug trade have been made, but no method has lasting effects....

Colombia is one of the largest Country in South America at 440,831 square miles. Colombia is the 17th dangerous country in the world, yet the media portrays it as a amazing country filled with beautiful beaches, national parks, museums and the best sights to see...

The movie “Traffic” by Steven Soderbergh is a film which deals with several aspects of drug trafficking and drug abuse. The movie has three different simultaneous plots that come together. One part is the national level which deals with drug trade between the Unites States...

The period between 1600 and 1860 was the height of the slaves, guns and drugs trafficking. They were trafficked by the British from one place to another. Slaves were trafficked initially by the Portuguese until the British overtook them and became the biggest slave trafficker...

The Kingdom of Bhutan, where located in South Asia. The area, populations are 38,364 square km and 750,000 respectively. Drug trafficking is a global issue, which not only affects Latin America but also South Asia. The Kingdom of Bhutan has influenced by drug traffic in...

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Writing Assignment During the 1980’s, Colombia was flooded with corruption and cronyism mostly headed by Narco mafias who with their drug trafficking money got involved in the country’s political and social systems. As a result, Colombians found themselves submerged in a period of violence and...

Jeff Zimbalist’s film, The Two Escobars, focuses on two of the most important people in Colombia from the 1980’s to the early 1990’s. One of these men was Andres Escobar who was at the time the most famous soccer player in all of Colombia and...

The Legend of Pablo Escobar One of the greatest outlaws known to mankind, a manipulative individual of power, prestige, and violence, Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was a Colombian drug lord who took his leadership of one of the most influential criminal organizations in history to...

Abstract “The fight against transnational crime needs to be redirected to combatting the money the crimes generate. This means shutting down the global shadow financial system that facilitates the moving and secreting of illicitly generated funds”. Raymond Baker’, President of the Global Financial Integrity (GFI),...

Drug smuggling into the United States from South America presents a significant ongoing national security threat. Financial gains from smuggling provide drug cartels with funds for increased drug manufacturing and the purchase of weapons, exacerbating violence at the Mexican border and in the United States....

“Drug abuse is one of the most vicious and corrosive forces attacking the foundations of American society today. It is a major cause of crime and a merciless destroyer of human lives. We must fight it with all of the resources at our command. This...

The war on drugs has been lost, and just like countless other redundant efforts society has pursued we still insist that exact opposite. We have lost billions of dollars from the economy, ruined countless innocent life’s, and created an shameful stigma around people with addiction...

Introduction Many countries around the World have been dealing with the concerning rise of drug use and trafficking throughout the years for a very long time. Unfortunately, in the United States, the laws that are being enforced are not effective nor does it line up...

What is drug trafficking? Drug Trafficking is an illegal drug trade on the black market and is prohibited by the laws of the U.S. This process of foreign business includes the illegal use of drugs such as cocaine, ecstasy, heroin, etc. Ever wonder why drug...

Drug trafficking has been happening longer than most people think. Unless it affects us directly we tend to not think of the impact and harm it is causing us, others, and the country we live in. There are several reasons for drug trafficking such as...