Trafficking drugs

Trading illegally in drugs

Description

Trafficking drugs involves the illicit production, transportation, distribution, and sale of controlled substances, aiming to supply illegal drug markets and evade law enforcement. This strategy exploits weaknesses in border controls, legal systems, and economic vulnerabilities to maximize profit and minimize detection. Countermeasures focus on strengthening international cooperation, enhancing surveillance and interdiction, disrupting supply chains, targeting financial flows, and supporting community-based prevention and rehabilitation to reduce demand and dismantle trafficking networks.

Implementation

The manufacturer, marketing and distribution of drugs is a vast industry, dominating the global economy. The illegal drug trade on its own has been valued at an estimated US$500,000 million a year, making it the second largest trade in the work next to the arms trade.