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Results for drug trafficking (afghanistan)
4 results foundAuthor: U.S. Department of State. Office of Inspector General Title: Status of the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Counternarcotics Programs in Afghanistan: Performance Audit Summary: Afghanistan remains the world’s largest grower of opium poppy, the source of over 90 percent of illicit global opium. The narcotics industry continues to fuel the insurgency, undermining efforts to assure security, extend governance, and develop the legal economy in Afghanistan. The Middle East Regional Office (MERO) of the Office of Inspector General (OIG) initiated this performance audit under the authority of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended. The objectives of this audit were to determine: (1) the Department’s counternarcotics strategy objectives and the impediments to achieving these objectives; (2) how well the Department is administering the program and monitoring contractor performance; and (3) whether the Department and the Embassy are effectively coordinating their efforts in Afghanistan with other agencies, U.S. and coalition military forces, and with Embassy Islamabad. Details: Washington, DC: United States Department of State, 2009. 63p. Source: Internet Resource; Accessed August 10, 2010 at http://oig.state.gov/documents/organization/134183.pdf Year: 2009 Country: United States URL: http://oig.state.gov/documents/organization/134183.pdf Shelf Number: 117826 Keywords: Drug ControlDrug Trafficking (Afghanistan)Opium Trade |
Author: Brombacher, Daniel Title: Cocaine Trafficking to Europe: Options of Supply Control Summary: In 2008, approximately 850 tons of pure cocaine were produced from the coca leaves harvested in the Andean region. About 250 tons of cocaine were imported into Europe in 2008, with an estimated 20 tons reaching the Federal Republic of Germany. This report examines the supply control measures in the Andean drug producing countries and concludes that they have no effect on cocaine consumption in Europe. Details: Berlin: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik/German Institute for International and Security Affairs, 2009. 37p. Source: Internet Resource; SWP Research Paper, RP10; Accessed August 10, 2010 at http://www.swp-berlin.org/common/get_document.php?asset_id=6361 Year: 2009 Country: Europe URL: http://www.swp-berlin.org/common/get_document.php?asset_id=6361 Shelf Number: 116301 Keywords: CocaineDrug Abuse and Addiction (Germany)Drug ControlDrug Trafficking (Afghanistan) |
Author: Lamanna, Carlo Title: Drug Trafficking and Security Issues in Afghanistan Summary: Drug production in Afghanistan is a problem that for the moment traces directly to the European citizens’ demand for heroin. Opium cultivation and production have a huge role in the Afghan economy, but the magnitude of its trade goes beyond Afghanistan as more than 80% of the export value reaches the drug trafficking networks. Opium and opiates’ traffickers follow three major routes from Afghanistan to Western Europe, among which the route through Pakistan is really a favoured option. In such an economy, there are actors at the village level, traffickers at regional level, and transnational smuggling enterprises, all working in a pattern of corruption to evade regulatory mechanisms. There are security implications for the western countries’ interests that wish for a stable Afghanistan in a stabilized region. The drug trade across the Afghanistan-Pakistan border is not only challenging state control but it is also reinforcing linkages between drug traffickers, criminal groups, and insurgents. Traffickers and insurgents do not necessarily share the same aims, but sometimes it is difficult to draw a clear line of division between them. The ways and means that such networks use to finance insurgency and terrorism in the region through the opiates’ trade require attention and precise strategies to fight them. Eventually, the drug trafficking is a world financial problem. Reducing the drug demand from the markets and eradicating the opiates’ production, as well as disrupting the link between them, require equal attention, and none of them can be underestimated or postponed. President Obama’s counternarcotics policy emphasizes the importance of interdiction and alternative development, and eliminates any U.S. role in eradication efforts. It is the reduction of the belligerent groups’ strength that comes first. Nevertheless, the new strategy also assures the necessary basis for substantial reductions in the size and impacts of the illicit economy in Afghanistan. However, without coordinated mechanisms to fight regional traffickers, the local interdiction efforts could result in unintended consequences of raising the retail price of illegal drugs. Efforts to limit the insurgents’ funds must include measures against money laundering that focus on the global. It is sensible to look forward to having the US and EU in a complementary role to fight the wide and fragmented drug trafficking from Afghanistan to Europe, in which transnational police operations can parallel and gradually take over the current military operations in Afghanistan. Details: United Kingdom: Royal College of Defence Studies, 2010. 38p. Source: Seaford House Paper 2010: Internet Resource: Accessed February 10, 2012 at http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/B75962C5-EB34-4189-83AF-3E381C75FC59/0/SHP2010LAMANNA.pdf Year: 2010 Country: Afghanistan URL: http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/B75962C5-EB34-4189-83AF-3E381C75FC59/0/SHP2010LAMANNA.pdf Shelf Number: 124074 Keywords: Border Security (Afghanistan and Pakistan)Drug Control Policy (Afghanistan)Drug Trafficking (Afghanistan)Opium |
Author: Byrd, William Title: Drugs in Afghanistan - A Forgotten Issue? Implications and Risks for Transition Summary: Opium will continue to be an important part of the Afghan landscape—with political and security as well as economic ramifications. The ongoing security transition (2011-2014) will be accompanied by greater risks to Afghanistan's polity, security and economy from the illicit drug industry, including through likely further increases in opium production. The priority attached to drug issues by the international community appears to be declining; it would be perilous, however, to neglect the drugs issue. Careful management will be needed to mitigate adverse political economy implications, including use of drug money in election campaigns and involvement of local and regional power-holders as well as some at the central government level in the drug industry. Only sustained, broad-based rural development will over time move rural areas away from dependence on opium; agriculture and rural development should be a priority for remaining aid resources for Afghanistan. Drug issues need to be "mainstreamed"—factored into broader political, security, economic and development strategies and programs during transition. Details: Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace, 2012. 4p. Source: Peace Brief No. 126: Internet Resource: Accessed June 7, 2012 at http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/documents/USIP_DrugsinAfghanistan_AForgottenIssue.pdf Year: 2012 Country: Afghanistan URL: http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/documents/USIP_DrugsinAfghanistan_AForgottenIssue.pdf Shelf Number: 125327 Keywords: Drug Control (Afghanistan)Drug Trafficking (Afghanistan)Illicit Markets (Afghanistan)Opium Trade (Afghanistan) |