Maritime transportation of illegal drugs from South America
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Maritime transportation of illegal drugs from South America.
BACKGROUND The US invests considerable effort in searching and interdicting drug-trafficking vessels in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific regions. While some vessels are indeed interdicted, resulting in confiscation of substantial quantities of drugs, many such vessels manage to avoid detection and arrive safely at their destinations in Central America and Mexico with their drug load intact. Th...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Drug Policy
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0955-3959
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.07.010