Drug Trafficking

Drug Trafficking

Drug Trafficking is a major problem in the world today. Theres a huge problem with drugs and teenagers now days, but law enforcement doesn't need to take it out on them. Drugs usually make it to the United States through drug lords from 3rd world countries. The illegal drug market in the united states is one of the most profitable in the world. As such, it attracts the most ruthless, sophisticated, and aggressive drug traffickers. Drug law enforcement agencies face an enormous challenge in protecting the countries borders. Each year, according to the united states custom service, 60 million people enter the u.s. on more than 675,000 commercial and private flights. Another 6 million come by sea and 370 million by land. An addition, 116 million vehicles cross the land borders with Canada and Mexico. Not even counting ships, its almost impossible for law enforcement to get all the illegal drugs coming in. Amid this voluminous trade, drug traffickers conceal cocaine, heroin, marijuana, MDMA, and methamphetamine shipments for U.S. neighborhoods. For any of this to be resolved drug trafficking needs to be stopped at the source.

Diverse groups traffick and distribute illegal drugs. Criminal groups operating from south america smuggle cocaine and heroin to the united states via a variety of routes including land routes through mexico, sea routes through the carribean and international air corridors. Furthermore, criminal groups operating from neighboring mexico smuggle all the drugs known to us. pg.1. This all started back in the 1970's. These groups are now spanning to the eastern coast of the United States.

The U.S. Mexican border is the primary entry for cocaine shipments being smuggled into the United States. According to the recent statistics, approximately 65% of cocaine crosses through the southwest border.pg.2. Cocaine is readily available in nearly all major cities in the U.S. It gets worse though, in the U.S. these columbia based groups operate cocaine distribution and drug money laundering networks comprising a vast infrastructure of multiple cells functioning in many major metropoletan areas. Each cell performs a specific function with the orginization distribution, local distribution or money movement. Key drug lords in Columbia continue to over see the overall operation. Over the past decade, the columbia based drug groups have allowed mexico