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Drug Trafficking Methods in the United States
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Drug Trafficking Methods in the United States
In 2009, the United States Customs and Border Control seized over 1,626 tons of illegal drugs. “The United States Customs and Border Control (CPB), is one of the Department of Homeland Security’s largest and most complex components, with a priority mission of keeping terrorists and their weapons out of the U.S. It also has a responsibility for securing and facilitating trade and travel while enforcing hundreds of U.S. regulations, including immigration and drug laws.” (CBP.gov) The CBP along with the United States Coast Guard seizes illegal drugs such as cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and methamphetamine entering into the United States in various ways. Some of these ways are through ground transport by motor vehicle, maritime transport by boats and semisubmersibles, and transport by using the human body. In this paper I will discuss several different methods in which illegal drugs are being trafficked into the United States.
In 2009, 1,588,703 kilograms of illegal drugs were seized in the United States while being transported by land either on the Mexican and Canadian boarders; marijuana held the highest amount brought into the country (National Drug Threat Assessment 2010). The use of motor vehicles, privet and commercial use, all-terrain vehicles, and carriers on foot traffic drugs across the border and throughout the United States.
The United States Boarder Control have come across many different ways that drug cartels disguise and hide illegal drugs for ground transportation. Drugs have been discovered in in obvious places in motor vehicles such as in bags put into the trunk, but there have also been instances where drugs have been put into tires or hidden within parts of the motor vehicle. On July 26, 2009, U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized over 85 pounds on marijuana from a minivan...
In 2009, the United States Customs and Border Control seized over 1,626 tons of illegal drugs. “The United States Customs and Border Control (CPB), is one of the Department of Homeland Security’s largest and most complex components, with a priority mission of keeping terrorists and their weapons out of the U.S. It also has a responsibility for securing and facilitating trade and travel while enforcing hundreds of U.S. regulations, including immigration and drug laws.” (CBP.gov) The CBP along with the United States Coast Guard seizes illegal drugs such as cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and methamphetamine entering into the United States in various ways. Some of these ways are through ground transport by motor vehicle, maritime transport by boats and semisubmersibles, and transport by using the human body. In this paper I will discuss several different methods in which illegal drugs are being trafficked into the United States.
In 2009, 1,588,703 kilograms of illegal drugs were seized in the United States while being transported by land either on the Mexican and Canadian boarders; marijuana held the highest amount brought into the country (National Drug Threat Assessment 2010). The use of motor vehicles, privet and commercial use, all-terrain vehicles, and carriers on foot traffic drugs across the border and throughout the United States.
The United States Boarder Control have come across many different ways that drug cartels disguise and hide illegal drugs for ground transportation. Drugs have been discovered in in obvious places in motor vehicles such as in bags put into the trunk, but there have also been instances where drugs have been put into tires or hidden within parts of the motor vehicle. On July 26, 2009, U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized over 85 pounds on marijuana from a minivan...
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