Drug smuggling is an offence when an individual transports drugs from one country to another. A man named Olaf Dietrich smuggled at least 70 grams of Heroin packed in condoms which he had swallowed. On the 17th of December 1986, Dietrich flew into Melbourne airport from Thailand and got arrested by the Australian federal police the next morning, when the police found one of the condoms in the kitchen, and some heroin in a plastic bag under a rug in another room. Dietrich went to the high court arguing that his rights have been infringed when being trialled for the drug related offences. The right to have a fair trial was infringed by the county court due to Dietrich not having any legal representation, or any legal aid while he was trialled…
Beyond them is a gang controlling the production in Columbia, or Afghanistan. Beyond them is a farmer growing opium or cocoa.” (Hari 84). At every level there is a war surrounding drugs. The people who are at the higher levels of the trade make enough profit to become untouched.…
Fair and effective governance are crucial components to preventing civil strife within any modern society. Unfortunately, in most instances where gross negligence and misappropriation of government resources occurs, the sovereign state will typically lose its ability to effectively conduct policy at nearly every level of infrastructure. In the end, the Hoi Polloi are often the ones who bear the largest brunt of the instability generated by those who mismanaged a nation’s available resources. The research presented in this chapter will portray corruption as the solvent that ultimately dissolves the bond of a functioning society; eventually, continual graft will lead to lawlessness, which in the end, leads to unlawful yet, lucrative moneymaking ventures, such as wildlife trafficking.…
In inner city Detroit, the drug trade runs everything. From family dynamics, to source of income, to education, participation in the drug trade is a deep seated practice ingrained in the lives of many African American adolescents. In Luke Bergmann’s ethnography, Getting Ghost: Two Young Lives and the Struggle for the Soul of an American City, Bergmann describes his experience, following the lives of two teenagers and their families engaging the social institution of drug dealing. Dealing is risky work. It includes the dangers of violence from competing drug dealers and customers, along with run-ins with the criminal justice system.…
The smuggling of drugs from South America to North America’s primary route is through the Carribean sea. The Northern Triangle's government is so dishonored and weak that the three countries are among the most dangerous and unsafe countries in the world. In the Journal OUTGUNNED: THE HONDURAN FIGHT AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL COCAINE TRAFFICKERS the author dialogs about Honduras saying, “Recent estimates now declare this region to be the chosen route for drug traffickers, with an estimated 90 percent of the cocaine destined for the United States traveling through Central America and Mexico.” This deception of the government benefits the drug traffickers to cross their merchandise through The Northern Triangle.…
Noah Tucker Ms. Tedesco English 9 4 March 2016 Surprisingly, one of the worst and most terrifying places in the United States is Chicago, Illinois. The crime rate is at an all time high and this is why it is so dangerous. All the way from robbing little corner stores on the street to drug trafficking from Mexico. You could say Chicago has it all.…
Drug trafficking is the most prominent resource just because it is how the cartels make their money. Take for example the oxycodone drug, it is illegal therefore “restrictions gave rise to a thriving black market in the drug, with prices reaching as high as $150 per pill” (Morris, E. 2013). Evidently they make millions from trafficking drugs, but they make more by the amounts of money they get from kidnaps and the payments they receive from business owners. That’s the real problem with the trafficking. Cartels feel the desire to show off that they are the most powerful therefore the most feared, causing all these other…
Works Cited Sundström, Aksel. “Covenants with broken swords: Corruption and law enforcement in governance of the commons.” Global Environmental Change Part A: Human & Policy Dimensions 31, (2015): 10. Louis L. Manderino. Web. Mar. 2015.…
Reforming Police Corruption There are three parts to the criminal justice system: police, courts, and corrections. Each part has at least one aspect that is in need of reform, but this paper will focus on the police. More specifically, police corruption is a tremendous issue in the criminal justice system. There are two kinds of corrupt police officers: grass eaters and meat eaters.…
In California, many cities along the California-Mexico border consist of illegal immigrants who will be drawn in by traffickers. Globally, trafficking is a growing issue is developing countries who have little or no government…
How do we identify a trafficking victim? People that are involved will Seem anxious, fearful or paranoid. They will try to Avoids eye contact. they could be Fearful or have signs of depression, Unexplained bruises or cuts or other signs of physical abuse. Appears to be in a relationship with someone who dominates.…
Age of Ambition Age of Ambition attempts to dissect the development of “Truths” in a society that is full of ambiguities, outlining key issues contributing to a contentious climate of uncertainty. Four notable issues that Osnos’ book addresses in Part II revolve around the themes of access, censorship, resistance, and corruption. The rise of Internet and the growing access to global markets as a result of Deng Xiaoping’s policies, gave rise to a revolving door of opportunities. Most impactful of these changes, the Internet, provided access to foreign media, dissenting voices, and communication on a scale not seen before.…
Background: The war on drugs is not simply an issue that plagues Latin America, but rather the entire world. There are many existing organizational structures that exist on both sides of the war on drugs between law enforcement and drug cartels. Similarly, both law enforcement and drug cartels are both meticulously organized, each having its own hierarchical structure, which relates to the topics that will be discussed today. In order to better understand this topic, one must put a immense emphasis on social institutions, bureaucracy, and the building blocks of culture. But before one dissects this issue a few essential terms should be defined:…
Being involved in drug trafficking can cause competition with others that are involved in the business as well as with the law. Drug trafficking business means there will be competition with other countries which will cause conflict and may end up in war or in family conflict. When you are caught by the law there will be penalties, which will be conflict for the whole business. Drug trafficking can both impact the environment and humans, which is another theme it can connect to. Some of the drugs that are being sold may cause threats to the forest because it will be a source that is needed in order for the forest to survive.…
The impact of drug trafficking is very huge. Along with health implications it also has social, economic and political impact in both production and transit countries. The drug traffickers cover long routes to carry illegal drugs using sea route, air route and main land. The countries that receive the drugs are most affected among all.…