Drug trafficking is a global black market system dedicated to the cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, and sale of drugs. ... Originally drug trafficking occurred in the Caribbean islands and Europe, yet currently underdeveloped states have become major drug trafficking routes. ... Peripheral states are more involved in the drug trade. ... Core states depend on peripheral and semi peripheral states for drug supply as they claim 82.6% of drug production. ... The black market enforced LDC into bribery and illicit capital flow such as money laundering, which has created poverty to tremendous...

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By criminalizing drugs, it's enforcement is not particularly effective; it saddles the criminal-justice systems with huge costs; it feeds organized criminal gangs; it causes official corruption; and it leads to large numbers of violations of civil liberties# . ... What it doesn't tell you is that hysterical drug enforcers are burning down and permanently destroying the precious and sacred Coca plants of the Columbian people. ... If drugs were decriminalized, there would be no need for a black market of drugs. ... With the legalization of drugs, billions of dollars per year would b...

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For example, in Mexico, there is not a major drug use problem, but it has caused a destabilizing effect within the country because of the power struggle between the drug cartels fighting for key drug distribution routes which have caused an estimated 60,000 deaths within Mexico since 2006 (BBC, 2014). ... There is no clear solution in solving America's drug problem, but serious solutions should be explored as the War on Drugs is not working. ... They take advantage of breakdowns in authority and weak law enforcement. ... There needs to be consensus between nations on transnational crime ...

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Kennedy has also developed techniques that have eliminated many drug markets across the country. ... The first being law enforcement, and how from their opinion in certain neighborhoods, specifically ones that are filled with poor minorities, the communities with open air drug markets are utterly corrupt, and that there is no heart left, or that there is no community left. ... In this program, Kennedy held interactive social meetings between gang members, and the members of their communities ranging from respected community members, social service representatives, and even law enforcement of...

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Castells said this business relied upon a system of supply and demand poorer countries supply to the strong western demands within, for example, the sex and drugs industries. ... An example of this would be in Los Angeles, which has seen a surge in the drugs trade due to de-industrialization. ... Glocalisation is also explicitly seen within the drugs trade, as Class A drugs on the streets of the UK are unlikely to have been produced here but rather in places such as South America. ... This can be observed in Winlows study of bouncers, men who legitimately worked as bouncers but participated i...

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Wealth was acquired through illegal acts such as prostitution, gambling, and drug and alcohol distribution. ... In order to have a hold on drug trafficking crime syndicates had to be centered in good geological locations to be able to receive imported drugs. Cities near water, such as New York and New Orleans made perfect places for drugs to be smuggled. Drugs then were distributed throughout the country. ... Narcotics were not the only drugs that were illegal during this time. ...

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The growth of major cities allowed the organized crime to flourish and, "make the provision of prostitution, gambling, and illicit drugs a profitable enterprise" (galegroup.com). ... Interference by law enforcement was handled not only through bribery but also by infiltration. ... Most big-city mayors opposed the very concept of prohibition While they deplored the violence of organized crime wars, "mayors feared that law enforcement would exacerbate the problem by disturbing the gangs' territorial and revenue-sharing agreements" (thefinertimes.com). ... The money sp...

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District Court Judge Florence-Marie Cooper granted an injunction that allows law enforcement officers to stop and seize any person wearing the Mongols logo. ... Mongols have a long history of run in with the law and law enforcement involving drug dealing, money laundering, robbery, extortion, firearm violations, murder, and assault among others. ...

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In response, Federal officials, in cooperation with local law enforcement, established the Los Angeles Metropolitan Task Force (LA Task Force), and launched its largest crackdown ever on LA gangs. ... Law enforcement is now able to release information to the public regarding a minor fourteen years old or older who has violated an offense as outlined in Section 707(b) of the W⁣. ... Law enforcement may disclose the name of a minor aged fourteen or older that has committed a serious felony as outlined in Penal Code section 1192.7c. ... During this time minors are subject to various terms and ...

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