DRUG TRAFFICKING

Drug Trafficking

Drug Trafficking

Introduction

Trafficking paths have carved paths of decimation through Central America. Some 88% of the cocaine destined for the United States transits through the Central America/Mexico corridor. South America makes an estimated 900 tons of cocaine annually - worth some US$60 billion in 2003 - the massive earnings from which dwarf the legitimate economies of some transit territorys. (Esbensen 2008)

Discussion

Crime and corruption flourish while development lags. Where crime and corruption reign and pharmaceutical cash perverts the finances, the State no longer has a monopoly on the use of force and people no longer believe ...