DRUG

Drug Dealing and Trafficking in London



Drug Dealing and Trafficking in London

Introduction

The illegal drug trade and trafficking in the UK is immense on the crime scale. The illicit drug trade is black market globally and is devoted to the manufacturing, cultivation, sale of drugs and distribution. All these are subject to the prohibition laws of the drugs. There are almost 300 major importers of drugs in the United Kingdom, 70,000 street dealers and almost 3,000 wholesalers (Wilson, 2007).

The estimation of illegal drug market in the United Kingdom is more than £8 billion per year. The policy of the United Kingdom Drug Strategy is comprehensive in its reaction towards the confrontation. This strategy searches for the diminishing of the damage that is caused by the drugs to the communities, societies, families and individuals (Richman, 2007).

Discussion

Drug Trafficking

The drug industry accounts for about 8 percent of all the annual international trade which is similar to the tourism or oil industry. The drugs industry, in the United Kingdom, values almost £8 billion per year. An immense amount of this money is expended on the buying of drugs from various countries (NS, 2013).

A lot of profit is made by the drug dealing on the streets. For example, cocaine values £42 per gram as compared to its source cost that is £850 per kilo. There almost 270,000 users of the heroin industry in the United Kingdom (See Appendices for statistics).

Drugs Smuggling Techniques

There are various means of smuggling the drugs in the United Kingdom. These are:

By Air - With passengers or in freight.

By Ship - In the containers of the cargo.

By Post - Through parcels and packages from the origin.

By light Aircrafts or Boats - Illegal landing and dodging the checks of customs.

Theoretical Approach for Crime

There are various factors that place the individuals at a risk of being felonious and plentiful evidences are obtainable on them. Most of the prevention programs of the crime are based on the theoretical understanding of the offence (Sammons, 2013). The theoretical approaches and methods explained below are an attempt to clarify the connection between the criminal activities and the risk factors.

Criminology Theories

Criminology is the bulk of information and facts that considers crime as a social experience or occurrence. This theory consists of the creation of laws, violation of laws, and the reactions towards the violations of the laws. The commutation of these three steps or procedures structures a pattern ...