Modus Operandi of Cross-Border Drug Trafficking in Vietnam

2019 ◽  
pp. 95-122
Author(s):  
Hai Thanh Luong
Keyword(s):  
Drug Trafficking ◽  
Modus Operandi ◽  
Cross Border

scholarly journals Interdicting International Drug Trafficking: a Network Approach for Coordinated and Targeted Interventions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luca Giommoni ◽  
Giulia Berlusconi ◽  
Alberto Aziani
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Drug Trafficking ◽  
Network Approach ◽  
Targeted Interventions ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Edge Betweenness ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Social Network Approach ◽  
The Impact ◽  
International Trafficking

AbstractThere is a relative dearth of literature on both the effects of cross-border interdictions and the impact of different types of interventions on international drug trafficking. This study identifies the main trafficking routes for cocaine and heroin, along with comparing the disruptive effects induced by targeted and non-coordinated interventions. It adopts a social network approach to identify the routes along which cocaine and heroin are trafficked, and then simulates the impact of different interdiction strategies on these two trafficking networks. The findings indicate that targeting countries based on their respective positions in the networks, as opposed to on the basis of the quantity of drugs exchanged, is more likely to disrupt drug flows. More specifically, concentrating law enforcement resources on countries with several incoming or outgoing trafficking connections, or those countries that mediate between producer, transit and consumer countries, would appear to be particularly effective in this regard. Interventions focused on specific trafficking routes are also likely to be effective if these routes have high edge betweenness centrality scores. This study contributes to extant understanding on the vulnerability of cocaine and heroin international trafficking networks, and, moreover, demonstrates that empirically-driven strategies are potentially more effective at interdicting international trafficking than non-strategic and non-coordinated interventions.

scholarly journals Border Residents and Cross border Crimes in Ghana: An Empirical Study of Aflao

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (06) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Ishmael K. Hlovor
Keyword(s):  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Drug Trafficking ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
Armed Robbery ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Livelihood Options ◽  
Border Town ◽  
Eastern Border ◽  
Border Areas

Border residents have been noted for their involvement in goods smuggling and other illegal cross border exchanges as coping mechanisms for poverty and unemployment. This study assesses the veracity of this claim through a field survey of the eastern border town of Aflao. The result of the study shows that challenges of poverty and unemployment have forced border residents to exploit their location in the border space as coping strategy by engaging in officially proscribed activities. These activities involve crimes such as goods smuggling, smuggling facilitation, armed robbery and petty stealing, drug trafficking, human trafficking and arms trafficking. While border residents are likely to see some of these activities (armed robbery and petty stealing, drug trafficking, human trafficking and arms trafficking) as crimes, they would normally accept that goods smuggling and aiding smuggling are not crimes because they serve as livelihood options, which contribute to reducing unemployment and poverty in border areas. To be effective, border management has to be comprehensive and incorporate the livelihood needs of Borderlanders.

scholarly journals Reflections on SAARC Framework Agreement for Energy Cooperation (Electricity) Vis-a-vis India’s “Guidelines on Cross Border Trade of Electricity”

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Santa Bahadur Pun
Keyword(s):  
Electric Power ◽  
Regional Cooperation ◽  
Modus Operandi ◽  
Framework Agreement ◽  
Energy Cooperation ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Border Trade ◽  
Fait Accompli ◽  
The Government ◽  
Case Basis

Despite the Indo-Nepal Electric Power Trade, Cross Border Transmission and Grid Connectivity Agreement of October 2014 and despite the SAARC Framework Agreement on Energy Cooperation (Electricity) of November 2014, the Government of India issued the discriminatory Guidelines on Cross Border Trade of Electricity on December 5, 2016. The Guidelines provide preferential one-time approval for all entities with 51% or more Indian ownership wishing to export electricity from Nepal to India. All other entities, the Guidelines stated, had to undergo the case-to-case basis. Historically, such unilateral actions have always been the modus operandi of India. Despite the regular regional cooperation preaching by India, Nepal will have to, like the Tanakpur and Laxmanpur barrages, BUT accept India’s discriminatory December 2016 Guidelines as her fait accompli!   HYDRO Nepal JournalJournal of Water Energy and EnvironmentIssue No: 22Page: 1-4Uploaded date: January 14, 2018

scholarly journals Cross-Border Couriers as Symbols of Regional Grievance?

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tinashe Nyamunda
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
State Violence ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
National Scale ◽  
Geographical Differences ◽  
Modus Operandi ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Moral Economies ◽  
Regional Histories ◽  
Scale Data

This article explores the history and experiences of cross-border couriers/transporters known as omalayitsha, who remit money and commodities across the border between South Africa and Zimbabwe. Based on interviews with omalayitsha operators, customers and state officials in Matabeleland, it furthers debates over remittances in several ways. First, the focus on couriers and transport operators themselves (rather than on the migrants who are their customers) provides a novel perspective, as the remittance literature tends to overlook these businesses. The article scrutinises couriers’ modus operandi and business relationships with clients, state officials, collaborators and rivals, exploring moral economies, and the entanglement of irregular modes of operation with state authority. The three-fold typology of large, medium and small-scale omalayitsha shows significant variation in relations with the Zimbabwean and South African regulatory authorities. Second, the article emphasises the importance of regional histories and spatial variation, criticising the tendency for debates over remittances to depend on national scale data and ignore geographical differences. The development of the malayitsha remittance system is widely upheld within Matabeleland as a symptom of the region’s marginalisation and displacement, linked to the aftermath of the episode of state violence in the 1980s known as Gukurahundi. I argue that in Matateleland, the figure of the malayitsha is upheld as an icon of regional neglect and enforced cross-border engagement.

Bilateral Diplomacy: Rethinking the Jamaica-US Shiprider Agreement

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 253-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzette Haughton
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Drug Trafficking ◽  
The United States ◽  
Negotiation Process ◽  
Policy Outcomes ◽  
Vienna Convention ◽  
Implementation Phase ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Complex Interdependence ◽  
Interdependence Theory

AbstractThe Shiprider Agreement — an important aspect of Jamaica-US bilateral diplomacy — represents the strength of diplomatic engagements that have been used to address the cross-border drug-trafficking problem. To substantiate this claim, this article examines the Jamaica-US Shiprider Agreement on three criteria.First, examining some examples of counter-drug cooperation before the Shiprider Agreement demonstrates that the fundamental basis for the Agreement is premised on a positive Jamaica-US relationship. This relationship, along with the stipulated obligations enshrined in the 1988 Vienna Convention, impelled the United States' proposal of the Shiprider Agreement. Second, the article uses complex interdependence theory to test the negotiation process and the outcome of the Agreement. Findings demonstrate that complex interdependence mainly confirms explanations of the foreign policy outcomes and diplomatic conduct displayed in the Jamaica-US Shiprider case. Finally, the article assesses the breakdown in the negotiation process and the initial implementation phase of the Agreement, arguing that this breakdown must be seen in context given the Agreement's successful ratification and its non-controversial continuation. The article concludes that despite the instances of breakdown, the birth and provision of the judicious Jamaica-US Shiprider Agreement owed much to the success of diplomacy.

Afghanistan 2014: Shadows over Central Asia?

2013 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uwe Halbach
Keyword(s):  
Central Asia ◽  
Drug Trafficking ◽  
Silk Road ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Central Asian

How will the withdrawal of ISAF forces from Afghanistan in 2014 affect the states of Central Asia and other parties with interests in the region? What will the effect be on economic interests (the “New Silk Road”) and will risks such as drug trafficking and cross-border terrorism increase? This paper considers these questions with specific reference to the Afghanistan policies of the Central Asian states.

scholarly journals How Do Illicit Drugs Move Across Countries? A Network Analysis of the Heroin Supply to Europe

2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luca Giommoni ◽  
Alberto Aziani ◽  
Giulia Berlusconi
Keyword(s):  
Network Analysis ◽  
Drug Trafficking ◽  
Illicit Drugs ◽  
Geographical Proximity ◽  
Critical Component ◽  
Network Approach ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Contradictory Evidence ◽  
Specific Factors

Illicit drugs are trafficked across manifold borders before ultimately reaching consumers. Consequently, interdiction of cross-border drug trafficking forms a critical component of the European Union’s initiative to reduce drug supplies. However, there is contradictory evidence about its effectiveness, which is due, in part, to a paucity of information about how drugs flow across borders. This study uses a network approach to analyze international drug trafficking both to and within Europe, drawing on several perspectives to delineate the factors that affect how drug shipments move across borders. The analysis explicates how drug trafficking is concentrated along specific routes; moreover, we demonstrate that its structure is not random but, rather, driven by specific factors. In particular, corruption and social and geographical proximity are key factors explaining the configuration of heroin supply to European countries. This study also provides essential insights into the disruption of traffickers’ illicit activities.

scholarly journals Penyelundupan Narkoba di Perbatasan Entikong Indonesia dan Malaysia

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 100
Author(s):  
Elyta Elyta
Keyword(s):  
Modus Operandi ◽  
Cross Border

Permasalahan penyelundupan narkoba merupakan kejahatan lintas batas yang menjadi permasalahan yang krusial bagi negara Indonesia. Penyelundupan narkoba marak terjadi di perbatasan Indonesia-Malaysia dan khususnya di Entikong Indonesia dan Tebedu Malaysia, kasus tersebut cenderung mengalami kenaikan di setiap tahunnya. Berdasarkan permasalahan tersebut maka penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dan menganalisis faktor penyebab penyelundupan narkoba di perbatasan Entikong Indonesia dan Malaysia dalam perspektif kejahatan lintas batas. Penelitian ini menggunakan teori Cross Border Crime dan metode deskriptif dengan pendekatan kualitatif untuk melihat analisis mendalam terhadap hasil penelitian. Data pada penelitian ini diperoleh melalui wawancara dan studi literatur. Hasil penelitian menemukan bahwa penyelundupan narkoba yang merupakan kejahatan lintas batas di perbatasan Entikong Indonesia dan Malaysia masih terjadi yang disebabkan tetap berjalannya koordinasi yang dilakukan oleh sindikat penyelundup narkoba di penjara sekalipun, minimnya fasilitas pendeteksi terhadap jalur-jalur di perbatasan, masih lemahnya pengawasan dan penindakan hukum, adanya benturan kebijakan antara Indonesia dengan Malaysia, terdapat modus operandi yang baru dalam penyelundupan narkoba tingkat internasional, serta digunakannya jalan tikus di perbatasan Entikong Indonesia dan Malaysia sebagai jalur penyelundupan narkoba.

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