The Problem Of Drug Trafficking

The United States has led the fight against criminal activities from Mexican borders for many years. Criminal activities along the United States and Mexican border range from drug trafficking, human smuggling and an economy that disruptive. These are illegal activities scholars have argued could lead to the failure of Mexico as a country and the spread of violence to the United States. The illegal activities are not only a threat to the economy of Mexico and United States but also to the rest of the world due the impacts associated. The border between Mexico and US is of essential significance because it provides the link between the two countries. The border provides passageways through which either country can access the other via land or air means. Although the border is of significance to both countries, smuggling of drugs and trafficking human are main causes of violence between the countries. Drug cartels in Mexico smuggle drugs into the United States and this drives a war between them and the US government. The economy and the peace between Mexico and US is also affected significantly due to the illegal activities. To minimize the violence caused by these illegal activities, the US government need to act against the activities. The United States needs to increase the economic aid and military intervention to Mexico to fight the drug cartels, otherwise it could become a failed state; spreading more violence across the US border.

Americans like to hide thoughts of the bad in society, one of these thoughts often hid or forget about is drug trafficking. Drug trafficking effects everyone from the one-percent down to the people of poverty. Billions of dollars of drugs are bought and sold, with billions more being spent to fight the trafficking of illicit drugs in the United State. With all the money spent to prevent drug trafficking Americans need to understand the harmful effects. Drug Trafficking is causing harm to the United States economically, brings violence to communities, and puts law enforcement in unnecessary danger.

Drug trafficking is an illegal drug trading system in which drugs are brought from other countries to the United States. According to the article, “Crime and Drug Control Policies in the United States” written by Thomas Mieczkowski, illegal drug trafficking from Mexico and Colombia have been hurting the American society for many years. Drugs have been coming into the U.S. in many different forms and routes especially through the border of the United States and Mexico (Mieczkowski 2008). The large amounts of drugs brought into America is for intent to sell and make immense amounts of profit. Most of the drugs coming in from Mexico and other South American countries are all easily grown or produced from where it comes from. After these drugs enter the U.S. they are given to distributors who supply portions to many different drug dealers and these drug dealers sell the drugs to the citizens of America. In most cases the buyer of the drugs are drug addicts, or someone that 's just trying sell what they got for more profit (Mieczkowski 2008). All these different drugs are causing thousands of American teens to become addicts, which leads them to lose control and do absurd things or die due to overdose on those drugs (The History of Drug Abuse). The DEA and the American government do many things to prevent drugs coming in from Mexico and confiscate anything they find, but the amount confiscated is nowhere near the amount actually entering the U.S. (Mieczkowski 2008). Drug

In the last decades, narco trafficking and organized crime had emerged as the main security threats in Latin America. Deviant globalization increase their power by establishing connections with similar organizations in other parts of the world, like cocaine distribution networks, for example. This perceived danger increases the pressure on the governments for effective solutions, and some of them consider that these problems had overwhelmed the capabilities of the local police. Consequently, the intervention of military forces would be necessary to secure the stability of the countries. However, the use of force as the only solution is the outcome of a misunderstanding of the root causes that generates them. This paper presents the research for a general pattern in the region that is helpful to understand how the civil society perceives the failures of governance and how the networks of illegal activities exploit this perception.

Every Year millions of immigrants get deported back to their countries.They try to come to the US to have a better life and have a great job.We can't judge other people.

A big issue predominantly with the border of Mexico and the U.S is drug traffic into our country. The drug cartel is a serious problem that needs to be put at rest because they threaten the safety of our country. Every day millions of drugs are passed through unknowingly by the Cartel and we are slowly cracking down on them. They only way we can do that, are to further support border control. “Though the drug war receives minimal attention north of the border, some authorities say it increasingly threatens the stability of the Mexican state and poses a security threat to the United States.” Ever since Mexico has took action against the cartel, violence has grown and has caused us to worry.

The United States and Mexican border has been a topic long debated between citizens and politicians, on one hand the trade between the two countries has shown great economic prosperity since the introduction of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), notwithstanding this success there has also been a huge spike in human trafficking and other illegal activity since the inception of the border. While the growth of the GDP for all three countries involved (United States, Mexico, Canada) has become evident it is unclear whether it is truly fair to all parties involved.

Three people allegedly part of a large drug trafficking organization were indicted last week and six pounds of heroin were seized, said Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.

People who are involved in the manufacture, cultivation, distribution or sale of marijuana, hashish oil or hashish may be considered drug trafficking. According to the United States Sentencing Commission, 21.5 percent of the drug trafficking cases reported to the commission in 2013 involve marijuana. Drug-related arrests in Wisconsin, and elsewhere, are often made by local law enforcement agencies. Since drug trafficking offenses are generally considered both a state and a federal offense, these types of charges could turn into federal charges.

become evident in the last few years. More and more states are being drawn into the

The 20th Century Fox film Traffic, written by Stephen Gaghan and directed by Steven Soderbergh, was clearly a brilliant piece of work and it received the highest recognition that films can achieve: it earned Oscars for Best Directing (Soderbergh), Best Supporting Actor (Benicio del Toro), Best Film Editing (Stephen Mirrione), and Best Adapted Screenplay (Gaghan). The film was also nominated as Best Picture but lost out to Gladiator (Rotten Tomatoes). Traffic certainly was a realistic film and its release in 2001 presented the public with a fairly un-Hollywood look into the trafficking culture, the users' culture, and law enforcement's sometimes clumsy attempt to put a stop to trafficking.

In this research paper I will discuss one transnational crime, and compare the contrast of two nations for their definition of the crime rate, and tools used to measure the crime. I will give each country’s legal tradition and their major influences on crime definition, rate, and measurement. In this assignment I will analyze the extent to which crime statistics collected in different nations can adequately be compared.

What is the first thing that comes into your mind when you hear of the region Latin America? Poverty, violence, drugs? Latin America is a major region where drugs are generated, imported, and exported. The general stereotype with regards to Latin America is that the region is drug infested due to the history of use, the problems regarding drug trafficking, and the continued statistics proving the ongoing use of drugs. Despite the fact that not every country in Latin America fits in this mold, history and data supports this impression.

problem of transnational drug trafficking stimulated the creation of an international anti-money-laundering legal regime based on the premise that attacking the profits of such activities is the best strategy against large, multinational criminal organizations.(Bagley 1988) The international anti-money-laundering legal regime then gained momentum through such international agreements as the 1988 United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (UN Drug Convention). (Stewart 1989) . Another important cornerstone in the international anti-money-laundering legal regime was the creation of the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF)

Human trafficking and smuggling has been in existence across the world for thousands of years. While both of these issues deserve equal public awareness, they are very different from one another. The United Nations office reveals consent, exploitation and transnationality are the most important differences ("United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime." Web). From ancient Greek to medieval times, up until today, both physical and sexual slavery is commonly used. Humans all over the world are trapped in lives of enigma, beaten and mistreated until eventually forced to work under extreme measures to illegally and unwillingly provide for others. From illicitly bringing drugs in and out of different countries, to transporting and controlling humans actions and whereabouts, the smuggling industry has taken a big toll on the US ("Timeline of Human Trafficking." Web). Many personal accounts of both human trafficking and smuggling have been taken into account and wrote about, one being the true story of a Cambodian Heroine.