Countering the Drug Trade in West Africa

Assessments & Perspectives

Buch | Softcover

65 Seiten

2016
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-63485-867-0 (ISBN)

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In recent years, West Africa has played an increasing role in the global drug trade. In the early 2000s, drug traffickers searching for new routes and markets began shipping South American cocaine to Europe through West Africa. Criminal groups have now expanded their operations in the region to include heroin trafficking and methamphetamine production. While cocaine trafficked through West Africa typically reaches Europe rather than the United States, illicit activities surrounding the West African drug trade jeopardise U.S. goals in the region. The drug trade destabilises governments and funds terrorist organisations, including Hezbollah and Al Qaeda in the Land of the Islamic Maghreb. In 2011, the State Department launched the West Africa Cooperative Security Initiative to coordinate the U.S. response to these threats. This has been a positive start, but the Caucus believes more must be done. This book provides eight recommendations on how the United States can better assist our partners in West Africa.

Preface; Eight Steps to Counter the Drug Trade in West Africa; Statement of Thomas Harrigan, Deputy Administrator, Drug Enforcement Agency. Hearing on Countering Narcotics Threats in West Africa; Statement of William R. Brownfield, Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics & Law Enforcement Affairs. Hearing on Countering Narcotics Threats in West Africa; Testimony of Johnnie Carson, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, U.S. State Department. Hearing on Countering Narcotics Threats in West Africa; Statement of William F. Wechsler, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counternarcotics & Global Threats, Department of Defense. Hearing on Countering Narcotics Threats in West Africa; Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	03.12.2016
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 230 mm
Gewicht	142 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
ISBN-10	1-63485-867-0 / 1634858670
ISBN-13	978-1-63485-867-0 / 9781634858670
Zustand	Neuware