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Drug trafficking : a global criminal trade / Nicole Horning.

By: Horning, Nicole [author.].
Series: Crime scene investigations.Publisher: New York, NY, USA : Lucent Press, ©2018Edition: First Edition.Description: 104 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781534561809 (library bound book); 9781534562745 (pbk. book).Subject(s): Drug traffic | Drugs | Drug controlDDC classification: 364.13365 H78 2018
Contents:
Introduction -- The global trade -- The history of the war on drugs -- Commonly trafficked drugs -- The routes of drug trafficking -- Drug dealing in the 21st century -- Efforts to end drug trafficking -- Notes -- For more information -- Index -- Picture credits -- About the author.
Summary: The drug trade is a lucrative business, and drug traffickers find inventive ways to protect their investments. Smugglers have a variety of means available to them to move large amounts of drugs between countries, including underground tunnels, secret pockets, and even the postal service. This means law enforcement officials must be clever and creative in their pursuit of these criminals. Readers learn how police target drug traffickers and what they can do to pursue a similar career. Informative sidebars, fact boxes, and full-color photographs give a full picture of the work that law enforcement officials do to apprehend drug traffickers.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction --
The global trade --
The history of the war on drugs --
Commonly trafficked drugs --
The routes of drug trafficking --
Drug dealing in the 21st century --
Efforts to end drug trafficking --
Notes --
For more information --
Index --
Picture credits --
About the author.

The drug trade is a lucrative business, and drug traffickers find inventive ways to protect their investments. Smugglers have a variety of means available to them to move large amounts of drugs between countries, including underground tunnels, secret pockets, and even the postal service. This means law enforcement officials must be clever and creative in their pursuit of these criminals. Readers learn how police target drug traffickers and what they can do to pursue a similar career. Informative sidebars, fact boxes, and full-color photographs give a full picture of the work that law enforcement officials do to apprehend drug traffickers.

College of Arts and Sciences Bachelor of Science in Criminology

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