Problem
Susceptibility of the impoverished to drug trafficking
Other Names:
Victimization of drug traffickersHealth hazards of drug couriers
Nature:
Illicit drug trafficking, moving hundreds of tons of drugs around the world, besides using organized crime distribution rings, also depends on younger tourists and poor people, of whom tens of thousands illegally transport drugs each year. Incidence:
Twenty percent of women in prison in the UK are drug couriers. At one prison 120 inmates, around half, are drug smugglers from Third World countries, one third of them Nigerian. Their average sentence is six years and they face an additional five years on their return to Nigeria. Most are not professional drug traffickers, not even drug users, but women from poor circumstances who were tempted by money in ignorance of the risk. Broader Problems:
Illicit drug traffickingExploitation of the unemployedSocial costs of substance abuse Related Problems:
Marriage marketsEvasion of customs and excise dutiesIncreasing drug addiction in drug producing countries Strategies:
Trafficking drugsControlling drug traffickingReducing susceptibility of the impoverished to drug traffickingProtecting against travel health hazards Subject(s):
Society → DisadvantagedTransportation, Telecommunications → Forwarders, distributors
Commerce → Trade
Societal Problems → Hazards
Societal Problems → Crime
Societal Problems → Victims
Health Care → Health
Health Care → Pharmacy
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST