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The World Geopolitics of Drugs, 1998/1999

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  1. Alan Labrousse

    1. Observatoire Geopolitique des Drouges, Paris, France

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  2. Laurent Laniel

    1. Observatoire Geopolitique des Drouges, Paris, France

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-20
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  2. Introduction

    • Alan Labrousse, Laurent Laniel
    Pages 21-32

  3. Global problems

    • Alan Labrousse, Laurent Laniel
    Pages 33-51

  4. Asia

    • Alan Labrousse, Laurent Laniel
    Pages 53-102

  5. Europe

    • Alan Labrousse, Laurent Laniel
    Pages 103-165

  6. The Americas

    • Alan Labrousse, Laurent Laniel
    Pages 167-240

  7. Africa

    • Alan Labrousse, Laurent Laniel
    Pages 241-284
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The other report is published by the U. S. State Department and is more "committed," but only as far as the national interest of the world's only su­ perpower is concerned. Therefore, the State Department report must be read while keeping in mind the state of U. S. relations with the countries concerned. This report is accompanied by the so-called "certification" process, whose ar­ bitrary character has often been stressed. For instance, Iran, a country whose determination to fight the drug transit on its territory is well-known - more than 100 Iranian law enforcement agents die every year as a restult - was removed from the "blacklist" of "decertified countries" in the spring of 1999, precisely as it was inaugurating a policy of opening itself to external influ­ ence, including that of the United States. In retrospect, this demonstrates that the U. S. government had decertified Iran in past years because it was viewed as an Islamic and terrorist country, not because of its supposed involvement in drug trafficking. Neither does the last State Department report explain why Haji Ayub Afridi, a major Pakistani drug baron, who had voluntarily surrendered to U. S. authorities, returned to Pakistan in 1999 after spending a mere three and a half years in a U. S. prison.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Observatoire Geopolitique des Drouges, Paris, France

    Alan Labrousse, Laurent Laniel

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The World Geopolitics of Drugs, 1998/1999

  • Authors: Alan Labrousse, Laurent Laniel

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3505-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2001

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-0140-6Published: 30 April 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5878-2Published: 15 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-3505-6Published: 29 June 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 284

  • Additional Information: Reprinted from CRIME, LAW AND SOCIAL CHANGE, 36:1-2

  • Topics: Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Political Science, Social Sciences, general

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