drug traffic

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drug traffic

Drugs and crime

1991
Examines the connection between illegal drugs and crime and what is being done to break that "straight-line relationship.".

Narcoland

the Mexican drug lords and their godfathers
2013
Presents a history of the drug cartels in Mexico, discussing how Mexico became the base for the mega-cartels of Latin America.

The Golden Triangle

inside Southeast Asia's drug trade
2009
A comprehensive look at the growing drug trade in Southeast Asia and how the government views it as a way to boost the local economy.

Bad neighbor policy

Washington's futile war on drugs in Latin America
2003
Criticizes America's war against the drug influx from Latin America, examining the history of U.S. drug policy and its consequences in America and Latin America, and argues for legalization.

Seeds of terror

how heroin is bankrolling the Taliban and Al Qaeda
2009
Examines the role of drug trafficking in the support of terrorist groups and the international criminal underworld connected to the Taliban in Pakistan and Afghanistan, arguing that the most important focus for Western policymakers is to stop the flow of money to terrorist networks.

Edge of battle

2006
Efforts by U.S. Major Richter and his high-tech special operations unit to control drug traffic and illegal immigration on the U.S.-Mexican border are complicated by drug kingpin and migrant smuggler Ernesto Fuerza, a right-wing radio talk-show host, and the discovery that Fuerza is backed by Richter's long-time nemesis, Soviet terrorist Yegor Zakharov.

The West Coast murders

2000
The members of The Screech Owls hockey team, in Vancouver to play in a tournament, wind up in the middle of a dangerous murder investigation when they go on a whale watching tour and discover a dead body floating in the sea.

The bullet or the bribe

taking down Colombia's Cali drug cartel
2003
Traces the rise and fall of Columbia's notorious Cali drug cartel, offering a unique insight into the history of international trafficking, organized crime, and U.S. drug policy.

Border defense

2012
Readers will go behind the scenes and ride along with the worlds toughest, most courageous, and highly-trained border patrols. They'll take in all the rough-and-tumble adventure that is faced each day in their frightening and high-energy careers.

Opium nation

child brides, drug lords, and one woman's journey through Afghanistan
2011
Fariba Nawa fled Afghanistan as a child with her family during the Soviet invasion twenty years earlier. When she returned as an adult, she discovered a fractured country transformed by a multibillion-dollar drug trade.

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