INTERNATIONAL ILLICIT DRUG TRAFFIC - 1968

• NCJ Number: 66224
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1969
• Length: 43 pages
• Corporate Author: International Criminal Police Organization
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: France
• Note: SUBMITTED BY THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT TO THE 38TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY SESSION, MEXICO, OCTOBER 13-18, 1969

Annotation

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL POLICE ORGANIZATION (INTERPOL) REPORTS FOR 1968 REGARDING DRUG SEIZURES AND TRAFFICKING TRENDS FOR 50 COUNTRIES.

Abstract

QUANTITIES (GRAMS) SEIZED, NUMBER OF SEIZURES, AND NUMBER OF PERSONS IMPLICATED ARE TABULATED BY GEOGRAPHICAL REGION AND COUNTRY FOR THE CATEGORIES OF RAW AND PREPARED OPIUM, MORPHINE, DIACETYLMORPHINE, COCAINE, CANNABIS, OTHER NATURAL DRUGS AND THEIR DERIVATIVES, SYNTHETIC NARCOTIC DRUGS, SUBSTANCES NOT SUBJECT TO INTERNATIONAL CONTROL, AND MISCELLANEOUS. REMARKS INDICATE COUNTRIES WITH HIGHEST PERCENTAGES OF ARRESTS, SEIZURES, OR METHOD OF TRANSPORT PER COUNTRY. FURTHER ANALYSIS OF INFORMATION IS BROKEN DOWN BY GEOGRAPHICAL REGION, WITH ATTENTION TO SIGNIFICANT TRENDS, CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF REGIONAL TRAFFICKING, AND EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCES. FINALLY, EXAMPLES ARE GIVEN OF INTERPOL ACTIVITIES AND INTERNATIONAL POLICE COOPERATION, AND A LIST SHOWS THE NUMBER OF COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED AND SENT OUT BY THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT BY COUNTRY AND TERRITORY. (MHP)