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Trafficking
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Al Otro Lado (To the Other Side) 
 Companion website to a 2006 PBS P.O.V. documentary which "tells the human story behind illegal immigration and drug trafficking between the U.S. and Mexico through the eyes of Magdiel, a 23-year-old fisherman and aspiring composer who dreams of a better life." Includes and essay on corrido music singer Chalino Sanchez (also in Spanish), an update to the film, filmmaker interview, lesson plan, and related material. http://www.pbs.org/pov/alotrolado/ Topics: Crime, Drugs, Emigration & Immigration Last updated Jul 29, 2009 Borders and Law Enforcement
Overview of legal issues related to the border between the U.S. and Mexico. Topics include Border Liaison Mechanisms (BLMs), environmental cooperation, narcotics trafficking control, and trade. Also includes news about recent border issues and links to related sites. From the U.S. Department of State, Embassy of the United States, Mexico. http://mexico.usembassy.gov/eng/eborder_mechs.html Topics: Drugs, Emigration & Immigration, Federal (U.S.) Government, International Trade Last updated Aug 13, 2007 Drug Wars
Web site of the Frontline series on the thirty year history of America's war on drugs, including information on both sides of the battlefield - from drug warriors and from top traffickers. Videos (RealPlayer), charts, interviews, timelines, teacher's guide, and tapes and transcripts of the programs are available. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/ Topics: Crime, Drugs Last updated May 25, 2005 Interpol (International Police Organization)
This official site of the international police organization provides basic information about the structure and purpose of Interpol: "to facilitate cross-border police co-operation." Describes Interpol's six priority crime areas: drugs and criminal organizations, financial and high-tech crime, fugitives, public safety and terrorism, trafficking in human beings, and corruption. Includes international resources as well as news and current and previous press releases. http://www.interpol.int/ Topics: Crime, Drugs, Government, Law, Law, Law by Place (U.S. States & non-U.S.), Terrorism Last updated Mar 5, 2008 Narcotics Control Reports
"The Department of State's International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) [issued each March] ... is the United States Government's country-by-country two volume report that describes the efforts to attack all aspects of the international drug trade, chemical control, money laundering and financial crimes." This site provides copies of the reports back to 1996. From the U.S. Department of State. http://www.state.gov/p/inl/rls/nrcrpt/ Topics: Crime, Drugs Last updated Sep 12, 2005 National Threat Assessments
This site provides National Drug Threat Assessments, which are designed to give policy makers "a timely, predictive report on the threat of drugs, gangs, and violence." The assessments "addresses the status and outlook of the drug threat to the United States. It covers the trafficking and abuse patterns of cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana, heroin, MDMA, pharmaceutical drugs, and other dangerous drugs." From the National Drug Intelligence Center of the U.S. Department of Justice. http://www.justice.gov/ndic/topics/ndtas.htm Topics: Crime, Drugs Last updated Nov 1, 2009 Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)
This site contains extensive reports on the state of drug enforcement and awareness in the United States. Documents include the General Counterdrug Intelligence Plan, maps of high intensity drug trafficking areas including facts and strategies for each city mentioned, an anti-drug media campaign, a substance abuse treatment facility locator, and funding opportunities for communities to combat illegal drug use. There are also links to state and local agencies. http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/ Topics: Crime, Drugs, Mental Conditions Last updated May 25, 2005 The Oliver North File: His Diaries, E-Mail, and Memos on the Kerry Report, Contras and Drugs
Collection (posted in 2004) of "diaries, e-mail, and memos of Iran-contra figure Oliver North, ... [which] directly contradict his criticisms ... of Sen. John Kerry's 1988 Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee report on the ways that covert support for the Nicaraguan contras in the 1980s undermined the U.S. war on drugs." Includes a summary and scanned images of the documents. From the National Security Archive at George Washington University. http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB113/ Topics: Crime, Drugs Last updated Sep 18, 2006 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Country Office Afghanistan: Reports and Surveys
Reports on topics such as opium poppy production (annual back to 2000), a farmers' intentions survey, and an assessment of drug use in Kabul. Also includes links to a fact sheet about drugs and crime in Afghanistan and to related information. From the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). http://www.unodc.org/afghanistan/en/publications-and-reports.html Topics: Crime, Drugs, Drugs & Medications by Type, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Sep 22, 2009 |
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