Illusions Clouding Decision-Making: How the Justice System Fails to Understand the Illicit Drug Market by Luiz Guilherme Mendes de Paiva, Juliana de Oliveira Carlos

“…<p>This paper reviews some of the main research on drug law enforcement in Brazil since the 2006 Drug Law came into force, noting a clear and constant pattern of police and judicial focus directed at retail drug trafficking, decisively impacting current incarceration rates. …”
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The Early Warning System Effectiveness of the Maritime Security Agency of the Republic of Indonesia (Bakamla RI) in the Prevention of Drug Invention through the Sea Lane by Yosy Gustasya, Raymundus Putra Situmorang, Regil Kentaurus Harryes

“…The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) revealed that 80% of drug trafficking is carried out by sea. Narcotics transactions in the middle of the sea are very safe transactions, this is due to very weak supervision in the middle of the sea by officers.  …”
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Analysis of Influence of Islamic Revival in Central Asia States of Safety in Xinjiang China by Meng Xiangyun

“…This article examines the resurgence of Islam in Central Asia after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the spread of extremist Islamic ideas in the region, analyzes the impact of the Islamic renaissance in Central Asia on Xinjiang China, especially the influence of the extremist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir on the activities of Chinese "three forces of evil" and cross-border crimes, arms smuggling and drug trafficking. The author believes that although the Islamic revival movement in different countries had a great influence on the development of Islamic fundamentalism (IF) and even extremist ideology in China, the Islamic revival movement in Central Asia had a more direct impact on the security situation in Xinjiang. …”
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Prosecutorʼs supervision of detection and investigation of drug crimes: International standards and best practices by I. Shelikhovska, M. Hribov

“…The purpose of the study is to characterise the state of legal regulation and practical implementation of prosecutorʼs supervision over operational and investigative counteraction and pre-trial investigation of criminal offences in the field of drug trafficking in terms of compliance with international law, and also to formulate recommendations for borrowing positive practices of other countries in terms of such supervision. …”
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Juventude marginal: Trajetória de vida de Miro na periferia metropolitana de Belo Horizonte by Marco Antônio Couto Marinho

“…</p><p> </p><p><em>By means of an ethnographic and biographical research, the article <strong>Marginal Youth: Miro’s Life Trajectory in the Metropolitan Periphery of Belo Horizonte </strong>presents the trajectory of Miro, a 22-year-old black male resident in the Estrela d’Alva region, metropolitan periphery of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, a life marked by episodes of high incidence juvenile homicides, drug trafficking and social segregation. The objective of the paper is to contribute to the debate on the new configurations of social inequality in metropolitan Brazil, based on the analysis of a “life trajectory” as an epistemological alternative for the construction of social knowledge. …”
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The Regulation of the Security of Electronic Information in Lithuania and Russia: the Comparative Aspects by Darius Štitilis, Valdas Klišauskas

“…Most countries in the world compare cybercrime with such offences as terrorism and drug trafficking due to its risks and profitability. Therefore, the legal regulation of cybercrime is one of the most relevant problems in the world, including Lithuania and our neighbouring country, Russia. …”
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Hotels' marketing mix responses at insecurity-stricken destinations: a study in the US–Mexico border by Oliver Cruz-Milán

“…Design/methodology/approach – A case study research was carried out using semistructured interviews with key informants (hotel managers) in two neighboring destinations at the US–Mexico border, an area where criminal organizations' drug trafficking-related violence has impacted the hospitality industry. …”
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Improving Maritime Domain Awareness in Brazil through Computer Vision Technology by Matheus Emerick de Magalhães, Carlos Eduardo Barbosa, Kelli de Faria Cordeiro, Daysianne Kessy Mendes Isidorio, Jano Moreira de Souza

“…Anomalies in vessel locations can signal security threats or illegal activities, such as drug trafficking and illegal fishing. A reliable Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) is necessary to reduce such occurrences. …”
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U.S. Main Policies in Central Asia by V. A. Ponomarev

“…Military-technical cooperation, joint military maneuvers and educational programs, exchange of experience in the field of combating terrorism, illegal migration, human trafficking and drug trafficking have increased. Business contacts, trade, economic and energy cooperation have been intensified. …”
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Book Reviews | Reseñas by Book Review Editor, Barbara Hogenboom

“…Pansters, p. 128Bribes, Bullets and Intimidation: Drug Trafficking and the Law in Central America, by Julie Marie Bunck and Michael Ross Fowler; reviewed by Sonja Wolf, p. 132Latin American Urban Development into the 21st Century: Towards a Renewed Perspective on the City, edited by Dennis Rodgers, Jo Beall and Ravi Kanbur; reviewed by Christien Klaufus, p. 133Latin America’s Turbulent Transitions: The Future of Twenty-First Century Socialism, by Roger Burbach, Michael Fox and Federico Fuentes; reviewed by Barry Cannon, p. 136Cuba and Its Neighbours: Democracy in Motion, by Arnold August; reviewed by Antonio Carmona Báez, p. 138Bolivia: Processes of Change, by John Crabtree and Ann Chaplin; reviewed by Gonzalo Rojas-Ortuste, p. 140The Rise of Ethnic Politics in Latin America, by Raúl L. …”
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Medicolegal X-Ray and CT of standard size mobile phone cards (SIM card). by Schweitzer, Wolf, Winklhofer, Sebastian, Thali, Michael J., Yaakup, Nur Adura, Abdul Rashid, Saiful Nizam

“…We recommend to consider drug trafficking as possible problem in conjunction with any observed SIM card swallowing, particularly in context of police arrests or a suspect's detention. …”
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Physical analysis and chemical profiling of illicit herbal cannabis using multivariate analysis by Ahmad, Umi Kalthom, Muniandy, Yuvendran, Hassan, Mohd. Sukri

“…Such information can be used to combat drug trafficking and abuse. In this study, twenty three illicit cannabis samples seized from Selangor and suburbs of Kuala Lumpur which were submitted to the Department of Chemistry Malaysia were analyzed. …”

Combining environmental and socioeconomic data to understand determinants of conflicts in Colombia by Stefania Fiandrino, Ciro Cattuto, Daniela Paolotti, Rossano Schifanella, Rossano Schifanella

“…The political and socio-economic situation, drug trafficking in the Colombian economy, and natural disasters events affect the country and foster general violence. …”
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Sociometric network analysis in illicit drugs research: A scoping review. by Naomi Zakimi, Alissa Greer, Martin Bouchard, Arshpreet Dhillon, Alison Ritter

“…The first, drug crimes investigated network resilience and collaboration patterns in drug trafficking networks. The second domain, public health, focused on the social networks and social support of people who use drugs. …”
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Estudios de ignorancia, inteligencia y la guerra contra las drogas en Colombia/ Ignorance studies, intelligence and the war on drugs in Colombia by Javier Guerrero Castro

“…Abstract The enormous resources invested in intelligence in the war on drugs have allowed state agencies to accumulate a valuable knowledge about the actions of international drug trafficking networks. Intelligence plays a central role in planning and conducting maritime interdiction operations. …”
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From the Millennium Development Goals to Sustainable Development Goals. by Fetty Wijayanti, SitiNadia Tarmizi, Viny Tobing, Tiara Nisa, Muhammad Akhtar, Indang Trihandini, Ratna Djuwita

“…The threat from non-sterile needle sharing has been relatively well controlled through harm-reduction programmes; however, drug trafficking remains a challenge. It has reached worrying levels and involves law enforcement units at the forefront of the battle. …”
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Subtype classification of Iranian HIV-1 sequences registered in the HIV databases, 2006-2013. by Kazem Baesi, Samaneh Moallemi, Molood Farrokhi, Seyed Ahmad Seyed Alinaghi, Hong-Ha M Truong

“…The observed epidemiological connection between HIV strains circulating in Iran and Afghanistan may be due to drug trafficking and/or immigration between the two countries. …”
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microRNAs and Acute Myeloid Leukemia Chemoresistance: A Mechanistic Overview by Martino Marco Gabra, Leonardo Salmena, Leonardo Salmena

“…Certain mechanisms such as DNA damage response and drug targeting, cell cycling, cell death, and drug trafficking pathways have been shown to be further dysregulated in treatment resistant cancers. miRNAs playing key roles in the emergence of these drug resistance phenotypes have recently emerged and replacement or inhibition of these miRNAs may be a viable treatment option. …”
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Preventive Activity for Providing Public Order and Legality in St. Petersburg (on materials of a sociological research) by A. V. Klyuev, S. V. Lyashko

“…Petersburg are the crimes connected with drug trafficking, property crimes and crimes against the personality. …”
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State Building, Ethnic Land Titling, and Transnational Organized Crime: The Case of Honduras by Giorleny Altamirano Rayo

“…Focusing on the titling of 12 percent of Honduras’s territory between 2012 and 2016, this article uses semi-structured elite interviews, land titling data, field notes from three months in rural and urban sites in Honduras, and drug-trafficking reports to examine the motivation of officials in the central government. …”
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