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Global retail market for illicit drugs is estimated at US $320 billion Larger than the GDPs of nearly 90% of the countries of the world 200 million people (5% of world population age 15-64) have used drugs at least once in the last 12 months Source: UNODC World Drug Report 2005

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Page 1: Larger than the GDPs of nearly 90% of the countries …•Global retail market for illicit drugs is estimated at US $320 billion • Larger than the GDPs of nearly 90% of the countries

• Global retail market for illicit drugs is estimated at US $320 billion

• Larger than the GDPs of nearly 90% of the countries of the world

• 200 million people (5% of world population age 15-64) have used drugs at least once in the last 12 months

Source: UNODC World Drug Report 2005

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Targeted by international drug syndicates because of our:

Well developed infrastructureModern international telecommunication and banking systemExcellent transportation and tourism marketIncreased cross border movement of peopleGeographic locations

CONTRIBUTING FACTORS

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TRANSIT COUNTRIES BECOMES USER COUNTRIES INBOUND OUTBOUND

SOUTH AFRICA’S GEOGRAPICAL LOCATION RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE ROUTES

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Major drug trafficking routes --inbound

MandraxCocaine

Club Drugs

Hashish

Ports of entry:

More than 71 border postsOR Tambo InternationalAirport

• Gateway to Africa and rest of the world

• Daily arrests of couriers

Seaports:Combined handles over

2.5 million containers per year Cannabis

Heroin

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Cannabis Eradication Programme

Advanced Cannabis Eradication strategy

Spraying operations: Chemical: Kilo/WsgGlyphosate

Dry bag Operations

Also assisting neighbouring countries

New trend: Modernized irrigations systems

Follow an alternative development programme but for strategies for education employment, housing, tourism, etc.

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Money FlowMoney FlowBulk cash remains one of the most popular (and successful) methods to move drug money around the world.

Thus SAPS major focus on targeting the money

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GANGS IN THE WESTERN CAPE

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• Operation Cayman (Ireland and South Africa)

• Operation Flaxby and Operation Deer (United Kingdom and South Africa)

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Seizure of one ton cocaine in Ireland

Six people arrested including a South African citizen

Cocaine shipped from Trinidad, South America to Ireland. At Cork the cocaine was transferred from the fishing boat to a speedboat. During a storm the speedboat sank and the cocaine was drifting in the sea

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United Kingdom

South Africa

Combined operation

South Africa and

United Kingdom

Cocaine and Cannabis trafficking

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ROBERT FLOOK TOM MACKINNON

ERNEST SMITH JOHN TUTTON

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OPS DEER

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OPS DEER

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Cocaine FlowsCocaine Flows

62%Eastern Pacific

28%WesternCaribbean

10%EasternCaribbean

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CanaryIslands

Cape Verde

Countries in Africa with significant seizures are highlighted

To Asia/Australia

Seizures off the coast of Costa RicaOctober 2006, 8.9 MT cocaineJanuary 2007, 2.5 MT cocaine

Record Seizure in ChinaMarch 2006, 142.7 kilograms cocaine

Seizure by French AuthoritiesNear the Canary IslandsAugust 20063,000 kilograms cocaine

South Africa, October 2006165 kilograms

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Investigations revealed 11 other transactions by the syndicate

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OPS FLAXBY – COMPRESSED CANNABIS

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Domestic Violence OD’s

Environmental disasters Prostitution

Child abuseAids

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1. to prevent illicit manufacture of drugs

Precursor control is a supply reduction tool

4. to identify personsinvolved in diversion and illicit manufacture

3. to identify illicit laboratories

2. to generateintelligence

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Botanically-based narcotic drugs, eg. heroin, cocaine, cannabis

Psychotropic substances, eg. Mandrax, LSD, Ecstasy

Money-laundering, controlled deliveries, Precursor controls etc.

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ORGANIZED CRIME DRUG STRATEGY

Focus on criminal organizations involved in crimes relating to drugs

Objectives:

To address domestic and transnational narcotics trafficking by means of intelligence driven operations:

Project investigations

Disruption operations

Proceeds of their criminal activities

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Medical Research Council Study

60% of persons arrested for various crimes tested positive for consuming drugs/alcohol

Institute for Security Studies

100% of male detainees interviewed reported drugs as the biggest challenge against crime

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Team work is necessary. One can always blame it on the other

Team work is necessary. One can always blame it on the other