larger than the gdps of nearly 90% of the countries …•global retail market for illicit drugs is...
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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
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
TRANSIT COUNTRIES BECOMES USER COUNTRIES INBOUND OUTBOUND
SOUTH AFRICA’S GEOGRAPICAL LOCATION RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE ROUTES
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
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.
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
GANGS IN THE WESTERN CAPE
• Operation Cayman (Ireland and South Africa)
• Operation Flaxby and Operation Deer (United Kingdom and South Africa)
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
United Kingdom
South Africa
Combined operation
South Africa and
United Kingdom
Cocaine and Cannabis trafficking
ROBERT FLOOK TOM MACKINNON
ERNEST SMITH JOHN TUTTON
OPS DEER
OPS DEER
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
Domestic Violence OD’s
Environmental disasters Prostitution
Child abuseAids
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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UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS
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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.
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
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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
Team work is necessary. One can always blame it on the other
Team work is necessary. One can always blame it on the other