Africa's connection to the drug trade / editor, Peyton E. Daniels.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Daniels, Peyton E.

Series:

African political, economic, and security issues series.

African political, economic, and security issues

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug traffic--Africa.

Drug traffic.

Drug control--Africa.

Drug control.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (138 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Africa has historically held a peripheral role in the transnational illicit drug trade, but in recent years has increasingly become a focus for drug trafficking, particularly of cocaine. Africa's emergence as a trafficking nexus appears to have resulted from structural shifts in international drug trafficking patterns. This book examines how best to balance short-term and long-term counter-narcotics goals and strategies in Africa, how various U.S. civilian and military and international agency counter-narcotics roles and responsibilities in Africa should be defined and what types and levels of resources these efforts may require.

Contents:

Intro

AFRICA'S CONNECTION TO THE DRUG TRADE

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

CONTENTS

PREFACE

Chapter 1: STATEMENT OF MICHAEL A. BRAUN, BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON AFRICAN AFFAIRS - "CONFRONTING DRUG TRAFFICKING IN WEST AFRICA

WEST AFRICA ASSUMES AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE GLOBAL COCAINE TRADE

STRATEGIC SECURITY THREATS THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED

A FEW SUGGESTIONS TO HELP TURN THIS AROUND

'OUT OF AFRICA'

Chapter 2: TESTIMONY OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY JOHNNIE CARSON, BUREAU OF AFRICAN AFFAIRS, BEFORE THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON AFRICAN AFFAIRS - "CONFRONTING DRUG TRAFFICKING IN WEST AFRICA

A RAPIDLY GROWING PROBLEM

DRUG-TRAFFICKING IN WEST AFRICA HARMS U.S. INTERESTS

USG EFFORTS TO STOP THE DRUG FLOW AND OBSTACLES

Chapter 3: TESTIMONY OF DOUGLAS FARAH, SENIOR FELLOW, INTERNATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND STRATEGY CENTER, BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, SUBCOMMITTEE ON AFRICAN AFFAIRS - "CONFRONTING DRUG TRAFFICKING IN WEST AFRICA

End Notes

Chapter 4: STATEMENT OF THOMAS M. HARRIGAN, ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR AND CHIEF OF OPERATIONS, DEA, U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE, BEFORE THE U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, SUBCOMMITTEE ON AFRICAN AFFAIRS, - "CONFRONTING DRUG TRAFFICKING IN WEST AFRICA

OVERVIEW

DRUG THREATS IN AFRICA

DEA'S STRATEGIC CONCEPT FOR AFRICA

ONGOING DEA EFFORT TO COUNTER THE AFRICAN DRUG THREAT

DEA INVESTIGATIVE SUCCESSES

CAPACITY OF REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS AND IMPEDIMENTS TO SUCCESSFUL DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT INITIATIVES

CONCLUSION

Chapter 5: TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM WECHSLER, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, OFFICE OF COUNTERNARCOTICS AND GLOBAL THREATS, BEFORE THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON AFRICAN AFFAIRS, - "CONFRONTING DRUG TRAFFICKING IN WEST AFRICA.

Chapter 6: ILLEGAL DRUG TRADE IN AFRICA: TRENDS AND U.S. POLICY

SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION: THE RISING DRUG TRAFFICKING THREAT

IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. INTERESTS

DRUG TRAFFICKING AND USE TRENDS IN AFRICA

REGIONAL VULNERABILITIES

ILLICIT DRUG USE TRENDS IN AFRICA

U.S. POLICY

DOD/AFRICOM

MULTILATERAL AND REGIONAL EFFORTS TO COMBAT DRUG TRAFFICKING IN AFRICA

CONGRESSIONAL ROLE AND POSSIBLE OVERSIGHT ISSUES

APPENDIX. COCAINE SEIZURES AND AFRICAN MEMBERSHIP IN ILLICIT DRUG CONVENTIONS

CHAPTER SOURCES

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61668-779-7

OCLC:

923662420