Overview

This international handbook is the first to analyze the status of drug control efforts around the world in so comprehensive a manner with up-to-date information. A series of experts provide a systematic overview of this major world problem in the 1980s and the 1990s, point to 10 major trends in current developments and to 3 probable shocks in the immediate future, and assess targets and networks for combatting the drug trade in the next decade. This handbook is a convenient reference for academicians, professionals, policymakers, and all who are concerned with this scourge on modern-day society. This valuable survey of the major consumers and suppliers of drugs and of national and international responses and enforcement measures opens with an introduction that gives an overview of efforts to control the international drug problem. Money laundering and asset forfeiture problems and policies are described in some detail. Country and regional studies follow with analyses about the history and structure of the industry/trade, governmental and societal responses, international controls and networks. The work of the United Nations and regional organizations is summarized as well. Appendixes offer comparative data about drug consumption, production, and trade and about international legislature's legal efforts to control the drug trade. Bibliographies at the ends of chapters and an essay at the end of the book offer suggestions for further research. A full index makes the reference an accessible one for researchers with different needs and perspectives.

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Author:   Scott Macdonald ,  Bruce Zagaris
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Greenwood Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.822kg
ISBN:  

9780313273759

ISBN 10:   0313273758
Pages:   463
Publication Date:   21 July 1992
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Introduction and Problems of International Control Introduction: Controlling the International Drug Problem by Scott B. MacDonald and Bruce Zagaris Money Laundering: An International Control Problem by Bruce Zagaris The Emerging Regime of Asset Forfeiture by Elizabeth Kingma Country and Regional Studies: The Americas The United States by Raphael Francis Perl Canada by David L. Crum Bolivia by Eduardo Gamarra Brazil by Luiza de Matos Caribbean Offshore Financial Centers: The Bahamas, the British Dependencies, and the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba by Scott B. MacDonald and Bruce Zagaris Colombia by Scott B. MacDonald Mexico by Bruce Zagaris and Scott B. MacDonald Panama by Laura VÁsquez and Barbara Jahansoozi Peru by Laura VÁsquez The Southern Cone by Scott B. MacDonald Country and Regional Studies: Europe Western Europe and the European Community by Bruce Zagaris The Netherlands by Govert Frank Van de Wijngaart and Sarah Barber Sweden by Sarah Barber The United Kingdom by Loren Cain Union of Soviet Socialist Republics by Rensselaer W. Lee III Country and Regional Studies: Asia and the Middle East Afghanistan by Scott B. MacDonald The Islamic Republic of Iran by Scott B. MacDonald and Barbara Jahansoozi Pakistan by Sue Hardesty Turkey and India by Carolyn West The Golden Triangle: Burma, Laos and Thailand by Debra Liang Singapore by Scott B. MacDonald International Organizations and Drug Control Policy The Organization of American States by Michael Dziedzic United Nations' Activities in International Drug Control by Robin Rolley Appendix: Tables Bibliographic Essay Index Appendixes Bibliographical Essay Index

Reviews

"?An excellent guide to a crucially important subject. Recommended for all social studies reference collections.?-Reference Book Review ?It will be most useful to international attorneys, their law offices, and that handful of professionals who do not know the subject and are looking for a quick guide and overview of countries, control efforts, and issues like money laundering and asset forfeiture, and international agencies (UN, OAS) and their efforts to deal with the problem in a multilateral manner.?-Choice ""An excellent guide to a crucially important subject. Recommended for all social studies reference collections.""-Reference Book Review ""It will be most useful to international attorneys, their law offices, and that handful of professionals who do not know the subject and are looking for a quick guide and overview of countries, control efforts, and issues like money laundering and asset forfeiture, and international agencies (UN, OAS) and their efforts to deal with the problem in a multilateral manner.""-Choice"

?It will be most useful to international attorneys, their law offices, and that handful of professionals who do not know the subject and are looking for a quick guide and overview of countries, control efforts, and issues like money laundering and asset forfeiture, and international agencies (UN, OAS) and their efforts to deal with the problem in a multilateral manner.?-Choice

Author Information

SCOTT B. MACDONALD is International Economic Adviser in the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, U.S. Government. He is the author of Dancing on a Volcano: The Latin American Drug Trade (Praeger, 1988) and Latin American Debt in the 1990s: Lessons from the Past and Forecasts for the Future (Praeger, 1991). BRUCE ZAGARIS, partner with the firm of Cameron & Hornbostel, Washington, D.C., has served as a consultant to the U.S. Government, the United Nations, and several other governments on administration of justice and narcotics control matters. He serves as an adjunct professor to the Fordham University School of Law and has written at length on international and comparative law matters.

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