Overview

This book presents the first detailed inquiry into the nature of cross-border drug trafficking between Laos People’s Democratic Republic and Vietnam, using an exploratory approach. It draws upon qualitative and quantitative methods, case studies, interviews and survey data from criminal investigation police and drug-related crimes officers (CIPDRC) from six border provinces which are directly and indirectly involved in investigating these cross-border cases. The author demonstrates that drug markets in Vietnam are not controlled by monopolistic, hierarchical organizations or ‘cartels’ but small structures, based on family ties and fellow-countrymen relations, which are fluid and loosely organized. They are very adaptable and sophisticated with diverse modus operandi and multiple divisions of labour which present particular challenges to law enforcement agencies, which the author discusses. 

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Author:   Hai Thanh Luong
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2019
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783030157722

ISBN 10:   3030157725
Pages:   221
Publication Date:   15 May 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgement    List of Abbreviations            List of Figures and Tables   Preface           Introduction Theoretical Application Research Methods    Qualitative Research Sites    Quantitative Research Sites Some Constraints and Solutions       Drug Trafficking across Vietnam’s Borderland Areas     Vietnam Background            Geography and its Impacts  Climate and its Impacts        Structured Population and its Impacts       Drug Trafficking in Mainland Southeast Asian Region     Drug Production, Consumption and Trafficking: An Overview   Laos Illicit Drug Markets      Drug Concerns in Vietnam   Transnational Narcotics Trafficking             Family-based Structure and Fellow-Countrymen Association    Group Size     The Central Actors    Adaptation and Flexibility    Age and Responsibility         Family-Based Structures      Fellow-Countrymen Associations Ensuring Trust for Co-offending     Establishing Close-Knit Community              Modus Operandi of Cross-Border Drug Trafficking in Vietnam Preparation   Exploit Drug Sources            Sale-and-Buy Agreement     Protecting Drug Operations against Interdiction  Pre-activity     Pack-and-Conceal Process   Transporting Activity           Exchange Processes Cutting            Post-activity   Distribution   Illegal Profits   Barriers and Challenges to Combat Transnational Narcotics Trafficking Porous Borders and its Blurred Points      Data Sharing and its Related Information Incapacity of Building Cooperative Instruments   Uneven Distributions of Law Enforcement            1 Increased Transportation and Trade at Shared Borderlands      Initiative Issues to Combat Cross-Border Drug Trafficking         Initiative 1: Developing Human Resources at BLOs          Initiative 3: Encouraging Use of E-passport at Cross-border Checking Points    Conclusions   Organisational structure and modus operandi of CBDT in Vietnam Challenges and its Initiative Priorities to Combat CBDT  Next Further Steps     References     Index  

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Hai Thanh Luong is Honorary Principal Research Fellow at Royal Melbourne Institute for Technology University, Australia. 

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