THE INTERNATIONAL REACH OF THE DRUG TRADE

The international scale of drug trafficking and the involvement of an increasing number of states in the global network of illegal transportation routes do not currently allow countries to clearly distinguish between producers of narcotic drugs and their consumers. The trend of expansion and spread of criminal groups in the international arena, which has been gaining momentum for a long time, is due to the fact that the reaction of the drug business to various, even the smallest changes, is many times faster than the reaction of legal business to exactly the same situations on the world market.