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

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Other Authors: Daniels, Peyton E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2010]
Series:African political, economic, and security issues series.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • AFRICA'S CONNECTION TO THE DRUG TRADE
  • 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
  • End Notes
  • CHAPTER SOURCES
  • INDEX.