ORGANIZATIONS OF TRAFFIC

Diverse criminal organizations manage the market of drugs in the world. In Latin America they are called cartels; in Asia, triads. In the Russian Federacy and the United States, the traffic is burst for the mafia. These organizations characterize for a centered control in the high steps and for a division of functions in the lowest levels. They use specialized staff to act in the different stages of the traffic, as chemical, pilots, connoisseurs in communication, accountants, lawyers, securitys and professional assassins. In some countries they even to pay good money addition to employees of the high step of the government to guarantee the stability of the business. In Colombia, for example, president Ernesto Samper was accused in 1996 to have its electoral campaign financed by the great cartels. In Mexico, the head of the combat of the drugs in the country, general Jesus Gutiérrez Rebollo, was imprisoned in February of 1997 for receiving bribe from the dealers. Making use of true private armies and modern weapons, the organizations of traffic are also behind the increase of the violence in the countries where they are more operating. In Peru and Bolivia, as well as in Colombia, the traffic of drugs is present in the national life and in such a way involves the institutions of the State and the guerilla.

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