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Drug importation into Italy by body packing: An analysis of the UNODC Individual Drug Seizures Database
- Source :
- The Medico-legal journal. 86(4)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Internal concealment and transportation of illegal substances by body packing is a major business with very high profits, attracting criminals all over the world. As body packers are rarely arrested, it is difficult to quantify their proportion in the general population and, consequently, identify the countries involved in this kind of drug traffic; as a consequence, the percentage of undetected cases is undoubtedly high. The aim of this study is to provide useful information concerning the country of origin of body packers travelling to Italy through the analysis of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Individual Drug Seizures Report database in the period 2010–2015. Results of our study highlighted a total of 85 cases, producing a total of 52.4 kg of drugs transported through body packing towards Italy. Data obtained from our analysis could represent an useful starting point to: (a) enhance police controls on people coming from targeted countries and improve collaborations between Italian Police Forces and those of other countries; (b) understand the reason why some cities/airports are so frequently used in drug trafficking through body packing and, as a consequence, enhance police controls in these places; and (c) train airport security staffs in international airports recognized as important departure points for body packers travelling to Italy.
- Subjects :
- Drug
Databases, Factual
media_common.quotation_subject
education
030508 substance abuse
Poison control
Body Packers
body packing
body packers
cocaine traffic
drug traffic
drug trafficking
heroin traffic
Suicide prevention
Occupational safety and health
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Injury prevention
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Drug Trafficking
media_common
Body Packing
business.industry
Illicit Drugs
Human factors and ergonomics
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Italy
Medical emergency
0305 other medical science
business
human activities
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20421834
- Volume :
- 86
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Medico-legal journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2fc3f71c6be20f10ac397f87a1c3b41e