Overview
- Comes from a law enforcement practitioner with rich, local knowledge
- Examines the ‘Golden Triangle’ in transnational drug trafficking, where a large percentage of the world’s illicit cultivation of the opium poppy takes place
- Contributes to both policy and law enforcement practice
Part of the book series: Palgrave Advances in Criminology and Criminal Justice in Asia (PACCJA)
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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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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Hai Thanh Luong is Honorary Principal Research Fellow at Royal Melbourne Institute for Technology University, Australia.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Transnational Drug Trafficking Across the Vietnam-Laos Border
Authors: Hai Thanh Luong
Series Title: Palgrave Advances in Criminology and Criminal Justice in Asia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15773-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-15772-2Published: 15 May 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-15773-9Published: 06 May 2019
Series ISSN: 2946-2878
Series E-ISSN: 2946-2886
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 221
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Asian Criminology, Transnational Crime, Policing, Criminal Behavior, Crime Prevention