TY - BOOK
T1 - Trafficking in multiple commodities
T2 - Exposing Australia's poly-drug and poly-crime networks
AU - Hughes, Caitlin
AU - Chalmers, Jenny
AU - Bright, David
AU - McFadden, Michael
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - It has been long recognised that illicit drug traffickers can and do trade in multiple drugs. For example, more than ten years ago, Australian law enforcement agencies highlighted the “convergence of criminal networks and, concomitant to this, poly-drug trafficking” and the challenges this may bring to drug law enforcement and the broader community (Gordon, 2001, p. 22). Yet, research and policy tend to focus on single illicit drug markets alone. Yet, the extent, nature and implications of an inter-connected marketplace are not well understood. In light of increasing evidence that in comparison with their mono-drug counter-parts, poly-drug traffickers may be more resilient, adaptable and harmful, this project starts to examine Australia’s poly-drug and poly-crime traffickers.
AB - It has been long recognised that illicit drug traffickers can and do trade in multiple drugs. For example, more than ten years ago, Australian law enforcement agencies highlighted the “convergence of criminal networks and, concomitant to this, poly-drug trafficking” and the challenges this may bring to drug law enforcement and the broader community (Gordon, 2001, p. 22). Yet, research and policy tend to focus on single illicit drug markets alone. Yet, the extent, nature and implications of an inter-connected marketplace are not well understood. In light of increasing evidence that in comparison with their mono-drug counter-parts, poly-drug traffickers may be more resilient, adaptable and harmful, this project starts to examine Australia’s poly-drug and poly-crime traffickers.
KW - poly-drug traffickers
KW - Drug law enforcement
KW - mono-drug traffickers
KW - Australia
M3 - Commissioned report
T3 - Monograph
BT - Trafficking in multiple commodities
PB - National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund
CY - Sydney
ER -
