Written by
Paul E. Vallely, MG US Army (Ret)
A U.S. Department of Justice report by the National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC) says that Mexican drug gangs pose the biggest organized crime threat to the United States. The report, the annual National Drug Threat Assessment 2009, evaluates the threat posed by illegal drugs by examining availability, production and cultivation, transportation, distribution, and demand. The study estimates that Mexican and Colombian drug trafficking organizations make and launder between $18 billion and $39 billion in wholesale drug profits annually. Mexican drug smugglers control most of the U.S. drug markets, smuggling most of the cocaine available in the U.S. across the U.S./Mexico border.
Mexican drug trafficking organizations control most of the U.S. drug market and have varied transportation routes, advanced communication capabilities, and strong affiliations within the U.S. State and local law enforcement agencies shared information for this report through personal interviews with the National Drug Intelligence Center.
Mexican drug trafficking organizations represent the greatest organized crime threat to the United States. Mexican drug trafficking organizations control drug distribution in most U.S. cities, and they are gaining strength in markets that they do not yet control.
Prevention Threat Recognition: Enhancing border control and increased awareness of drug trafficking organizations may help to control the U.S. drug market.
Prevention Threat Recognition: Is drug trafficking a problem in your area? Do you have gangs in your area that may be affiliated?
Mexico shares a 2,000 mile border with the United States. Mexico ranks now behind Iran as the second largest security threat to United States. Why the growing concern over what is happening south of the U.S. border?
Well, we have vicious and widening violence pitting drug cartels against each other and against the Mexican state that have left more than 6,000 Mexicans dead in 2008 - double the number from 2007. That should set off an alarm right away. Oh yes, then there are over 70 Americans that have been kidnapped and are missing. Mexico is in a tailspin as a result of fighting between the federal government and drug cartels - and among the narco-gangs themselves. Have you visited Tijuana, Juarez or any of the border towns/cities lately? Our borders are flooded with gangs, drug cartel operations, illegal immigrant flow (back and forth), murders, human trafficking and kidnappings. A Threat of major, epic economic and security proportions.
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