Bolivia Airline
-- January 2005, week 4
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South America
Recent statistics indicate that approximately 85 percent of the heroin seized by federal authorities in the northeastern United States is of Colombian origin. DEA believes that almost all of the heroin produced in Colombia goes to the United States and is generally smuggled by human couriers on commercial airline flights in quantities of one to five kilograms. ... USG training in detection of contraband for customs officers, as well as for airline and airport employees has resulted in a significant increase in the 1999 number of arrests at Lima's Jorge Chavez international airport of passengers body-carrying cocaine HCl. ... [Read More]
South America
The recent seizure of a partially constructed, 100-foot submarine outside the city of Bogota reflects the versatility and financial resources of Colombian drug traffickers. Had it been completed, this submarine would have been capable of transporting up to ten metric tons of cocaine to the United States, about five percent of annual U.S. demand, while remaining at snorkel depth the entire trip. With an estimated total cost of 20 million dollars, this incident again demonstrates trafficker resources and ingenuity. Colombian cocaine trafficking groups generate billions of dollars in revenues each year, resources that increasingly have been used to purchase the best talent and technology available on the world market. While smaller semi-submersible vessels have been seized in the past, drug law enforcement officials do not believe that "drug submarines" are likely to become a significant threat or a common mode used to transport drugs. Approximately 85 percent of the ... [Read More]
E) South America
The Peruvian police have arrested more drug smugglers and seized more drugs this year at Lima’s international airport. These successes are the result of ongoing training in interdiction and investigative techniques as well as the installation of an X-ray machine to screen passenger luggage for narcotics prior to exiting Peru for foreign destinations. U.S.-trained dogs are also being used to detect drugs on passengers and in airplane baggage compartments. The PNP is developing a database to identify and locate different organizations that are actively involved in drug trafficking via the passenger and cargo shipping airlines through the cooperative efforts among PNP, airline companies, freight handlers and Peruvian airport security. ... [Read More]
Tips for Travelers to Central & South America
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E) South America
In 2000, approximately 59 percent of the heroin seized by federal authorities in the United States-–and submitted for DEA Heroin Signature Program analysis—was of Colombian origin. The DEA believes that the bulk of the Colombian heroin destined for the United States is smuggled via couriers on commercial airlines, or, increasingly, as air or maritime cargo. A recent trend is the transport of larger loads, some up to 20-30 kilograms. Most transportation routes stop in Central America, the Caribbean, and/or Mexico, where it is passed to a different courier who completes the delivery into the United States. The primary trafficking routes are through Venezuela, Argentina, Ecuador, Panama, and Mexico. Heroin seizures made by the Colombian National Police, with USG training and assistance, at Bogotá El Dorado International Airport during 2001, indicate that almost all heroin shipments were destined for the United States. ... [Read More]
South America
Corruption. As a matter of policy, the GOP does not encourage or facilitate the illicit production or distribution of narcotic or psychotropic drugs or other controlled substance, or the laundering of the proceeds from illegal drug transactions. No senior official of the GOP is known to engage in, encourage, or facilitate the illicit production or distribution of such drugs or substances, or the laundering of proceeds from illegal drug transactions. The U.S. Department of the Treasury in July designated Fernando Zevallos—founder of the Peruvian airline AeroContinente—as a narcotics kingpin. Alleged connections between Zevallos and GOP officials are under investigation. ... [Read More]
US Department Of State Post Report
American Airlines has daily service to and from Miami. Lloyd Aereo Boliviano (LAB), the Bolivian national airline, also has daily flights to Miami as well as frequent flights to all major Bolivian cities. LAB also flies to Caracas, Manaus, Belo Horizonte, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Arica, Santiago, Asuncion, Buenos Aires, Salta, Montevideo, Lima, and Mexico City. Other airlines servicing La Paz with international connections include Lan Chile (Arica, Antofagasta, Iquique, and Santiago), Lufthansa (Lima, Bogota, and Frankfurt), Aerolineas Argentinas (Buenos Aires), AeroPeru (Lima with connections to Mexico City and Panama), and Varig (São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro). AeroSur, a private Bolivian airline, serves major Bolivian cities and some rural towns. ... [Read More]
V. Country Narratives -- Countries A through G
Canada is primarily a destination and transit country for women trafficked for the purposes of labor and sexual exploitation. Women and children are trafficked from Central and South America, Eastern Europe, and Asia for sexual exploitation. To a lesser extent, men, women, and children are trafficked for forced labor. There is internal trafficking of Canadians for the sex trade. The majority of foreign victims transiting Canada are bound for the United States. Numbers are hard to gauge, but in February 2004, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) estimated that 800 persons are trafficked into Canada annually and that an additional 1,500-2,200 persons are trafficked through Canada into the United States. Some estimate that this number is much higher. The Government of Canada fully complies with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. The Government of C ... [Read More]
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