Przemyt środków odurzających i substancji psychotropowych w przesyłkach skonteneryzowanych do portów morskich Unii Europejskiej na przykładzie kokainy
Smuggling Drugs and Psychotropic Substances in Containerized Shipments to European Union Seaports on the Example of Cocaine

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to present the case on modern methods of smuggling narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances to the European Union. There is particular emphasis on rip-on / rip-off methods, which play a key role in transporting cocaine from Latin American countries via containerized sea shipments. The author used materials and studies obtained through extensive research with the services working to combat drug crime at the largest seaports in the European Union, namely: Rotterdam (Netherlands), Antwerp (Belgium), Le Havre (France), and Hamburg (Germany) in 2019-2020. The article addresses the research problem of smuggling via maritime transport, most often used by international criminal groups to trafficking narcotic substances to the European Union. The paper presents the method of critical analysis (studies, reports, scientific articles, literature on the subject, and materials from meetings under the EU Customs 2020 project). The author presents three main theses which, in his opinion, contribute to the choice of the method: low transport costs of containerized shipments, mass volume, ease of access, a small percentage of detailed checks conducted by border services, insufficient security of port infrastructure in Latin America, unrestricted access to seals forwarding, and the ease of falsification. This article supplements the literature on the subject of the methods of drug smuggling into the European Union.

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