Quote:
Originally Posted by spooled240
|
Read the report.
US DEA 2017 National Drug Assessment. This is the unclassified report for the end of 2017.
https://www.dea.gov/sites/default/fi..._2017-NDTA.pdf
I am still reading through the 2018 report
https://www.dea.gov/sites/default/fi...resolution.pdf
Fentanyl
Quote:
Transportation and Distribution Fentanyl is transported into the United States
in parcel packages directly from China or from China through Canada, and is also smuggled across the SWB from Mexico. Large volumesof fentanyl are seized at the SWB, although
these seizures are typically low in purity – on
average approximately 7 percent. Conversely,
the smaller volumes seized after arriving in
the mail directly from China can have purities
over 90 percent and be worth much more than
the fentanyl seized at the SWB
|
So China, is the issue, not the SWB
methamphetamine
Quote:
According to the 2017 NDTS, 40 percent
of respondents reported an increase in
the distribution of methamphetamine
and 37 percent of respondents reported
an increase in the transportation of
methamphetamine. While market demands
vary, methamphetamine is seized in every
state in the United States, and several U.S.
territories. Mexican TCOs control wholesale
methamphetamine distribution, while both
Mexican and Caucasian criminal groups
typically control retail distribution in the
United States.
The SWB remains the main entry point for the
majority of methamphetamine entering the
United States. Methamphetamine seizures
along the SWB increased 157 percent from
CY 2012 (8,213 kg) to CY 2016 (21,121
kg) (see Figure 72). The majority (47%) of
methamphetamine seized along the SWB in
CY 2016 occurred in the San Diego corridor.
Seizures increased in every corridor along the
SWB (see Figure 73).
Traffickers employ various methods
and techniques in the concealment of
methamphetamine, such as human couriers, commercial flights, parcel services, and
commercial buses. Traffickers most
commonly transport small, multi-kilogram
shipments of methamphetamine in
privately-owned vehicles.
In January 2017, CBP officers at
the Calexico East POE discovered
83 pounds of methamphetamine
concealed inside the bed of a pickup
truck. A CBP K-9 team screening
conveyances alerted to the truck’s
undercarriage (see Figure 74).
• In December 2016, CBP officers
seized approximately 200 pounds of
suspected crystal methamphetamine
at the World Trade Bridge POE in
Laredo, Texas. A canine (K-9) and
non-intrusive inspection led to the
discovery of methamphetamine
concealed within 45 fiberglass pots
(see Figure 75).
|
Legal Points of Entry!! Border security, NOT wall security (which you have yet to answer the question on the difference between the two)
Cocaine
Quote:
Traffickers most commonly
smuggle cocaine into the United States via
privately owned vehicles passing through
ports of entry along the SWB. Cocaine
is hidden amongst legitimate cargo on
commercial trucks or secreted inside hidden
compartments built within passenger
vehicles.
Commercial air smuggling is another
important conveyance method for cocaine
traffickers looking to smuggle cocaine from
South America and the Caribbean into the United States. This type of air smuggling has
four different aspects to it: couriers, cargo,
mail/express consignment, and internal
conspiracy. In courier cases, passengers—
and sometimes crew members—smuggle
small quantities of cocaine, ranging from .5
to under 10 kilograms, on commercial flights,
most often originating in the Caribbean.
Cocaine in concealed cargo shipments ranges
from under a kilogram to several hundreds
of kilograms in a single shipment. Express
consignment shipments of cocaine are more
likely to transit the United States than mail
shipments
|
Legal Points of Entry. Border security, NOT wall security (which you have yet to answer the question on the difference between the two).
Also, ships via the Caribbean sea, etc
Its a 156 page report, which I read through hence why it took me so long.
Also, important stats like a drop in smuggling of Cocaine for example through 2016.
Still working through the 2018 report