The Ecstasy Industry Exploring the Global Market

0,27
MB

32
stron

4634
ID Transnational Institute

2005
rok

CONTENTS

Editorial 3

The Global Ecstasy Industry 4

Ecstacy production and trafficking 5

Box: Methamphetamine 5

Box:The global ecstasy market 7

The ecstasy industry in the Netherlands 9

The availability of ‘routine socio-eco-nomic activities’ 10

The characteristics of organised crime in the Netherlands 12

Historical advantages 13

Specific law enforcement actions 16

Multiplyer effect 17

Ecstasy Worldwide 18

Production in the United States 20

Box: US-Dutch cotroversies 21

Eastern Europe 23

China and South-East Asia 25

Conclusions 28

References and useful websites 29