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Accession Number
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ADA565247
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Title
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Mexico's National Interest in Drug Profits.
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Publication Date
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May 2011
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Media Count
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36p
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Personal Author
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J. H. Raymer
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Abstract
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Mexico currently has no governmental consensus to willingly renounce the enormous drug profits flowing into the country from sales in the United States as harmful to Mexican national interests. Any U.S. drug control strategy must accept this fact at the outset in determining the prospects for success. Competing interests within the Mexican government prevent the formation of a consensus that drug profits are harmful to Mexico. Mexican presidents have framed the solution as demand reduction in the United States, while the United States has focused on supply reduction from Mexico. A significant amount of money is involved in the drug trade, with estimates ranging from $5 billion to $40 billion annually. Over 75% of the Mexican economy relies on cash transactions, making the actual amount difficult to determine. President Felipe Calderon has proposed legislation to strengthen the Mexican government's hand in fighting money laundering, but the Mexican Congress has not passed it into law. Various barriers to better cooperation exist between Mexico and the United States. The Mexican Army shows signs of corruption and military action seems to favor the ascendancy of the Sinaloa Cartel. Any solution to the problem must take the money out of the drug trade.
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Keywords
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Amphetamines
Barriers
Calderon felipe
Casablanca operation
Cocaine
Competing interests
Cooperation
Counterdrug strategy
Crimes
Criminal corruption
Demand reduction
Drug cartels
Drug profits
Drug smuggling
Drug trafficking
Drug violence
Government(Foreign)
Heroin
Institutional revolutionary party
Law enforcement
Legislation
Los zetas
Methamphetamine
Mexico
Military forces(Foreign)
Military operations
Money
Money laundering
Organized crime
Policies
Profits
Supply reduction
United states government
Wachovia bank case
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Source Agency
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Non Paid ADAS
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NTIS Subject Category
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96 - Business & Economics
91C - Fire Services, Law Enforcement, & Criminal Justice
97G - Policies, Regulations & Studies
92C - Social Concerns
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Corporate Author
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Tufts Univ., Medford, MA.
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Document Type
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Technical report
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Title Note
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Research paper.
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NTIS Issue Number
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1304
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Contract Number
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N/A
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