Traffickers, terrorists, and a 'new security challenge
Russian counternarcotics strategy and the Federal Service for the Control of the Drugs Trade
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5724308 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bettina Renz (0000-0002-5122-4990, University of Nottingham, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 55-77 |
| Publication date | 2011-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Small Wars and Insurgencies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-2318 • E-ISSN: 1743-9558 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09592318.2011.546579 |
| OpenAlex | W2013323384 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 14 |
The collapse of the Soviet Union precipitated the massive expansion of drug use and trade in Russia. The country now has one of the largest populations of injecting drug users in the world and has become the largest single-country market for Afghan heroin. In 2003 the Federal Service for the Control of the Drugs Trade was created to coordinate a comprehensive counternarcotics strategy appropriate to the scale of this threat. The service continues to face a number of challenges in its early stages of development. However, it has made considerable advances in improving responses to large-scale organised crime and in building international cooperation
Afghan · Business · Computer security · Drug control · Economics · International trade · Management · Organised crime · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Soviet union · Terrorism · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Economic Sanctions and International Relations · Law · Public Administration · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence · Marketing
Securitising Russia
Policing Economic Transition and Increasing Revenue
Webs of Smoke
A Question of Escalation - From Counternarcotics to Counterterrorism
Russia's war in Georgia
Abuse of drugs other than alcohol and tobacco in the Soviet Union
Strengthening cooperation against transnational crime
The Price of Freedom
Narcotics, Radicalism, and Armed Conflict in Central Asia
Strategic threat
Counter-demand approaches to narcotics trafficking
Corruption of politicians, law enforcement, and the judiciary in Mexico and complicity across the border
Counter-supply and counter-violence approaches to narcotics trafficking
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| Citations per year | 0.17 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2016 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |