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US DEPARTMENT OF STATE REPORT: UP TO 7 MT OF NARCOTICS TRANSIT AZERBAIJAN ANNUALLY
10:50 23/03/2015 >> SOCIETY
Azerbaijan remains a transit country for illicit narcotics by virtue
of its situation along major drug trafficking routes from Afghanistan
and Iran to Europe and Russia, the US Department of State International
Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2015 reads.
According to the report, Azerbaijan's Ministry of Internal Affairs
(MIA) estimates that between 5.8 and seven metric tons (MT) of
narcotics transit Azerbaijan annually, much of it through Azerbaijan's
southern border with Iran. Azerbaijan may be an increasingly favored
transit country for drugs over neighboring countries such as Turkey,
which has strengthened its border controls in recent years.
Azerbaijan's MIA reported that it seized approximately 700 kg of
illegal drugs over the first ten months of 2014. Authorities opened
1,743 cases for drug-related crimes during the same period, of which
449 involved narcotics sales. According to ministry statistics,
authorities convicted 1,252 people of drug-related crimes in the
first half of 2014. Of the individuals, 91.9 percent were unemployed,
28.2 percent were previously convicted, and 2.6 percent were women,
the report reads.
According to a UN report, "Northern Balkan Route" of drug trafficking
from Afghanistan to Europe lies precisely through Azerbaijan. Drugs
freely cross Azerbaijan-Turkey-Iran route. The second, "Old Balkan
Route" lies straight through Iran to Turkey. People engaged in
the smuggling are mainly assisted by the Azerbaijani and Kurdish
population of northern Iran. The third way is through Azerbaijan and
the Caucasus which lies through the Turkmen seaport after Turkmenbashi,
in Baku. Here the drugs are easily smuggled into Russia.
Related:
Georgia puts an end to import of 3 tons of liquid heroin from
Azerbaijan that equal to hundreds of millions of dollars
UN report: The highest rate of injection drug use in world was fixed
in Azerbaijan
http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2015/03/23/azerbaijan-narcotics/
10:50 23/03/2015 >> SOCIETY
Azerbaijan remains a transit country for illicit narcotics by virtue
of its situation along major drug trafficking routes from Afghanistan
and Iran to Europe and Russia, the US Department of State International
Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2015 reads.
According to the report, Azerbaijan's Ministry of Internal Affairs
(MIA) estimates that between 5.8 and seven metric tons (MT) of
narcotics transit Azerbaijan annually, much of it through Azerbaijan's
southern border with Iran. Azerbaijan may be an increasingly favored
transit country for drugs over neighboring countries such as Turkey,
which has strengthened its border controls in recent years.
Azerbaijan's MIA reported that it seized approximately 700 kg of
illegal drugs over the first ten months of 2014. Authorities opened
1,743 cases for drug-related crimes during the same period, of which
449 involved narcotics sales. According to ministry statistics,
authorities convicted 1,252 people of drug-related crimes in the
first half of 2014. Of the individuals, 91.9 percent were unemployed,
28.2 percent were previously convicted, and 2.6 percent were women,
the report reads.
According to a UN report, "Northern Balkan Route" of drug trafficking
from Afghanistan to Europe lies precisely through Azerbaijan. Drugs
freely cross Azerbaijan-Turkey-Iran route. The second, "Old Balkan
Route" lies straight through Iran to Turkey. People engaged in
the smuggling are mainly assisted by the Azerbaijani and Kurdish
population of northern Iran. The third way is through Azerbaijan and
the Caucasus which lies through the Turkmen seaport after Turkmenbashi,
in Baku. Here the drugs are easily smuggled into Russia.
Related:
Georgia puts an end to import of 3 tons of liquid heroin from
Azerbaijan that equal to hundreds of millions of dollars
UN report: The highest rate of injection drug use in world was fixed
in Azerbaijan
http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2015/03/23/azerbaijan-narcotics/