Trafficking Final

A worrying development that requires international attention is the increasing use of ________ as a way station for Afghan heroin shipments to Europe, North America, and Oceania.

Africa

n the large cities of the Midwest region, who dominates the distribution of crack cocaine?

African American street gangs

In the Midwest, Mexican brown heroin and black tar sales have increased where?

Omahah and Kansas City

What illicit drug is the main drug implicated in drug overdoses, primarily contributing the to global number of drug-related deaths.

Opiods

What research company found that the economic effects of a nuclear catastrophe are likely to spread beyond the initial attack, reaching a national and international scale

RAND corp

Illicit trafficking in conventional weapons, particularly in _______ is a major U.S. national security concern.

SALW

What are the three categories of nuclear materials?

SNM, reactor fuel, and commercial radioactive sources

What did the 2013 strategy acknowledge was a "highly effective method of smuggling" along the U.S. and Mexico border?

Subterranean tunnels

According to the video documentary on Making a Killing, which of the following is true?

The United States has a far greater number of weapons than in sub Saharan Africa; however, the weapons in Africa have caused more devastation to their country.

Although the Gun Control Act requires businesses to obtain licensing when selling arms, it does not affect individuals who sell from their personal collection. This gap is referred to as ?`

gun show loophole

The UNODC identifies what drug as the most dangerous drug worldwide

heroin

Although nearly all drug surveys indicate that ment are more likely than women to use drugs, the gendera gap shrinks when considering the data from use misuse of ________?

pharmaceuticals

The use of two or more substances at the same time or sequentially is known as what?

polydrug use

According to the HIDTA report on the Midwest, Meth is generally associated with what type of crime?

property and violent crime

It is most likely that terrorists finance their activities through the use of arms and drug trafficking

true

The Department of Defense leads the way in detecting and monitoring aerial and maritime movement of illegal drugs to the U.S.

true

The majority of U.S. Counterdrug efforts internationally are concentrated where?

western hemisphere

Which one of the following would have a low potential for abuse and low risk of dependence?

xanax

U.S. counterdrug efforts have expanded to include which of these objectives?

-Combat drugs in transit -Dismantle international illicit drug networks -Reduce drug production at source

The global market for illicit opiates may be the most complex due to the fact that:

-Illicit opiates are trafficked across large distances to meet demand -Opium poppy cultivation occurs on a significant scale in three dinstinct regions -Demand for illicit opiates is widespread and cannot be assumed to be concentrated in certain regions

The most common reason given by prosecutors to decline to prosecute weapons cases is

-Lack of evidence of criminal intent -Weak or insufficient admissible evidence

Arms trafficking agreements may apply at what point:

-Point of production -Stage of interstate transfer -Stage of domestic ownership and transfer

llicit arms sales, including grey and black market activities, are estimated to equal ______ of the total trade in small arms.

10-20%

Light weapons are intended for the use of_____________?

2 or 3 persons

In a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office in 2009 it was estimated that _______ of traceable weapons in Mexico were from the U.S. (from 2006-2008 data).

90%

What scientist illustrates a good example of how legal businesses can exploit gaps in the controls of nuclear exports?

A.Q. Khan

Opium production increased significantly in 2004 for which location?

Afghanistan

What country leads the way in opium production (see Figure 16).

Afghanistan

Coca bush, from where cocaine is derived, is mainly cultivated in which three South American countries?

Colombia, peru, bolivia

According to the threat assessment on the Global Opium Trade, where is the largest market for Afghan heroin?

Europe

When the Columbian DTOs were forcibly broken up in the early 1990's, what drug trade was taken over by Mexico?

cocaine

Mexican DTOs (Drug Trafficking Organizations) are markedly more violent in the United States than in Mexico.

False

Strategic trade controls are in place to both regulate and prohibit trade.

False

The DTOs today are larger and more stable organizations than the fragmented and more violent DTOs during the early years of President Calderon's administration.

False

The United States has a very specific statute addressing the trafficking of weapons and firearms.

False

UN Security Council Resolution 1540 provides a blueprint for what constitutes effective controls in relation to weapons trafficking.

False

In response to the Fast and Furious Scandal, what statute was implemented that would criminalize weapons trafficking in the U.S. and punisih offenders more severely than the federal code.

HR 2554

The Midwest demand for high potency marijuana has what?

Increased indoor cannabis cultivation in the HIDTA region

Althought Afghanistan and Myanmar are the traditionally known producers of opiates, which country has been the leading licit producer of opium for several decades?

India

According to the Market Analysis of Amphetamine-Type-Stimulants, in 2012, what accounted for the majority of ATS seizures

Meth

According to Figure 50 in the World Drug report, which country had the highest number of reported methamphetamine seizures in 2011?

Mexico

According to the ONDCP, where is the primary foreign source of methamphetamine, destined for U.S. markets?

Mexico

What city is the Arellano Felix Organization based out of?

Tijuana

According to the World Drug Report, although there are varying regional trends in the extent of illicit drug use, overall global prevalence of drug use is considered ____________?

To be stable

The Juarez cartels fall into what category of DTO typology?

Toll collector

Self-perpetuating associations of individuals who operate transnationally for the purpose of obtaining power, influence, monetary and/or commercial gains, wholly or in part by illegal means, while protecting their activities through a pattern of corruption and/or violence, or while protecting their illegal activities through a transnational organized structure and the exploitation of transnational commerce or communication mechanisms.

Transnational organized crime

Hepatitis C is highly prevalent among people who inject drugs and is transmitted through the sharing of contaminated injecting equipment more easily than is HIV.

True

In trans-border conflict, violence is most pronounced at the international point of intersection.

True

It is standard procedure for ATF agents to track high-powered firearms to determine the flow of illegal weapons.

True

Key Supplier states facilitate trade with countries that are known to have strong proliferation controls

True

No country will ever have enough capacity and expertise to fully implement controls on all strategic trade.

True

U.S. and Mexican government officials assert that one of the most effective ways to dismantle the DTOs is to reduce the criminal proceeds that fund their operations.

True

Illegal weapons in Mexico are primarly sourced from which country?

United States

What precursor chemical is essential to the production of heroin?

acetic anhydride

What is the main weapon present in the Central Asian illegal arms market

automatic rifles

Freeze drying technology, while used to make instant coffee grounds, can also be used in what realm of WMD?

biological warfare research

What type of heroin is consumed exclusively in the Americas, according to the Global Afghan Opium Trade report?

black tar

The overall increase in drug use in North America was mainly led by the increase in ___________________ use

cannabis

What technology has helped law enforcement officials in the US and Mexico to trace firearms to their legal purchase, and shows tracing patterns of criminal organizations

eTrace

In today's economy, the disruption at one major seaport or in a supplier country would not really affect global supply chains.

false

Per the Midwest Analysis, Oxycodone is typically cheaper to purchase than Heroin.

false

Schedule I drugs have a high potential for abuse and have a small amount of medical use

false

With nuclear forensics, there are routine procedures that can be universally applied to all evidence

false

Mexican weapons laws are ____________________ than those in the United States.

far more stringent

Per the report on Terrorist Routes in Centra Asia, what is the most important factor affecting regional drug trafficking between Central Asia and Afghanistan.

geographical proximity

The development of a strong ______________ basis is critical for any strategic trade control system

legal

Arms trafficking agreements vary according to what stage of the ___________ _____________of an arm at which they regulate

life cycle

Which DTO is believed to have achieved the most diversification into other criminal activities.

los zetas

Elemental signature of nuclear material include the determination of what in the material?

major, minor, and trace

What type of crop eradication involves the use of tractors and all-terrain vehicles to harrow the fields?

mechanical removal

What is the biggest drug threat to the Midwest region of the U.S.?

meth

Because they are protected from the full force of prosecution, cartels and gangs use ___________ for smuggling, cross-border scouting, recruiting, drug sales and even assassinations.

minors

You've been caught trafficking Ativan for the first time. What is your penalty?

not more than 5 years in prison

The process to identify the source of nuclear or radioactive materials used in illegal activities is termed what?

nuclear attribution

What are the two most commonly used and abused CPDs in Kansas City?

oxy and hydro

Which DTO has grown to be the most dominant organization in Mexico, controlling up to 45% of the drug trade?

sinaloa

Some of the equipment, detection techniques, and personnel training related to WMD proliferation are also key to preventing what

smuggling of drugs; smuggling of small arms`

The activation of a district or national emergency response plan due to the fact that a significant potential hazard to the environment or public has been determined is what kind of response

strategic

Beneficiaries in Afghanistan, including the Taliban and other anti-government elements, earned significantly less than international criminal networks.

true