Drug Smugglers on Drug Smuggling : Lessons from the Inside

Acknowledgments vii Motivation for the Study 1(19) Understanding Drug Smuggling 3(10) Impact of Drug Interdiction Efforts 13(2) Summary 15(5) Organization of the Study 20(13) Study Design 21(4) Interview Sample 25(6) Summary 31(2) Drug Smuggling Organizations 33(29) Movement Away from Cartels 34(2) Structure and Movement of Drugs 36(22) Summary 58(4) Movement of Drugs 62(26) Transportation Routes 62(7) Methods of Transport 69(16) Summary 85(3) Roles, Recruitment into, and Remaining Involved in the Drug Smuggling Trade 88(26) Drug Smuggling Roles 89(6) Recruitment into Drug Smuggling 95(9) Motivation for Drug Smuggling 104(5) Leaving Drug Smuggling 109(2) Summary 111(3) Balancing Risk and Reward 114(31) Minimizing Risks 114(3) Avoiding Detection 117(6) Changes in Smuggling Activities in Response to Risk 123(4) Getting Caught 127(6) Assessing Risk 133(3) Perceptions of the U.S. Criminal Justice System 136(5) If You Were in Charge 141(2) Summary 143(2) Making Sense of Drug Smuggling: Conclusions and Summary 145(18) Organizational Structure 146(5) Managing Risk 151(3) Potential Responses by Law Enforcement 154(9) Appendix 1. Instrumentation Study Design 163(18) Appendix 2. Study Design 181(18) Notes 199(4) References 203(4) Index 207