China Confronts Afghan Drugs: Law Enforcement Views of The Golden Crescent

Abstract

The rising flow of illegal drugs from the "Golden Crescent" region - Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran - into western China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) has caused increasing concern to Chinese law enforcement officials and analysts. This study seeks to strengthen understanding of Chinese law enforcement perceptions of the Golden Crescent drug problem by making use of previously underexploited Chinese law enforcement publications.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA540536

Entities

People

  • Murray S. Tanner

Organizations

  • Center for Naval Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anhydrides
  • Central Asia
  • Crime
  • Criminal Investigations
  • Criminals
  • Drug Abuse
  • Drug Trafficking
  • Governments
  • Intelligence Collection
  • Law
  • Law Enforcement
  • National Security
  • Police
  • Social Sciences
  • Societies
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security