Drug Trafficking, Drugs and Organized Crime in the Americas in the 21st Century

This book analyzes the world of drug trafficking, mainly focused on the Americas in the 21st century, using a qualitative methodology, focusing on bibliographic and documentary analysis. The book is divided into four main chapters. First, the reader is introduced to the basic concepts of drug trafficking and how this activity is socially constructed, giving a sociological view of this topic. Secondly, the main drugs that the drug trafficking market commercializes are analyzed, analyzing them and showing the effects that they produce in the organism of the person who consumes them. Third, the main transnational organized crime groups linked to drug trafficking that are currently operating in the Americas are also analyzed, with a description of each of them. Finally, a brief study is made of the life stories of the main criminals who command these groups, so that the reader can have a complete vision of the world of drug trafficking and its criminals.