Drugs and Human Trafficking

The drug trade snares people into human trafficking through drug smuggling, forced addiction, and luring people who are addicted. Seth Daire and JJ Janflone give an overview of drug trafficking into the United States and then talk about how drugs overlap with human trafficking. Sources: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-40480405 https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/mexicos-cartels-will-continue-splinter-2017 http://www.businessinsider.com/dea-maps-of-mexican-cartels-in-the-us-2016-12 https://www.dea.gov/resource-center/2016%20NDTA%20Summary.pdf https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2017-Jun/CBP-Snapshot-06012017.pdf http://www.npr.org/2011/12/04/143025654/migrants-say-theyre-unwilling-mules-for-cartels http://www.rehabs.com/drug-addiction-fuels-the-fire-of-human-trafficking/ https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/vv5949/what-its-like-to-be-a-female-drug-mule-serving-time-in-prison http://www.insightcrime.org/news-briefs/cocaine-traffickers-evolving-more-sophisticated-drug-mule-operations http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/inlr28&div=23&id=&page= http://humantraffickingcenter.org/men-boys/ https://economics.mit.edu/files/11092 http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/01/deadly-human-trafficking-business-mexico-border-160117073423022.html http://www.cbsnews.com/news/mexico-drug-gangs-using-more-children-as-mules/ https://www.unodc.org/southasia/frontpage/2012/october/drug-mules_-swallowed-by-the-illicit-drug-trade.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ana-davila/drug-cartels-where-human-trafficking-and-human-smuggling-meet-today_b_7588408.html https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/crime/2017/04/17/they-got-young-girls-hooked-drugs-feds-allege-then-they-forced-them-into-prostitution/100568196/ http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/2017/03/special_report_opiate_crisis_pushes_addicts_to_sex_trade http://www.health24.com/Mental-Health/Alcohol/10-facts-on-drug-mules-20120721 http://www.pennlive.com/news/2017/07/da_human_traffic_trafficking_p.html http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390221/ Photo: Dulue Mbachu and International Relations and Security Network via Flickr