FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS
Venezuela is not a producer of drugs, but it does find itself between the world’s biggest producer of cocaine, Colombia, and the world’s biggest consumer of cocaine, the U.S. As such, Venezuela has always had to fight to limit the amount of illicit drugs that are trafficked through its territory and the international criminal syndicates that are responsible for the trafficking. Venezuela has developed a comprehensive strategy to fight drugs that includes cooperation with the international community and measures to decrease domestic consumption, interdict shipments, destroy illicit airfields, monitor the borders, detain traffickers and extradite foreign nationals involved in trafficking.
Drug seizure and arrest statistics in Venezuela:
- Seizures and Arrests for Drug Related-Crimes in Venezuela/January-February 2011
- Fighting Drugs: Results in Venezuela/ January-September 2010
- Statistics, Drug Seizures and Detentions for Drugs Crimes in Venezuela, January- December 2009
- Statistics, Seizures and Arrests for Drug Offenses, January – April 2009
- Drug Seizures According to Type in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, 2008
- Drug Seizures and Arrest in Safe Caracas Plan, September 1 2008
- Drug Seizures and Arrest, September 1 2008
- Drug Seizures and Arrest in Safe Caracas Plan, August 4 2008
- Drug Seizures and Arrest, August 4 2008
- Seizures of Chemical Precursors, July 21 2008
- Incinerations of Drugs and Other Chemical Substances, July 21 2008
- Drug Seizures and Arrests, February 2008
- Statistics on Confiscations and Detainees at Venezuelan Airports, 2002 – 2006
