The Numbers Game: Let's All Guess the Size of the Illegal Drug Industry

Narco-trafficking moves between 20 and 30 percent of the world economy. (Ríos, FARC-EP, 2000, p. 154) Drugs provide Colombia's biggest source of foreign income, nearly 36 percent of its total gross national product. (Freemantle, 1986, p. 211)

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of drug issues 2005, Vol.35 (1), p.185-200
1. Verfasser:	Thoumi, Francisco E.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Colombia Data Drug industry Drug policy Drug Trafficking Error of Measurement Illegal Methodological Problems Organized Crime Policy Making Political alliances Size Social conditions & trends Social Policy Statistics World Problems
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Zusammenfassung:	Narco-trafficking moves between 20 and 30 percent of the world economy. (Ríos, FARC-EP, 2000, p. 154) Drugs provide Colombia's biggest source of foreign income, nearly 36 percent of its total gross national product. (Freemantle, 1986, p. 211)
ISSN:	0022-0426 1945-1369
DOI:	10.1177/002204260503500109