Drug Trafficking in South Asia: A Case Study on Bangladesh

Abstract

South Asia is sandwiched between the "Golden Triangle" and the "Golden Crescent". Geographically Bangladesh located at the heart of the three drug producing regions: In the East of Golden Triangle; In the North of the Golden Wedge; and In the West, across India, the Golden Crescent. Bangladesh is the main transit point for heroin trafficking to Europe from Southeast Asia. Bangladesh is the signatory of all the three U.N conventions on drug abuse and trafficking; and also the signatory of the "SAARC Convention on Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, 1990". This paper seeks to address the problems of drug trafficking in Bangladesh and how to eradicate those problems under the domestic legislation and as well as under SAARC Convention on Narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances and under other International conventions or by any other way. This paper also discuss on What is the current status of the drug trafficking in Bangladesh? What are causes of drug trafficking in Bangladesh in the context of South Asia? What are the effects of the drug trafficking? and How the SAARC Convention on Narcotic drugs and Psychotropic Substances can be implemented through the domestic laws of Bangladesh? It will also focus on how can drug trafficking be eradicated from Bangladesh?

Keywords: Drug; Drug Trafficking; South Asia; Bangladesh