NCJ Number
177178
Journal
Police: The Law Enforcement Magazine Volume: 23 Issue: 2 Dated: February 1999 Pages: 44-46
Date Published
1999
Length
3 pages
Annotation
This article examines the use of America's roadways to spread criminal activity.
Abstract
With the advent of airport drug profiles and the shift of drug entry points from the Miami area to the West Coast, some gangs have changed their working strategies. The use of land travel has once again come into vogue as the mode of migration and narcotic transportation with the greatest chance of going undetected. It also makes it easier for gangs to move around the country committing crime. Some unique relationships between West and East Coast gangs have begun, accompanied by the development of formal east-west drug transportation corridors or land drug routes. The article examines the types of drugs being transported; individual as opposed to gang drug sales; Mexican drugs coming into the United States through Texas; use of female gang members to transport drugs; and reasons why a gang or individual gang member(s) might choose to relocate.