He added that they used the term
narco-terrorism to refer to any group that seeks to fight the government through the use of illegal drugs.
Narco-terrorism refers to armed rebel groups engaging in illegal drug trade to finance its operations in a particular area.
"The source of the drugs are mainly Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India-China with landing areas in East Africa being used as temporary trans-shipment hubs for smuggling operations," said Johan Obdola, a
narco-terrorism expert.
Obdola is an international expert on
narco-terrorism and a former chief of The International Association of Airport and Seaport Police, Canada's Latin American bureau.
narco-terrorism operations are implemented on the ground through
Bagcho was convicted by a jury on March 13, after a three week trial for trying to unlawfully import and distribute heroin into the US and also charges of
narco-terrorism. His trial was the second case heard under the
narco-terrorism statute since its enactment in 2006.
It is unlikely that the host governments will be apprised of any special operations which are outside the parameters of fighting
narco-terrorism.
North-eastern states also have to confront the problem of '
narco-terrorism' from the direction of Myanmar.
law enforcement and intelligence agencies in the Americas and Caribbean in disrupting illicit trafficking and
narco-terrorism. As DOD's newest command, AFRICOM works with U.S.
With
narco-terrorism upon us, with Texas gun-dealers supplying arms to the narcobanditry, history is repeating itself, for the United States is both causing the war (as the major narcotics consumer) and helping fight it.