Term:
Drug related crimes
Definition:

Refers to intentional acts that may involve the cultivation, production, manufacture, extraction, preparation, offering for sale, distribution, purchase, sale, delivery on any terms whatsoever, brokerage, dispatch, dispatch in transit, transport, or importation and exportation of drugs and psychotropic substances. Where applicable, countries may wish to refer to the provisions of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 and other regulations adopted in pursuance of the provisions of the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971 and/or the United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances of 1988. As simple possession and illicit traffic are treated differently in different legal codes, separate statistics on possession and traffic are requested.

Domain:
Gender
Source:
Global Report on Crime and Justice, UN Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention, 1999
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