O tráfico internacional de cocaína oriundo da América Andina: uma ameaça ao entorno estratégico brasileiro

Abstract

The cocaine production and trade cycle is a reality that should beknownanddebated by society worldwide. Brazil has as neighbors the three largest cocaineproducers in the world, in order: Colombia, Peru and Bolivia. These countrieshavedifficulty in shipping their production and, for this reason, have sought alternativeroutes, including Brazil. This trade is quite lucrative and has been operatedbytransnational criminal organizations, which are difficult to identify or locate.However, their economic power has been seen in the enticement of peasants, thebribery of authorities, the financing of politicians and the purchaseof judicial decisions, as occurred for four decades in Colombia. This study sought tofindoutwhat Brazil has done in the face of the threat posed by criminal groups operatinginBrazil through the trafficking of cocaine produced in AndeanAmerica?Methodologically, this dissertation is a bibliographical research, scientificallycharacterized by being of an exploratory and qualitative nature. As a result, it wasverified that the threat is real, drug trafficking exists on the borders of Brazil andespecially in the Amazon region. Transnational criminal organizations exist andentice riverside residents to carry out their activities. Brazil has beenconfrontingthem daily, whether with the Armed Forces or with public security forces. However,the lack of central planning has made it difficult for these task forces toact inthistype of confrontation, giving space to criminality and the establishment of activitiesled by transnational criminal organizations.