Friday, November 26, 2004

Drug trafficking / Economist, 25 Nov 2004

http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3428985
Abusive substance Abuse / Police
"Street prices of Class A drugs have fallen steadily in recent years (see chart) and the number of users has risen. Drug traffickers are running slicker businesses. �We dealt with a team a while ago that had a director of operations and a director of finance, and they actually called them that,� says Bill Hughes, the appointed director-general of SOCA. More importantly, they are running a different kind of business. "