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(U) High Involvement by Gangs in Cross-Border Crimes
Child Sex Trafficking
Robbery
Prostitution
Homicide
Alien Smuggling
Human Trafficking
Drug Shipment Protection
Burglary
Theft/Larceny
Assault
Large-Scale Drug Transportation
Street-Level Drug Sales
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
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(U) Source: NAGIA Survey Data.
(U) The survey question asked respondents to indicate the level of involvement in various criminal activities. The choices were High, Moderate, Low, Unknown,
None. The percentages focus on responses indicating High involvement.
“Prostitution,” “Alien Smuggling,” and “Human Trafficking” are further defined in the Gang Involvement in Sex Trafficking and Prostitution section of this
report.
trafficking activity, more so than drug shipment
protection or large-scale transportation.
Survey respondents indicate that high d gang
involvement in these aspects of drug trafficking
were approximately 73 percent, 41 percent, and
58 percent, respectively.
(U) Gang members utilize a multitude of
methods to smuggle drugs into the United
States. Respondents identified the following
methods: load driver, vehicles with hidden
compartments, tractor trailers, commercial
vehicles, passenger vehicles, on-foot/back pack,
rail (freight or passenger train), internal cavity
concealment, body carry, and even the creation
of an alliance with a rival gang to coordinate
drug transportation. The means by which a
gang attempted to traffic drugs into the United
States depended on its relationship with its
supplier and its objectives.
d (U) The survey questions asked respondents to indicate the level of involvement in various criminal activities. The choices were High,
Moderate, Low, Unknown, None. The percentages focus on responses indicating High involvement.
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