REPORTE MUNDIAL DE DROGAS - LIBRO NRO 3: SUMINISTRO DE DROGAS

WORLD DRUG REPORT 2020
DRUG SUPPLY
Most heroin trafficked in the
Americas continues to originate
within the region
On the basis of seizure data, heroin trafficking
within the Americas, in particular to the United
States, appears to have increased over the past
decade. Quantities of heroin and morphine seized
reported in the Americas rose from 4 per cent of the
global total (excluding seizures made in Afghanistan)
in 2008 to 9 per cent in 2018.
Most heroin (and morphine) trafficking in the
Americas continues to take place within North
America, i.e., from Mexico to the United States and,
to a far lesser extent, from Colombia and from Guatemala
(typically via Mexico) to the United States.
Based on forensic profiling, United States authorities
estimated in 2017 that over 90 per cent of the
heroin samples analysed originated in Mexico and
4 per cent in South America, while around 1 per
cent originated in South-West Asia. This stands in
stark contrast to a decade earlier (2007), when only
25 per cent was sourced from Mexico and 70 per
cent was imported from South America. 14
14 United States Department of Justice, DEA, 2019 National
Drug Threat Assessment (December 2019), p. 24.
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