Iranian methamphetamine and Turkey: An emerging transnational threat

Trends in Organized Crime

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 286-305

  Ekici, Behsat ^a   Ozbay, Salim ^a  

^a Department of Anti Smuggling and Organized Crime ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Drug trafficking; International security; Iran; Methamphetamine trafficking; Security in the Asia Pacific region; Transnational crime; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882971537     PISSN: 10844791     EISSN: 19364830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12117-013-9204-6     Document Type: Article

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