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The DEA In Latin America: Dealing With Institutionalized Corruption*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Ethan A. Nadelmann
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Among the Many Obstacles that confront the government of the United States in its global battle against international drug trafficking, drug-related corruption of foreign governments ranks as one of the most troublesome. It is present in virtually every country. In many of the less developed countries in Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, it is pervasive. Not just policemen and customs officials, but judges, generals, cabinet ministers and even presidents and prime ministers are implicated. Corruption in most of these countries is, of course, nothing new—although the temptations posed by the illicit drug traffic are unprecedented. Nor are US diplomats unaccustomed to dealing with foreign corruption. Their experience in this regard dates back to the origins of US diplomacy.

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Research Article
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Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 29 , Issue 4 , Winter 1987 , pp. 1 - 40
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Copyright © University of Miami 1987

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This article is based upon the author's doctoral dissertation entitled “Cops across Borders: Transnational Crime and International Law Enforcement” (Harvard University, 1987), which is now being prepared for publication by The Free Press.

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