Drug may also be defined by United Nations as “any chemical agent that alters the biochemical or physiological processes of tissues or organisms” Drugs which are consumed as a medicinal remedy or for pleasure leads to many social problems on large scale. One of them involves trafficking which in literal terms means a deal or trade in something illegal. So drug trafficking is the illegal sale, production, transport, movement, and distribution of illegal drugs and controlled-substances attained through unlawful means
The estimates of The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) as published in World Drug report state that in 2011, between 167 and 315 million people aged 15–64 were estimated to have used an illicit substance in the preceding year. An indispensable aspect of drug trafficking is the profits extracted out of this illegal trade. International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimate profits derived from illicit drug trafficking worldwide at about $600 billion, or 7.6% of global trade. GDP. The profit margin for drug dealing ranges from 300% to 2,000% .
Illicit opium Market:
Afghanistan has maintained its position as the lead producer and cultivator of opium. Globally some 16.5 million people use opiates annually in which heroin is the most abused opiate, with 12-13 million users consuming an estimated 375-380 tones (equal to 2,800 tons of opium) of pure heroin per year. Opium abuse is also significant, with 3-4 million users consuming some 1,300 tons of raw opium.
To talk about the onward trafficking routes linking Indiai in 2009, an estimated 15 tons of heroin was trafficked onward from South Asia, mainly via India. Of these 15 tons, 6 tons went to South-East Asia, 6 tons went to Africa 1-2 tons went to North America, and 1 ton went each to China and Europe.
Thus for the last three decades India has become a transit hub as well as a destination for