Narcotics Crime as A Phenomenon of Transnational Organized Crime

Abstract

Illicit drug trafficking undermine governance, institutions and societal cohesion. Drug traffickers typically
seek the path where the rule of law is weak. In turn, drug-related crime deepens vulnerability to instability
and poverty. In the period of the past two decades, Indonesia has become one of the countries that serve
major markets from narcotics syndicate of international dimension for commercial purposes. For drug
trafficking network in Asian countries, Indonesia is considered as the market (market-state) is the most
prospective commercial for the International syndicates operating in developing countries