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US naval interdictions and strikes against suspected drug-smuggling vessels reflect one policy response to maritime trafficking.
Most authoritative public estimates say roughly 70–90% of the cocaine that reaches U.S. markets transits the Mexico/Central America corridor — in other words, it “comes to the U.S. from Mexico” after ...
may board and seize a foreign vessel on the high seas under a statutory framework centered on (MDLEA) and related statutes, by relying on vessel nationality, statelessness, , or prima facie evidence o...
maritime strikes have not stopped flows of but have forced traffickers to adapt routes and tactics: traffickers are rerouting away from strike-prone corridors, increasingly using at-sea transfers and ...
acquired — , and — under the Convention of 4 August 1916 for a cash payment of $25 million in gold; the treaty was ratified by both governments in late 1916–early 1917 and the U.S. took formal possess...