narcotrafficking

[nahr-koh-traf-i-king]

noun

1. the buying and selling of illegal drugs.

Example Sentences

“Colombian intelligence was prestigious years ago, taking on the big chiefs of the guerrillas, the heads of narcotrafficking,” Romero said.

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The U.S. in August issued a $50 million reward for information leading to the arrest or conviction of Maduro for narcotrafficking.

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"Intelligence confirmed the vessel was trafficking illicit narcotics, and was transiting along a known narcotrafficking passage enroute to poison Americans," he wrote.

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In 2006, Mexican President Felipe Calderón declared a full-scale war against narcotrafficking organizations, complete with the deployment of tens of thousands of Mexican troops to the country’s most violent states and looser rules of engagement.

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This is because all that gunplay failed to dismantle the basic structure of narcotrafficking.

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