Trends in the Drug Abuse Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean under the Conditions of COVID-19: Results of an International Online Seminar
The goal of the research consists in systematization of the materials of the reports of its participants (representatives of the competent agencies) of the following Republics: Cuba, Guatemala, Nicaragua as well as the law enforcement officers of Drug Control Service of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Federal Financial Monitoring Service, Federal Drug Control Service of Russia, who took part in the International online workshop “The conjuncture of drug trends in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean in the conditions of COVID-19”, accomplished on September 16th 2021 in the Training Center (branch) of Siberian Law Institute of Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation in Managua, the Republic of Nicaragua. Research methods: systematization and generalization of theoretical and empirical material on the drug situation in Latin America and the Caribbean in the context of COVID-19. Conclusions: accomplished research of specifics of the activity aimed at countering cocaine, marihuana, crack and other drugs and psychotropic agents trafficking in the conditions of COVID-19 in different countries of Latin America and the Caribbean and in the Russian Federation. Scientific and practical importance consists in extension and deepening of theoretical perception: a) about the drug situation in Nicaragua, Guatemala, Cuba, Bolivia and other countries and measures of the external and inner counter illegal drug trafficking in the pandemic conditions; b) most significant arrests of the criminal communities (organisations) members in the above mentioned countries.