Abstract
<p>The main objective of Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is economic development in its region but directly unproductive profit seeking activities such as drug trafficking is the prominent barrier to reach this goal. All members spend lots of money to fight against drug trafficking, as all of them suffer from drug addiction and drug related problems. The first step to cope with this problem is to identify the factors and incentives that make this region vulnerable for drug trafficking activities and to unearth what makes this region a haven for drug traffickers. A bulk of literature supports the concept that organized criminal organizations are not able to operate when there are not any forms of corruption since they are strongly interrelated. In this paper, we analyze the link between drug trafficking and corruption in ECO region in order to develop ECO strategies to hamper and interrupt these transnational crimes. Corruption has posed major challenges to the efforts taken to control drug and also has seriously damaged the ECO members’ image in international community. One of the practical solutions is the responsibility of ECO organization in implementing rule of law in the region. Undoubtedly, fighting against corruption in ECO region is a joint responsibility of international and intercontinental community and this responsibility requires collective action and cooperation among countries in the region.</p>
Highlights
Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is the biggest economic association among Islamic countries and second regional cooperation organization in the world, whose activity covers an area of 7,000,211 square kilometers with the population of more than 350 million people
We analyze the link between drug trafficking and corruption in ECO region in order to develop ECO strategies to hamper and interrupt these transnational crimes
ECO member states are among a big producer of opium and heroin in the world (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC, 2011) and all trafficking routes used for trafficking illicit drugs to the world pass through ECO countries (UNODC, 2011)
Summary
Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is the biggest economic association among Islamic countries and second regional cooperation organization in the world, whose activity covers an area of 7,000,211 square kilometers with the population of more than 350 million people (ecosecretariat.org). Based on ECO objectives, it is necessary for ECO organization to take measures and address this issue To this end, the first step to cope with this problem is to identify the factors and incentives that make this region vulnerable for drug trafficking activities and to unearth what makes this region a haven for drug traffickers. The first step to cope with this problem is to identify the factors and incentives that make this region vulnerable for drug trafficking activities and to unearth what makes this region a haven for drug traffickers This is a legal research, which uses a qualitative method with a critical and structured descriptive approach to analyze the link between drug trafficking and corruption in ECO region in order to develop ECO strategies to hamper and interrupt these transnational crimes
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