Deck 9: The Drug Business

Question 1

For decades, __________ sources supplied the heroin that was smuggled into the U.S. through the French port of Marseilles.

A) Lebanese
B) Corsican
C) Turkish
D) Italian

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Money launderers use dozens of people (known as "__________") to convert cash into money orders and cashier's checks.

A) chips
B) smurfs
C) nothings
D) amigos

Answer 2

B

Question 3

In Afghanistan Antidrug efforts to curtail poppy cultivation are hampered by a lack of alternative crops for impoverished farmers, and ________ fighters have joined forces with drug smugglers .

A) Thai
B) Taliban
C) AlQuaida
D) Iranian

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Since authorities began keeping records in 1990, dozens of ____________ have been found along the Mexican border with the United States-24 were discovered in 2008.

A) dope tunnels
B) rape trees
C) warehouses
D) trucks

Question 5

To avoid IRS reporting requirements under the ________________, transfers of cash to cashier's checks or $100 bills must take place in amounts under $10,000 or through banking officials who agree not to fill out a CTR.

A) Anti Money Laundering Act
B) Bank Secrecy Act
C) Anti Drug Trafficking Act
D) Banking Act

Question 6

Under the Bank Secrecy Act, wiring or physically transporting cash or other financial instruments out of the country in excess of $________ must be reported to the Customs Service.

A) 5,000
B) 10,000
C) 50,000
D) 100,000

Question 7

Drugs are often smuggled by ____________ .

A) "opium wives"
B) "followers"
C) " swallowers"
D) all of the above

Question 8

____________ dominate marijuana distribution in sections of Manhattan and the Bronx, most of Queens (particularly the Jamaican section of southwestern Queens), northern Brooklyn, and sections of northern New Jersey .

A) Japanese
B) Mexicans
C) Columbians
D) Jamaicans

Question 9

The vast majority of ___________consumed in the Unites States is produced in Europe-primarily the Netherlands and Belgium.

A) ecstasy
B) heroin
C) methamphetamine
D) barbiturates

Question 10

The dismantling of major Colombian cartels in Medellin and Cali created opportunities for their ___________ colleagues who began forging direct links with cocaine sources in Bolivia and Peru.

A) Japanese
B) Afghan
C) Bolivian
D) Mexican

Question 11

The popular culture of Mexico is infused with songs and ballads-known as _______________ -glamorizing drug trafficking.

A) narcotraficantes
B) narcos
C) narcocorridos
D) narcotoures

Question 12

Colombia-based cocaine trafficking groups in the United States continue to be organized around ___________ that operate within a given geographic area.

A) "cells"
B) "mules"
C) "the families"
D) "dealers"

Question 13

The term La Violencia refers to __________________.

A) the violent crime that is an everyday fact of life in the cocaine business
B) the violence between Mexican and Columbian cocaine production and distribution organizations in the 1980s
C) currently ongoing insurgency operations against government forces attempting to eradicate cocaine production in Columbia
D) the Columbian civil war of 1948-1958

Question 14

In 1972 French and U.S. drug agents effectively dismantled the ___________, ending the American Mafia's monopoly on heroin distribution in the United States

A) Sicilian Mafia
B) Japanese Triads
C) French Connection
D) Irish Mafia

Question 15

A 700-gram unit of heroin bought in Thailand for $7,500 to $9,500 can be sold in the U.S. for between ___________.

A) $42,000 and $63,000
B) $60,000 and $70,000
C) $56,000 and $80,000
D) $48,000 and $68,000

Question 16

By the end of the 1990's Columbian heroin accounted for more than _____ percent of the drug smuggled into the United States.

A) 20
B) 40
C) 50
D) 70

Question 17

A Currency Transaction Report must be submitted for any currency or monetary instrument transaction in excess of ______________.

A) $10,000
B) $25,000
C) $50,000
D) $100,000

Question 18

______________organized crime syndicates control the wholesale distribution of cocaine in the western half and the Midwest of the United States and they dominate the drug trade in the Northwestern United .

A) Native American
B) Mexican
C) Colombian
D) Peruvian

Question 19

The globalization of organized crime created a connection with _________________.

A) terrorism
B) human labor
C) slavery
D) politicians

Question 20

Control of the world's cocaine industry rests in the hands of __________ organizations.

A) Colombian
B) Bolivia
C) Peru
D) Mexican

Question 21

The Golden Crescent of Southwest Asia includes _________________.

A) Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, and parts of Iran
B) Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan
C) Afghanistan, Pakistan, and parts of Iran
D) Pakistan, India, and parts of Iran

Question 22

The Golden Triangle of Southeast Asia includes parts of ___________________.

A) Myanmar (formerly Burma), Thailand, and Laos
B) Myanmar (formerly Burma), Vietnam, and Laos
C) Myanmar (formerly Burma), Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos
D) Myanmar (formerly Burma), Thailand, China, Vietnam, and Laos

Question 23

Entry into the crack trade requires only a small investment, since an ounce of cocaine can be converted into _______ milligrams of crack.

A) 1,000
B) 1,500
C) 2,000
D) 2,500

Question 24

Compartmentalization involves ________with about ten members, each operating independently.

A) control beats
B) compartments
C) gangs
D) cells

Question 25

Colombian cartels, using dummy companies and multiple suppliers, pay up to ten times the normal prices for precursor chemicals.

Question 26

For many decades, coca leaf was converted to cocaine base in Bolivia and Brazil.

Question 27

By 2016 it was becoming difficult to distinguish the war against the Taliban from the war on ______.

A) opium
B) terrorism
C) marijuana
D) radicalism

Question 28

Unlike Southeast Asia, Afghanistan's rugged terrain and the martial tradition of its tribes kept it free of ___________.

A) terrorism
B) colonialism
C) invasion
D) opium

Question 29

Open system cards may not require a bank account or face-to-face verification of the cardholder's identity.

Question 30

Heroin traffickers use passengers and crew on commercial vessels, particularly ______, to smuggle shipments into the US.

A) trains
B) airplanes
C) cargo ships
D) cruise ships

Question 31

Drugs are smuggled into the United States from both source and transshipment countries.

Question 32

Violence in the drug trade is sometimes the result of ________________.

A) brand deception
B) tapping
C) cells
D) smurfing

Question 33

The French withdrew from Southeast Asia in ______, and several years later the United States took up the struggle against Marxist groups there.

A) 1945
B) 1950
C) 1955
D) 1960

Question 34

More than 90% of the world's opium comes from ____________ ?

A) Columbia
B) Pakistan
C) India
D) Afghanistan

Question 35

Below the wholesale level, selling cocaine, heroin, or marijuana is an easy-entry business, requiring only a source and ______.

A) time
B) funds
C) commitment
D) energy

Question 36

In 2012, Mexican authorities seized 136 tons of methamphetamine precursors from ______ at a port in the state of Michoacan.

A) China
B) India
C) Afghanistan
D) Russia

Question 37

The United States spent $2.5 billion to build more than ______ miles of border fencing.

A) 550
B) 600
C) 650
D) 700

Question 38

The vast majority of MDMA (Ecstasy) consumed in the United States is produced in ______.

A) China
B) Africa
C) Europe
D) South America

Question 39

There is a history of collusion between the armed forces and drug traffickers in Mexico.

Question 40

An informal laundering system known as _______ is similar to the modern practice of "wiring money" and was primarily used in South Asia prior to the introduction of Western Banking.

A) hawala
B) moluda
C) fujana
D) hafula

Question 41

Discuss the link between terrorism and drug trafficking.

Question 42

The drug trafficking business is determined by supply and ___________, which is similar to the legal business of selling products.

Question 43

The links between ___________ organizations and drug traffickers can take many forms, ranging from facilitation-protection, transportation, and taxation.

Question 44

Discuss the role of the Colombian drug cartels in the U.S. cocaine industry.

Question 45

Explain how drugs are smuggled from Mexico into the U.S.

Question 46

Discuss why rural areas in the U.S. have become hospitable to methamphetamine production. What are the negative consequences?

Question 47

__________ (country) -based organizations are the only drug traffickers operating in every region of the United States.

Question 48

Which countries became a leading manufacturer of U.S. heroin after the demise of the French Connection?

Question 49

Jamaican organizations distribute __________ in the New York metropolitan area.

Question 50

______________ is the only country in the world where the three main plant-based illegal drugs-cocaine, heroin, and marijuana-are produced in significant amounts.

Question 51

Fewer than a dozen chemists are believed to be manufacturing nearly all of the _________ available in the United States.

Question 52

Dominican drug organizations have become dominant in the manufacture and distribution of methamphetamine.

Question 53

Outlaw chemists have been stealing anhydrous ammonia normally used for fertilizer to use instead for conversion to methamphetamine by the "Nazi method".

Question 54

The dramatic drop in homicides during the 1990s has been linked to the decline of __________.

Question 55

The distinction between drug trafficking and terrorism is becoming increasingly blurred.

Question 56

Ever since Al Capone was imprisoned for income tax evasion, successful criminals have sought to launder their illegally secured money.

Question 57

_________________________ involves use of the international trade system to disguise illicit proceeds to make it appear as legitimate.

Question 58

Discuss how money laundering is connected to drug trafficking.

Question 59

In the rural Appalachia region of the U.S., a relatively high poverty rate contributes to an acceptance of opium cultivation as a source of income by many local residents.

Question 60

To avoid IRS reporting requirements under the ______________ Act, transfers of cash to cashier's checks or $100 bills must take place in amounts under $10,000 or through banking officials who agree not to fill out a CTR.