Dutch cocaine trade: The perspective of Rotterdam cocaine retail dealers |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">Paul?GruterEmail author Dike?Van?De?Mheen |
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Institution: | 1.Institute of Criminology of the Erasmus University Rotterdam and Addiction Research Institute,Rotterdam,The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | This article based, on 38 in-depth interviews with Rotterdam cocaine retail dealers, aims to present a clearer picture of
how cocaine supply lines in the Netherlands are organized in order to fine-tune policy with respect to crime, public order
and safety on the different trade levels. On the retail level the market for cocaine is strictly separated in a market for
crack cocaine versus a market for powder cocaine. The crack dealers are often hard drug users themselves living in relatively
poor circumstances. Although dealing cocaine is their main activity, they tend to be involved in other activities related
to the drug scene, e.g. smuggling cocaine via Amsterdam airport. The cocaine distribution line for supply on the local market
is seldom more than two steps. Because the supply for the Rotterdam cocaine retailers comes mainly from small-scale imports,
successful police operations against large-scale imports of cocaine will have little influence on the local cocaine supply
in the Netherlands. |
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