Crime in Pakistan
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Crime in Pakistan is present in various forms. Organized crime include drug trafficking, money laundering, forged Indian currency printing, [1]extortion, murder for hire, fraud etc. Other criminal operations engage in human trafficking, corruption, black marketeering, political violence, terrorism, abduction etc.
Pakistan falls under the Golden Crescent,[2] which is one of the two major illicit opium producing center in Asia.[3] Opium poppy cultivation in Pakistan is estimated to be 800 hectares in 2005 yielding a potential production of 4 metric tons of heroin.[4] Opium is cultivated primarily in the North-West Frontier Province and Pakistan-Afghanistan border.[2] Until the late 1970s, opium production levels were relatively static; it increased after 1979.[2] Since the beginning of the 1980s, drug trafficking is flourishing in Pakistan.[2] Pakistan is a key transit point for Afghan drugs, including heroin, opium, morphine, and hashish, bound for Western countries, the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, and Africa.[4]
Petty crime like theft is common.[5]
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- ^ http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1T4GGLR_enIN209IN216&q=pakistan+fake+Indian+currency evidence
- ^ a b c d Veena Kukreja (2003). Contemporary Pakistan: Political Processes, Conflicts, and Crises. SAGE, p193. ISBN 0761996834.
- ^ P. J. Alexander (2002). Policing India in the New Millennium. Allied Publishers, p658. ISBN 8177642073.
- ^ a b CIA World Factbook - Pakistan. CIA World Factbook.
- ^ Consular Information Sheet: Pakistan Bureau of Consular Affairs
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