جغرافيا الاتجار بالمخدرات بالجزائر

Abstract EN

This research paper aims to shed light on an important factor that affects and contributes to the growing phenomenon of drug trafficking, it is the geographical factor that criminal gangs exploit in order to pass huge shipments of drugs to Algeria, and then to neighboring countries.

And the quantities seized by the three anti-drug services, consisting of the police, the gendarmerie and customs, according to the data issued by the National Office for Drug Control, is the best evidence of this.

The strategic geographical location that the Algerian state possesses through its possession of political borders with seven African countries from the three sides: western, eastern and southern.

For the northern side, it is considered a window overlooking the Mediterranean Sea in particular and European countries in general.

The land borders that relate us with these countries are hundreds of kilometers along with a geographical nature characterized by rugged relief in some places, and harsh desert nature in other regions, this poses a challenge to the security forces to combat this phenomenon, which poses a threat to society in particular, and human security in general.