Authors:
Rendi Prayuda
1
;
Cifebrima Suyastri
2
;
M. Arsy Ash Shiddiqy
2
;
Fitrisia Munir
2
and
Artha Yudilla
2
Affiliations:
1
International Relations Department, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Islam Riau, Pekanbaru, Indonesia, Indonesia
;
2
International Relations Department, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Islam Riau, Pekanbaru, Indonesia (ID), Indonesia
Keyword(s):
Narcotics, Smuggling, Southeast Asia.
Abstract:
This paper describes the route of narcotics smuggling in the Southeast Asia region, especially in the Riau
Province, bordering Indonesia and Malaysia. The Southeast Asia region is one of the regions in the world
that has an area of around 4.4 million km 2 . Rapid population growth in the Southeast Asia region has a negative impact on the development of narcotics smuggling. Riau Province is one of the gateways to illegally enter narcotics from other countries. This paper uses a qualitative approach with collect data by observation,
interview and documentations. The theoritical concepts are used are international security, human security and drug trafficking. The results of this study indicate that narcotics smuggling routes in the border regions of Indonesia and Malaysia are carried out by sea lane along the borderline of Riau Province and Malaysia. Narcotics are neatly wrapped and installed GPS devices are then smuggled at night by utilizing the services of fishermen as couriers.
The seawater smuggling route was chosen due to several factors, namely: the distance
of the near water area, the number of unofficial or illegal ports, the lack of surveillance patrols along the
territorial seas and the professionalism of law enforcement officers in the border region.
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