The Dynamics of Narco Terrorism with Special Reference to Marine Terrorism: An Overview

Narco-terrorism is a kind of terrorism in which illegal drugs, psychotropic and related substances are traded over the countries, whose production, sale and use are restricted by domestic laws or international drug control agreements. The common illegal drugs include cannabis, cocaine, opiates, and synthetic drugs. During the cold war, the act of terrorism was known as state sponsored terrorism. However, the sponsorship by state got ended with the end of the world war. Now the terrorists chose drugs trade and illicit drugs trafficking for the revenue purposes. In the beginning, the drug trade was committed by railroads, vehicle transport method, air routes and other medium of transport. With the advent of land based drugs smuggling, some other methods and techniques also come into play like official entry points and sea based smugglings. The money generated from the drugs sales has been used to finance. Sea based drugs trafficking also associated with the narcotics attacks. The connection between the sea based trafficking and terrorist attacks give birth the new form of the Narco terrorism.In pursuance of this, Indian Ocean plays an important role in increasing drugs trafficking through sea routes. Indian coasts remained very vulnerable for the smuggling of gold, narcotics and arms. The example of such connection are attacks like Mumbai terror attack, 2008 and North Korea attack on South Korea attack..Certain counter measures have been taken by the administrative authorities and law enforcement agencies for restricting the illegal infiltration of illicit drugs for the purpose of committing narco terrorism in the country. The researchers have made an attempt to analyze the countermeasures efforts taken by the appropriate authorities.