THE CHALLENGE OF SECURITY FORCES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUG TRAFFICKING: REFLECTIONS OF THE IMPACT ON SOCIETY

Abstract

This research seeks to understand and interpret the nuances faced by security forces in the fight against drug trafficking and the direct impacts on society. Considering that drug trafficking is a worldwide problem that generates thousands of dollars and is made up of an organized crime network that challenges the security forces' initiatives to combat them. Brazil is a country of continental dimensions, which makes actions to combat drug trafficking even more difficult. Another point that makes police offensives difficult is the fact that it borders three of the largest cocaine producers Bolivia, Colombia and Peru and with Paraguay that produces marijuana. The methodology used was a systemic literature review. And it was possible to verify that the efforts made by the Brazilian security forces are enormous in the fight against drug trafficking, but that the crime system has been modernizing and seeking ways to transgress the rules every day. While security forces need to follow rules to combat these traffickers, they use every trick to take drugs to all corners of the world. The security forces use several measures, which are provided for in Law 11,343/2006, to curb the actions of drug traffickers, such as police infiltration, informants, police surveillance, telephone interception, and rewarded collaboration.