But violent crime in the northern triangle is not entirely owed to drug trafficking.
It would also limit the use of mandatory minimums to organizers or leaders of drug trafficking rings.
Five people, including Mr Mohammed, deny a range of charges including trafficking, rape and exploitation.
In 2008, the FBI opened 132 trafficking investigations, made 139 arrests and obtained 94 convictions.
Since last year, we have renewed sanctions on some of the worst perpetrators of human trafficking.
The network behind the alleged trafficking was reportedly composed of both French and Algerian nationals.
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All this in addition poaching, illegal burning of forest, illegal trafficking in wildlife, and so on.
This is not the first time Mwau has been fingered for his involvements in drug trafficking.
These organisations are also involved in human trafficking, arms smuggling and other forms of crime.
Wars on corruption and drug-trafficking have been launched with great show but, so far, few results.
Furthermore, we celebrated the reauthorization of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act in March.
They reportedly said they had been forced into drug trafficking because of "financial hardship".
The women face charges of trafficking, manufacturing and the bearing of narcotics, police said.
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Mr. Morales's fiercest critics say the high-profile arrests suggest his government condones drug trafficking.
"There are more victims of human trafficking in our jails than traffickers, " she said.
Three of them had criminal records for drug trafficking, theft and violence, he said.
Powell said the United States stands ready to help Colombia overcome its drug trafficking problems.
They come from the central state of Zacatecas, which lies on key drug trafficking routes.
This technology should be made permanently lawful for personal use, creation, trafficking and selling.
During his campaign, Mr Cartes had to confront accusations of fraud and links with drug trafficking.
Well-organized international criminal syndicates and local gangs play key roles in both internal and cross-border trafficking.
Modern anti-trafficking laws must be passed and enforced and justice systems must be strengthened.
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So here in the United States, Congress should renew the Trafficking Victims Protection Act.
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He was also found guilty of trafficking in cannabis and amphetamine over the same period.
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The measures up for consideration include broadened background checks and stiffened penalties for firearms trafficking.
Alliances shift between the main gangs as they vie for control of trafficking routes.
These cases further illustrate frightening links between global drug trafficking and the financing of terror networks.
"There is trafficking in Mexico because there is corruption in Mexico, " he told the BBC.
They are accused of running the interstate trafficking network in order to fund their lifestyles.
She later sold the sheets to two competing prescription drug trafficking rings in Pennsylvania, authorities said.
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