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15 Dick. J. Int'l L. 487 (1996-1997)
Illicit Arms Trafficking, Corruption, and Governance in the Caribbean

handle is hein.journals/psilr15 and id is 495 raw text is: Illicit Arms Trafficking, Corruption, and Governance in the Caribbean Ivelaw L. Griffith There are four main drug or drug-related operations in the Caribbean: production; consumption and abuse; trafficking; and drug money laundering. These have numerous effects, including arms trafficking, corruption, crime, and an adverse impact on tourism, an economic mainstay of several Caribbean nations. These operations and effects have implications for several aspects of political, socio-economic, and security conduct in the region, including the area of governance. This article examines some of the connections involving arms trafficking, corruption, and governance. There are direct linkages among these three aspects of the narcotics phenomenon: because of its illegality, arms trafficking necessitates corruption; and both arms trafficking and corruption undermine good governance. But arms trafficking is not the only reason that corruption exists. Consequently, there is corruption in places where there is no evidence of arms trafficking. Further, partly because of the proscription against drug production, consumption-abuse, trafficking, and money laundering, corruption is a crucial facilitator of these illegalities. Because two or more of these operations exist simultaneously in some places, corruption often involves inter-locking networks to facilitate production, consumption, and trafficking, money laundering and trafficking, production, trafficking, and arms smuggling, or other such combina- tions. Arms Trafficking The ownership and use of arms and ammunition are consi- dered vital to the successful prosecution of some drug operations, especially production and trafficking. Weapons and ammunition are used for both symbolic and substantive purposes: for protec- tion of drugs and drug operatives; for execution of tasks that facilitate the pursuit of the interests of producers, dealers, or traffickers, such as robbery and narcoterrorism; for intimidation of

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