Cybercrime And Drug Trafficking: A Human Rights Perspective
- IJLLR Journal
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Swetha R, B.A. LL.B. (Hons.), School of Excellence in Law (TNDALU)
Ms. T. Vaishali, B.A., B.L (Hons)., LL.M., Assistant Professor of Law, Department of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Administration, The Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai
ABSTRACT
“Drug addiction is an evil, and with evil there can be no yielding or compromise”, says Pope Francis. Drug trafficking is one of the foremost problems for many countries across the world. Drug trafficking is defined as an illegal trade that involves cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of substances that are subject to drug prohibition laws. This drug has been traced back to the 19th century. It was been trafficked through so many routes but at present online drug trafficking becomes a fashionable one. The act of engaging in drug trafficking on the internet is considered as online drug trafficking. The online drug trafficking is quite profitable than other routes as it becomes easy to contact the buyers. Those who seek to distribute drugs through online has to face number of technological challenges. The websites which were created for this illegal trafficking was hidden from casual internet surfer’s view and was considered to be part of dark web. One such incident is “Silk Road”, an online platform launched in 2011 exclusively for drug trafficking. This not only leads to mental distress but also encourages a human to favor violence and sows the seed for suffering and death. This infringes rights of the people residing in the country socially and economically. The main aim of this research paper is to deal with the drug trafficking with respect to human rights perspective also covering international legal frameworks on drug trafficking.
Keywords: Cyber-crime, Drug trafficking, Dark web, Crypto currency, Silk Road, Human rights.
