Eradication of illicit crops as a federal police strategy to reduce the marijuana supply in Brazil

Abstract

The Federal Police's strategy to eradicate illicit crops as a basis for the repression of marijuana trafficking has shown significant results and presents itself as a more effective and efficient approach compared to the mere drug seizure in the later stages of the logistics chain of this illicit trade. The systematic eradication of such illicit crops brings significant benefits in the sce-nario of combating drug trafficking, allowing the application of more human and material efforts to effectively dismantle criminal organizations from the body's guidelines (decapitaliza-tion through asset laundering investigations, arrest of leaders and international cooperation).