DENİZ YOLUYLA UYUŞTURUCU KAÇAKÇILIĞINDA KULLANILAN NARKO-DENİZALTILAR ÜZERİNE BİR İNCELEME

Year 2021, Volume: 10 Issue: 2, 365 - 396, 24.11.2021

Murat Erdem Ayhan , Umut Sönmez

https://doi.org/10.28956/gbd.1028640

Abstract

1990’lı yılların başından beri uyuşturucu kaçakçıları tarafından kullanılan narko-denizaltılar özellikle Güney ve Orta Amerika’da endişelere sebep olan bir güvenlik tehdididir. 2019’da İspanya’da kokain yüklü bir narko-denizaltının ele geçirilmesi, bu tehdidin Güney ve Orta Amerika ekseninden çıkarak diğer kıtalara da sirayet ettiğini göstermektedir. Uyuşturucu kaçakçıları teknolojik gelişmeleri yakından takip eden, yenilikçi ve şartlara ayak uydurabilen gruplardır. Günümüzde Covid-19 sebebiyle güvenlik noktalarında uygulanan önlemlerin katılaşması ve küresel salgın sonrası dönemin belirsizliği dolayısıyla uyuşturucu kaçakçılarının yöntemlerini değiştireceği ve bu yöntemlerden birinin de narko-denizaltılar olacağı öngörülmektedir. Uyuşturucu kaçakçılığıyla mücadelede daha etkili olmak adına narko-denizaltı tehdidini incelemeyi ve ulaşılan sonuçlar ile güvenliğe ilişkin bilimsel literatüre katkı sağlamayı amaçlayan bu çalışmada, narko-denizaltıların Covid-19 döneminin etkisiyle gelecekte küresel olarak yaygınlık göstererek daha büyük bir tehdit haline gelme olasılığı değerlendirilmiştir. Nitel araştırma yönteminin kullanıldığı bu çalışmada veriler, konuyla alakalı yazılı dokümanlardan toplanmış ve elde edilen bulgular ile narko-denizaltıların değişen dünyada büyüyen bir tehdit olduğu, bu tehdidin kolluk kuvvetlerince yakından incelenmesinin gelecekte uyuşturucu kaçakçılığı ile mücadelede önem teşkil ettiği sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.

Keywords

Deniz Yoluyla Uyuşturucu Kaçakçılığı, Narko-Denizaltılar, Denizde İşlenen Suçlar, Uyuşturucu Kaçakçılığı Yöntemleri, Covid-19’un Etkileri.

A RESEARCH ON NARCO-SUBMARINES USED BY DRUG SMUGGLING BY SEA

Abstract

Narco-submarines which have been used by drug smugglers since the early 1990s, are a security threat that causes concerns especially in South and Central America. The seizure of a cocaine-laden narco-submarine in Spain in 2019 shows that this threat has spread from South and Central America to other continents. Drug smugglers are groups that follow technological developments closely, are innovative and can keep up with the conditions. It is predicted that because of the strictness of the measures taken at security points due to Covid-19 nowadays and the uncertainty of the post-epidemic global period, drug smugglers will change their methods and one of these methods will be narco-submarines. In this study, which aims to examine the narco-submarine threat in order to be more effective for fighting against drug smuggling and to contribute to the scientific security literature with the results achieved, the possibility of narco-submarines to become a bigger threat by spreading globally in the future with the effect of the Covid-19 period has been evaluated. In this study, in which the qualitative research method was used, the data were collected from written documents related to the subject, and with the findings obtained, it is concluded that narco-submarines are a growing threat in the changing world, and that a close examination of this threat by law enforcement agencies is important for fighting against drug smuggling in the future

Keywords

Drug Smuggling By Sea, Narco-Submarines, Crimes Committed at Sea, Drug smuggling Methods, Covid-19 Impact.

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