Economic evaluation of drug traffic in the State of Acre

Abstract

The decision of an individual to migrate to the criminal economic activity of the drug trade is influenced by a set of social and economic characteristics. Therefore, it is believed that drug trafficking is related to the practice of other crimes, the purpose of this paper is the production of information that serve as input to actions of public and private agents that aim to combat the crime. In general, the objective of this paper is to make a socioeconomic assessment of the crime of drug trafficking in the state of Acre. Specifically, it aims: i) to conduct an economic and financial analysis of drug trafficking, and ii) to identify what factors are common among people who migrate to such criminal activity. Thus, it was found that the individual considers of great risk the drug trafficking activity, however, its high profitability makes it attractive.