Anti Drugs Trafficking Task Force
The Balkan Route has traditionally served as a major two-way corridor for moving drugs between Europe and Asia. The South East European drug trafficking organizations have specialized as major illicit transportation providers for various drugs, utilizing the region as a station to warehouse and stockpile heroin from Afghanistan, cocaine from South America, and synthetic drugs from Western Europe on the way to the well-established drug consumption markets.
The most used modus operandi for drug smuggling across borders remains concealment within the bodies of TIR trucks, within their commercial consignments, passenger cars and buses.
The SECI Center has acted as an operations center and a communications platform for South East Europe, using the Anti-Drug Task Force cooperation methods of strategic analysis, regional operations, joint investigations, controlled deliveries and trainings.