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India's role in diversion

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Somehow I came upon The International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) is an annual report by the Department of State to Congress prepared in accordance with the Foreign Assistance Act. It describes the efforts of key countries to attack all aspects of the international drug trade in Calendar Year 2007. "Diversion" is apparently the latest way of getting from the suppliers to the end users. Notice 'Transit Country A' is somewhere in South America - interesting graphical prejudice ( but I love diagrams!) A snippet of the report on India's role in the world wide diversion scene: "A joint investigation by the DEA and India’s Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in 2005 led to the dismantling of a major international pharmaceutical drug organization that was distributing controlled pharmaceuticals such as bulk ephedrine (a controlled precursor chemical) and ketamine (a Schedule III non-narcotic controlled substance in the U.S.) internationally through the I...