The consequences costs of drug trafficking: a case on sahabat’s clients / Sharifah Fadzlon Abdul Hamid …[et al.]

Abdul Hamid, Sharifah Fadzlon and Omar, Normah and Sulaiman, Suzana and Wee, Shu Hui (2014) The consequences costs of drug trafficking: a case on sahabat’s clients / Sharifah Fadzlon Abdul Hamid …[et al.]. Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Journal (APMAJ), 9 (1). pp. 1-24. ISSN 2550-1631

Abstract

Drug trafficking, a type of money laundering is the most serious organized crime problem in the world today with drug users as the financier for the organized crime through their drug purchases. It is a lucrative business that has made a few groups of people richer while billions of others suffer. Heroine is the popular drug among drug users in Malaysia, where it is normally injected through the veins at some parts of the body. There is danger of transmitting HIV virus when the addicts share their needles. SAHABAT in Kota Bharu, Kelantan is a NGO that conducts Needle and Syringe Exchange Programme (NSEP), to stop the spreading of the virus. The paper intends to highlight that drug trafficking not only lead to drug abuse, but it has caused individuals and public at large to bear the consequences cost. The direct consequences costs of drug trafficking are larger compared to the indirect costs.

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Item Type: Article
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Abdul Hamid, Sharifah Fadzlon
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Omar, Normah
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Sulaiman, Suzana
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Wee, Shu Hui
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Subjects: H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology > Drug habits. Drug abuse
Divisions: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor > Puncak Alam Campus
Journal or Publication Title: Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Journal (APMAJ)
UiTM Journal Collections: UiTM Journal > Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Journal (APMAJ)
ISSN: 2550-1631
Volume: 9
Number: 1
Page Range: pp. 1-24
Keywords: Drug trafficking, HIV, Harm reduction, Needle and Syringe Exchange Programme (NSEP), Consequences costs
Date: June 2014
URI: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29707
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