Description
Book SynopsisCocaine Hoppers provides empirical evidence to explain the involvement of Nigerians in the global cocaine trade. Investigating the criminogenic environment created by the Nigerian ‘state crisis,’ Oboh traces the geographic, demographic, economic, historical, political, and cultural factors enhancing cocaine culture in Nigeria. Based on years of research, Oboh reveals this social network that relies on “reverse social capital” wherein wealth and power are achieved through illegal means solely to benefit the individual. This lively, theoretically grounded study examines the new trend of traffickers dominating the illicit cocaine trade through West Africa to destinations across the globe to provide an account of Nigerian involvement in international drug trafficking as it has never been divulged before. This book will be appreciated by criminologists, social scientists, policymakers, drug researchers and organized crime scholars. And eagerly be read by those interested in Nigeria, and problems of African immigrants, and in the international drug trafficking.
Table of ContentsChapter 1: The Emergence of Cocaine in Nigeria
Chapter 2: “State Crisis” and Fostering Cocaine Culture
Chapter 3: Cultural Factors Motivating Nigerian Cocaine Trafficking
Chapter 4: The Structure and Modus Operandi of Nigerian Cocaine Traffickers
Chapter 5: The Brazil Connection
Chapter 6: Cocaine Strikers and the Culture of Cocaine Trade and Consumption in China
Chapter 7: Involvement in South East Asia, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands
Chapter 8: Controlling International Cocaine Strikers in Nigeria, Brazil, China, and Indonesia
Chapter 9: Findings and Conclusion
