Turkish National Police and Afghanistan Originated

Turkish National Police and
Afghanistan Originated Drug Trafficking
Cengiz ERİŞİR
Chief of Central Counter-Narcotics Division
3rd Degree Police Chief
The threat of Afghan heroin
KOM conducted 16.241 heroin
operations and arrested 35.580
heroin traffickers. (10 years)
Turkish agencies seized (10 years)
123 tons heroin
7.1 tons morphine base
4.3 tons of opium
Turkey and Iran, 53% of the global
heroin seizures (UNODC, 2012 Report)
2.7 ton heroin seizure along the
Northern Route based on KOM
intelligence (5 years)
Drug Seizures in 2013
2012 Global Heroin Seizures - Top 5 Countries (UNODC Data)
14000
13301
12660
12000
10181
10000
8043
8000
7300
6000
4000
2000
0
Turkey
Pakistan
Iran
Afghanistan
China
Turkey - Europe Heroin Seizures,1997-2010
18000
16391
15447
16000
14000
10810
12000
10000
8000
7462
6067 6005
2000
0
10274
9206
8963
6052
8069
10312
8844
6914
3820
4651
3509
8975
8195
6000
4000
13228
4704
3605
2535
---- Turkey-Transit
---- EU- Market
12031
8916
6400
7500 7500
2003 - 2012 KOM and National Heroin Seizures
18,000
16,391
15,447
16,000
13.228
14,000
12,000
11,027
8,844 8,195
10,332
9,078
8,000
6,000
4,000
4,705
KOM
7,259
9,843
9,053
7,380
6,515 6,664
3,546
13,364
12,234 12,031
10,312
10,000
13.301
6,412
NATIONAL
2,000
0
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Incidents and Suspects (Heroin) by KOM
7,000
6,031
6,000
4,711
5,000
4,164
4,000
3,336
3,000
Suspect
2,306
1,925
2,000
1,000
0
2011
2012
Incident
2013
Provinces next to border - Heroin Seizures
Heroin seizures in last three years by KOM
KARADENİZ
GÜRCİSTAN
Kırklareli
Sinop
Bartın
Kastamonu
Samsun
Karabük
Tekirdağ
Yalova
Bolu
Bursa Bilecik
Çanakkale
Çankırı
Balıkesir
Uşak
Isparta
Niğde
Muğla
Antalya
Malatya
Bingöl Muş
Elazığ
K.Maraş Adıyaman
Adana
Karaman
Iğdır
Ağrı
İRAN
Van
Aksaray
Burdur
%32,2
Tunceli
Nevşehir Kayseri
Konya
ERMENİSTAN
Kars
Erzincan
Kırşehir
Afyon
Rize
Bayburt Erzurum
Sivas
Yozgat
İzmir
Denizli
Ordu Giresun
Ankara
Kütahya
Aydın
Amasya
Çorum
Tokat
Eskişehir
Manisa
Artvin Ardahan
Trabzon
Bitlis
Diyarbakır
Siirt
Batman
Şanlıurfa
Hakkari
Mardin
G.Antep
Mersin
IRAK
Hatay
SURİYE
AKDENİZ
8 Ton
27 Ton
Domestic heroin routes
2011-2013 Heroin Intensity Map
Provincial Seizures (heroin) - 2013
AMOUNT OF HEROİN
(KG)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
İSTANBUL
2.947
VAN
2.201
ADANA
619
KOCAELİ
609
GAZİANTEP
480
HAKKARİ
473
ÇORUM
233
SAMSUN
229
MERSİN
210
KARS
192
Smuggling Methods
VEHICLE TYPES IN HEROIN SEIZURES
2011
2012
2013
TOPLAM
ARTICULATED LORRY
8
11
7
26
TRUCK
3
10
5
18
LIGHT TRUCK
3
4
3
10
AUTOBUS
12
30
24
66
MINIBUS
2
0
2
4
175
249
274
698
AUTOMOBILE
Smuggling Methods
AMOUNT OF SEIZED HEROIN
ON VARIOUS VEHICLES (KG)
2011
2012
2013
TOPLAM
ARTICULATED LORRY
924
643
101
1.668
TRUCK
296
790
217
1.303
LIGHT TRUCK
119
221
302
642
AUTOBUS
18
149
166
333
MINIBUS
8
0
128
136
2.749
5.295
4.242
12.286
AUTOMOBILE
Ethnic distribution of non-Turks (2011-2012-2013)
0
Iran
Georgia
Albania
Bulgaria
Greece
Nigeria
Afghanistan
Macedonia
Netherlands
Syria
Germany
Kosova
Lithuania
Israel
Italy
Ghana
Pakistan
Serbia
Spain
T.R.N.C.
Moldova
Iraq
Romania
Turkmenistan
20
40
60
80
100
120
103
47
35
31
19
16
13
13
8
7
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
Heroin seizures (kg) (2011-2012-2013)
0
500
1,000
Iran
1,500
2,000
1,775
Albania
686
Macedonia
450
Bulgaria
334
Greece
180
Spain
127
Germany
107
Kosova
74
Tanzania
65
Tonga
57
Iraq
55
Moldova
50
Italy
48
Israel
36
Serbia
30
Zaire
19
Lithuania
18
Netherla… 15
Syria
14
Nigeria
13
Slovenia
12
Seized amount per incident (+1 kg)
2012
2013
1 inc. 0%
22 inc. 4 inc. 2 inc.
1%
7%
1%
25 inc.
8%
2 inc. 1%
51 inc.
19%
16 inc. 6%
1-25 Kg
25-50
49 inc.
19%
146 inc.
55%
204 inc.
69%
50-100
100-200
200-300
40 inc.
14%
300+
Total: 303 incidents
Total: 297 incidents
Price and Purity*
12.000 Euro
Istanbul
5.000 Euro
Van
İran-Turkiye
Sınırı
10.000 Euro
Kocaeli
10-12.000
Euro
Gaziantep
11.000 Euro
Izmir
7.000 Euro
Van
8.000 Euro
Mersin
*Average Purity of Heroin, % 50-70
Trends
Iraq - Turkey
IRAK
2011
2012
2013
30.03.2011, Silopi
75,2 kg eroin
25.08.2012
Mersin, 63 kg
06.01.2013
İstanbul, 124 kg
23.12.2011,
Mersin 63 kg eroin
05.10.2012
Mersin, 114 kg
07.12.2013
İstanbul, 41 kg
29.01.2011, Gebze
168,5 kg
09.12.2012
Mersin, 53 kg
Iran - Turkey - Georgia
GEORGIA
05.05.2013
Artvin
103 kg heroin
ERZURUM
ARTVİN
AĞRI
IRAN
Iran - Turkey - Syria - Lebanon
VAN
IRAN
GAZİANTEP
06.12.2013
Gaziantep
48 kg heroin
LEBANON
Rising trend: trafficking via seaports
KARADENİZ
GÜRCİSTAN
Kırklareli
Sinop
Bartın
Tekirdağ
Bursa
Bilecik
Balıkesir
Çorum
Kars
Bayburt
Nevşehir
Afyon
Isparta
Kayseri
İRAN
Muş
Elazığ
Malatya
Bitlis
Diyarbakır
Niğde
K.Maraş Adıyaman
Adana
Antalya
Bingöl
Van
Konya
Burdur
Muğla
Ağrı
Tunceli
Aksaray
Denizli
Iğdır
Erzurum
Erzincan
Sivas
Kırşehir
İzmir
Aydın
ERMENİSTAN
Giresun
Tokat
Yozgat
Kütahya
Uşak
Trabzon
Rize
Ankara
Eskişehir
Manisa
Ordu
Amasya
Çankırı
Bolu
Artvin Ardahan
Samsun
Karabük
Yalova
Çanakkale
Kastamonu
Şanlıurfa
Karaman
Siirt
Batman
Hakkari
Mardin
G.Antep
Mersin
IRAK
Hatay
SURİYE
Province of Izmir
09.09.2013, 253 kg heroin
02.10.2013, 10 kg heroin
28.11.2013, 27 kg heroin
AKDENİZ
CONTROLLED DELIVERY (2013)
NO
COUNTRY
DETECTION
PLACE
DATE
SUSPECT
PLACE
AMOUNT
1
UK
ISTANBUL
17.01.2013
1
UK
1.778 gr
opium resin
2
USA
VAN
28.03.2013
2
USA
2.075 gr
opium resin
3
USA
VAN
18.04.2013
1
USA
8.500 gr
opium resin
4
SWEDEN
VAN
18.07.2013
3
SWEDEN
3.000 gr
opium resin
5
SWEDEN
VAN
18.07.2013
2
SWEDEN
2.698 gr
opium resin
6
CANADA
ISTANBUL
23.09.2013
CANADA
1.697 gr
opium resin
Turkey - United Kingdom
CASE 1
Istanbul KOM/Narcotics
16/01/2013
Opium shipments to the
UK via air cargo
Opium concealments in 19
flover bodies
Seized 1.778 gr opium
Controlled delivery warrant
30/01/2013
Interdiction in the UK
Arrest of 1 Iranian
Turkey - Sweden
CASE 2
Van KOM/Narcotics
15/07/2013
Two different opium
shipments to Sweden via
cargo
Opium concealments in
two tea-urns
Controlled delivery warrant
25/07/2013
Interdiction in the Sweden
Seized 2.698 gr opium and
3.000 gr opium
Arrest of 4 Iranian
JOINT INVESTIGATION (2013)
NO
COUNTRY
INVESTIGATION
UNIT
DATE
SUSPECT
1
NETHERLANDS
ISTANBUL
30.01.2013
3
2
AZERBAIJAN
SAKARYA
11.03.2013
1
AZERBAIJAN
3
UK
ANTALYA
14.05.2013
6
UK
4
GEORGIA
ISTANBUL
04.07.2013
2
GEORGIA
116 kg heroin
5
UK
ISTANBUL
19.12.2013
5
ISTANBUL
6 kg heroin
PLACE
AMOUNT
NETHERLANDS 150 kg heroin
26 kg heroin
10 kg heroin
116 KG HEROIN SEIZURE IN GEORGIA
On 16.01.2013, planned
investigation in Istanbul
Drugs were planned to be
transported through
Iran → Armenia→ Georgia/Batumi
→ Ukraina→ Moldova (North
Blacksea Route and with TIR )
The information was sent to
Georgian authorities.
Interdiction on 04.07.2013
116 kg Heroin
2 suspects (1 Turkish, 1 Moldovan)
CASE 1
116 KG HEROIN SEIZURE IN GEORGIA
Seized heroin was
bound to Batumi
Seaport- Odesa
Seaport, then, to
Moldova.
04.07.2013
Operation in
Georgia, 116 kg
heroin seizure
KAN 060
Heroin, loaded in
Iran and shipped to
Georgia through
Armenia.
CASE 1
KOM-CARICC-Azerbaijan (27 kg heroin)
KOM HQ and Sakarya KOM
Contact with CARICC
Azerbaijani Customs seized
27 kg on 11.03.2007
Iran
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Bulgaria
Ukraine
Holland
CASE 2
Turkey - Netherlands (150 kg heroin)
Istanbul KOM: Planned
investigations/ surveillance
Heroin from Iran to Holland
Coordinator flied to Holland
Bypass Turkey
Sharing intelligence with the
Dutch colleagues
The interdiction on 30/01/2013 in
Rotterdam
150 kg heroin in a car
1 Bulgarian, 3 Turkish nationals
CASE 3
Recommendations
Afghan heroin is a significant international security challange
that affects Turkey and Europe
Capacity building of the Afghan law enforcement agencies
should be supported
AA targeting Afghan heroin production should be better
controlled
Afghan agencies should be trained on money laundering and
corruption investigations.
The number of liasion officers should be increased
International initiatives such as the Paris Pact and CARICC
should be supported
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Cengiz ERİŞİR
Chief of Central Counter-Narcotics Division
3rd Degree Police Chief