Drug Importation in UK Law
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Attorney General's Reference (Nos. 99 and 100 of 2005); R v Jules Devere Whiteway and Others
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As it seems to us, generally speaking, those responsible for organising the importation of Class A drugs into this country will attract somewhat higher sentences than those responsible, as Whiteway was, for organising distribution in this country.
Our conclusion is that the judge's starting point of 20 years for Whiteway, had there been a trial, was at the bottom of the appropriate bracket for a major organiser of wholesale distribution in this country, leaving in mind he was not the top man in relation to the dissemination of these drugs.
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R v Aramah
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Then I turn to the importation of Heroin, Morphine and so on: Large scale importation, that is where the street value of the consignment is in the order of £100,000 or more, sentences of seven years and upwards are appropriate. There will be cases where the values are of the order of £1 million or more, in which case the offence should be visited by sentences of twelve to fourteen years. It will seldom be that an importer of any appreciable amount of the drug will deserve less than four years.
Next, supplying heroin, morphine, etc.: It goes without saying that the sentence will largely depend on the degree of involvement, the amount of trafficking and the value of the drug being handled. It is seldom that a sentence of less than three years will be justified and the nearer the source of supply the defendant is shown to be, the heavier will be the sentence. There may well be cases where sentences similar to those appropriate to large scale importers may be necessary.
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DPP v Doot
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If it is, as in my opinion it is, a continuing offence then the courts of England, in my view, have jurisdoction to try the offence if, and only if, the evidence suffices to show that the conspiracy whenever or wherever it was formed was in existence when the accused were in England.
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R v Richard Brookhouse Paul O'Dee Joseph Kean Gareth Marland Gregory Rothwell Ian Longworth Anthony Olatunde Pereira
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Jeys was the sole participant in a second importation. A third importation occurred in November 2000 which also involved Kean. He and Jeys collected a quantity of ecstasy tablets and cannabis. They took the drug through Belgium to France, where they met a lorry carrying pallets of washing powder. The drugs were then concealed in a space between the pallets. Each was paid £1,500. Kean told Jeys he expected more money and did not wish to get involved again.
20 years is clearly justified on the authorities for an important, but secondary, participation in large scale importation of class A drugs. In between those two points have to be fitted quite a large number of disparate people who clearly are more involved than those who might receive 20 years, but less involved than those who might not receive 30 years. We seem to have a crowding of this kind in the present case.
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Dangerous Drugs Act 1965
... ... S-2 ... Restriction of importation of drugsto which Part I applies. 2 Restriction of importation of drugsto ... shall not be lawful for a person to import into the United Kingdom a drug to which this Part of this Act applies except under a licence granted by a ... ...
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Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
... ... the duty of the Advisory Council to consider any matter relating to drug dependence or the misuse of drugs which may be referred to them by any one ... 3: Restriction of importation and exportation of controlled drugs ... (1) Subject to subsection (2) ... ...
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Dangerous Drugs Act 1951
... ... Restriction on importation of drugs to which Part I applies. 1 Restriction on importation of drugs ... into the United Kingdom a drug to which this Part of this Act ... applies except under a licence granted ... ...
- Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986
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Violence in youth custody: Risk factors of violent misconduct among inmates of German young offender institutions
Inmate-on-inmate violence is a serious problem in prisons and young offender institutions. However, most studies on predictors of violent misconduct have focussed on adult inmates. This study exami...... ... Regression analyses show that both importation and deprivation variables significantly predict the perpetration of al and sexual violence. Specifically, drug use during imprisonment, violent beliefs, and a negative inmate–staff ... ...
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Drug Trafficking and Ethnic Minorities in Western Europe
Popular media as well as law enforcement agencies throughout Europe routinely identify members of ethnic minorities, and recent migrants in particular, as responsible for selling a large proportion...... ... Turkish and Albanian ethnic groups largely control the importation, high-level trafficking and open-air retailing of heroin; Colombian groups dominate the im- portation of cocaine. However, there are other major ... ...
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Psychological well-being of incarcerated women in the Netherlands: Importation or deprivation?
In light of the dramatic increase over the past decade in the number of women incarcerated in the Netherlands, we examined 251 female inmates’ psychological reactions to imprisonment with a survey ...... ... to incarceration greater attention should be directed to women’s conditions of confinement and less to their histories of victimization and drug abuse. Keywords deprivation theory, female inmates, importation theory, prison adjustment, psycholog- ical well-being Corresponding author: ... ...
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Dangerous Drugs
... ... that the defendant was, in fact, an innocent carrier of the drug and H.M. Customs decided that they had insufficient evidence ... charges before the court implied absolute prohibition on importation and possession, whereas the defence sought to submit that a certain ... ...
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Financial Crime Outlook: 2021 and beyond
Senior management and boards are increasingly acknowledging the threat of financial crime as a critical risk to their business that must be addressed. This has been exacerbated in the last 12 month...
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Counterfeit Drugs: An Increasing Problem Requiring A Global Solution
... ... ingredient, the parasite may be able to develop immunity to the drug, similar to drug resistant bacteria. Long-term this is could result in ... of drug legislation monitoring, regulation and control of the importation and exportation of medicines effective supply chain management - the ... ...
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Parallel Importation Of Pharmaceutical Products
... ... Flynn Pharma holds the UK marketing authorisation for a drug called phenytoin sodium, which is marketed in the UK as "Phenytoin Sodium Flynn". Flynn are therefore responsible for making sure that the regulatory ... ...
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Compulsory Licences: The Key To Accessing Inventions In The Face Of Coronavirus?
... ... treatment; the drug Iopinavir/ritonavir (Kaletra) 4 ... produced by Abbvie. This drug is ... coronavirus. The licence allows the importation of the drug into ... Israel much more cheaply from a generic ... ...