Routes of Narcotics Smuggling in the Southeast Asia Region: Case Study in Riau Province Region Border Indonesia and Malaysia

Prayuda, Rendi and Suyastri, Cifebrima and Shiddiqy, M. Arsy Ash and Munir, Fitrisia and Yudilla, Artha (2020) Routes of Narcotics Smuggling in the Southeast Asia Region: Case Study in Riau Province Region Border Indonesia and Malaysia. In: The Second International Conference on Social, Economy, Education and Humanity (ICoSEEH 2019).

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Abstract

This paper describes the route of narcotics smuggling in the Southeast Asia region, especially in the Riau Province, bordering Indonesia and Malaysia. The Southeast Asia region is one of the regions in the world that has an area of around 4.4 million km2. Rapid population growth in the Southeast Asia region has a negative impact on the development of narcotics smuggling. Riau Province is one of the gateways to illegally enter narcotics from other countries. This paper uses a qualitative approach with collect data by observation, interview and documentations. The theoritical concepts are used are international security, human security and drug trafficking. The results of this study indicate that narcotics smuggling routes in the border regions of Indonesia and Malaysia are carried out by sea lane along the borderline of Riau Province and Malaysia. Narcotics are neatly wrapped and installed GPS devices are then smuggled at night by utilizing the services of fishermen as couriers. The seawater smuggling route was chosen due to several factors, namely: the distance of the near water area, the number of unofficial or illegal ports, the lack of surveillance patrols along the territorial seas and the professionalism of law enforcement officers in the border region.

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