Consideration for Drug Smuggling / Trafficking

Not only Iran has one of the highest opium consumption rates [3], but also its long common border with Afghanistan, the world’s largest illicit opium producer, has made this country a major part of many illicit drug transition routes. According to UNODC 43% of worldwide opium use is related to Iran [2]. In the past decades, various methods based on using human’s or even animal’s body as a container, have been formed and operated for drug smuggling and trafficking. Body packer, body stuffer, body pusher and body container are some of the terms that describe the individuals who are abused in different scenarios of this type of drug trafficking. Table 1 provides more details on definition of these terms [1]