Download or read book Trafficking Cocaine written by D. Zaitch and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2002-07-31 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study is based on five years of ethnographic fieldwork with Colombian drug traffickers (traquetos) in The Netherlands and Colombia. The author has uncovered the social world of traquetos: how and why they get involved in illicit activities, the nature of their work, and how they organize their businesses. This book will be valued by criminologists, social scientists, drug researchers, policymakers, organized crime scholars, and by those interested in Colombia, Latino immigrants’ issues, and the cocaine business.