Their targets are generally areas where the social fabric had already been torn apart by poverty and/or political instability. As a result, violent conflict is a constant threat all along the two main drug routes to Europe: the cocaine road from Latin America, and the heroin road from Afghanistan.
Ces phénomènes apparaissent tout au long des deux grandes routes de trafic vers l'Europe : la route e la cocaïne en provenance d'Amérique latine et de l'héroïne en provenance d'Afghanistan.