Drug_Trafficking_Vessel_Interdiction_Act

Drug Trafficking Vessel Interdiction Act

Drug Trafficking Vessel Interdiction Act

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The Drug Trafficking Vessel Interdiction Act of 2008, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 110–407 (text) (PDF), 122 Stat. 4296, enacted October 23, 2008, was an act of the United States Congress outlawing operation of or travel in unregistered submersibles and semi-submersibles in international waters with the intent to evade detection.

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The act was enacted to combat the use of illicit self-propelled semi-submersible and submersible vessels in international drug trafficking (see narco-submarine).[1] Notably, the act provides for extraterritorial jurisdiction.[1] The law extended earlier legislation such as the Marijuana on the High Seas Act (MHSA) and Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (MDLEA).[1]

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  1. [1]
    Allyson Bennett, That Sinking Feeling: Stateless Ships, Universal Jurisdiction, and the Drug Trafficking Vessel Interdiction Act, Yale Journal of International Law, Volume 37, Issue 2 (2012).

References

  • "S.3598 - Drug Trafficking Vessel Interdiction Act of 2008, 110th Congress (2007-2008". Congress.gov. 13 October 2008.
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