Counter-narcotics in international law

There are various connections between terrorist organizations and criminal groups. Among organized crime, the involvement of terrorist groups in drug trafficking has become increasingly widespread. "Narcoterrorism" or "drug-related terrorism" is a clear manifestation of the link between terrorism and transnational organized crime, which is reflected in two main concepts: Direct involvement of terrorists in the drug trade to finance their activities as well as the use of terrorist methods by drug trafficking organizations to facilitate the drug trade. Although the relationship and interaction between these two phenomena has been recognized globally, but the forms and nature of this interaction due to its ambiguity and complexity, has always been debated. The purpose of this study is to investigate the combination of terrorism and drug trafficking in a single phenomenon called narcoterrorism. It also provides an answer to the question of what is the link between these two global threats and, from the perspective of international law, what steps have been taken to combat this link. The findings of this study show that drug trafficking has become the most important source of funding for terrorist groups in the world. And as long as there is widespread supply and demand for drugs on a global scale, the fight against narcoterrorist threats will not be successful. In addition, the lack of a comprehensive and binding global legal document has made counter-terrorism a problem. The present study is descriptive in nature and method and it is analytical and in terms of type, it is fundamental and the information contained in the research has been collected in a library method.