D RUG SMUGGLING CARRIES SEVERE PENALTIES IN MANY COUNTRIES. S ENTENCING MAY INCLUDE LENGTHY PERIODS OF INCARCERATION, FLOGGING AND EVEN THE DEATH PENALTY ( IN S INGAPORE, M ALAYSIA, I NDONESIA AND ELSEWHERE ). FLOGGING DEATH PENALTY FLOGGING DEATH PENALTY

THE MOST TRAFFICKED DRUGS ARE: C ANNABIS A LCOHOL H EROIN M ETHAMPHETAMINE COCAINE

S TATISTICS ABOUT PROFITS FROM THE DRUG TRADE ARE LARGELY UNKNOWN DUE TO ITS ILLICIT NATURE. I N ITS 1997 W ORLD D RUGS R EPORT THE U NITED N ATIONS O FFICE ON D RUGS AND C RIME ESTIMATED THE VALUE OF THE MARKET AT $4 TRILLION, RANKING DRUGS ALONGSIDE ARMS AND OIL AMONG THE WORLD ' S LARGEST TRADED GOODS.