DStv Channel 403 Monday, 07 October 2024

Crime In SA | Factors contributing to women becoming drug mules

STELLENBOSCH, WC - South Africa is facing drug scourge. 

Thousands of young people’s lives are destroyed by drug use every day.

But others have theirs taken away by imprisonment after being caught trafficking drugs around the world. 

READ: SoapBox | Illicit Drug Trade | Is SA becoming an international haven?

Are these mules aware of the dire repercussions of drug trafficking or has unemployment and poverty pushed them so close to the edge that they don't care about what happens if they get caught.

Criminologist Guy Lamb spoke to eNCA. 

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