Illegal drug trade
（重定向自Street pharmacist）
![International drug routes](/Images/godic/202502/13/Drugroutemap5530.gif")
![Jamaican drug lord Christopher Coke being escorted by DEA agents](/Images/godic/202502/13/Drug_lord_Christopher_Coke_in_custody5530.jpg")
![US$207 million and additional amounts in other currencies were confiscated from Mexican Zhenli Ye Gon in 2007.](/Images/godic/202502/13/YeGon_millions5530.jpg")
![Hashish seized in Operation Albatross, a joint operation of Afghan officials NATO and the DEA](/Images/godic/202502/13/Hashish_seized_during_Operation_Albatross5530.jpg")
The illegal drug trade is a global black market dedicated to the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of drugs that are subject to drug prohibition laws. Most jurisdictions prohibit trade, except under license, of many types of drugs through the use of drug prohibition laws.