1.   And the burgeoning narcotics trade pumps new wealth into the country, which has become a way station on the cocaine trail.

2.   And this is important because the money trail is one of the most sensitive and important elements of the whole narcotics trade.

3.   But even as the war over Northern Ireland winds down, the battle over the lucrative narcotics trade has heated up.

4.   But the narcotics trade flourished as drug traffickers exported more opium and heroin.

5.   Clinton administration officials said they believed that by tackling the insurgency, Pastrana might be able to curb the narcotics trade.

6.   Clinton and Albright assert that the aid is solely to counter the narcotics trade.

7.   Instead of military advisers and helicopters, they are asking for more development aid, credits and trade to fight the narcotics trade by fighting poverty.

8.   It combines three different stories into an intelligent and multifaceted look at the illegal narcotics trade.

9.   It has weakened democratic institutions, but it has also neutralized threats posed by guerrilla groups, fought the narcotics trade and opened up the Peruvian economy.

10.   More knowledge of the narcotics trade has enhanced the detection of corruption, according to law-enforcement officials working the border.