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CUST 49/4406; letter
 
  CUST 49/4406; this letter was written in response to a United Nations report in 1955 that a high proportion of British ships were involved in drug smuggling. The writer points out that there were lots of cases involving British ships because there were, at that time, lots of British ships. He goes on to suggest what should be done.
 
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Think about:drug smuggling today is a huge business. What was the scale of the crime earlier in the century?
What reasons can you give from this source why drug smuggling to Britain might be more common than to other countries?
 
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  Put some of the examples you have found in this Case-Study of a key factor for change affecting crime in the 20th century in your Gallery Worksheet.