Drug Trafficking Vessel Interdiction Act

Summary

The Drug Trafficking Vessel Interdiction Act of 2008, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 110–407 (text) (PDF), 122 Stat. 4296, enacted October 23, 2008, was an act of the United States Congress outlawing operation of or travel in unregistered submersibles and semi-submersibles in international waters with the intent to evade detection.

Drug Trafficking Vessel Interdiction Act
Great Seal of the United States
Long titleAn Act to amend titles 46 and 18, United States Code, with respect to the operation of submersible vessels and semi-submersible vessels without nationality.
Acronyms (colloquial)DTVIA
NicknamesDrug Trafficking Vessel Interdiction Act of 2008
Enacted bythe 110th United States Congress
EffectiveOctober 13, 2008
Citations
Public law110-407
Statutes at Large122 Stat. 4296
Codification
Titles amended
U.S.C. sections amended
Legislative history

The act was enacted to combat the use of illicit self-propelled semi-submersible and submersible vessels in international drug trafficking (see narco-submarine).[1] Notably, the act provides for extraterritorial jurisdiction.[1] The law extended earlier legislation such as the Marijuana on the High Seas Act (MHSA) and Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (MDLEA).[1]

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c Allyson Bennett, That Sinking Feeling: Stateless Ships, Universal Jurisdiction, and the Drug Trafficking Vessel Interdiction Act, Yale Journal of International Law, Volume 37, Issue 2 (2012).

References edit

  • "S.3598 - Drug Trafficking Vessel Interdiction Act of 2008, 110th Congress (2007-2008". Congress.gov. 13 October 2008.