interdiction

In a recent swing through the region, Rubio argued for a more muscular interdiction strategy.

The drug is then packaged tightly and shipped north through a web of routes and several different means of transportation, with traffickers reacting quickly to interdiction efforts by the U.S. and allied countries.

After interdiction, the Coast Guard typically begins a process that adheres to legal strictures, detaining the crew and eventually turning them over to a U.S. law enforcement agency.

The Navy buildup in the Caribbean points to something more than drug interdiction at sea.

Similarly, in the Pacific, interdiction by submarines and aerial mining of trade routes effectively depleted Japan’s fuel reserves by the war’s end.