Historique
Rapport
Drug control. High intensity drug trafficking areas' efforts to link investigations to international drug traffickers : Report to the Senate and House Committees on Appropriations
Auteur(s) :
United States General Accounting Office (GAO) ;
EKSTRAND, L. E.
Année
2005
Page(s) :
32 p.
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Éditeur(s) :
Washington, DC : General Accounting Office (GAO)
, GAO-05-122
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
MAR (Marchés / Markets)
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Thésaurus mots-clés
TRAFIC INTERNATIONAL
;
POLITIQUE
;
LUTTE
;
FINANCEMENT
;
PROGRAMME
;
EVALUATION
Résumé :
In fiscal year 2002, the Attorney General called upon law enforcement to target the “most wanted” international drug traffickers responsible for supplying illegal drugs to America.
In September 2002, law enforcement, working through the multi-agency Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) Program, developed a list of these drug traffickers, known as the Consolidated Priority Organization Target List (CPOT), to aid federal law enforcement agencies in targeting their drug investigations. Also, the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) collaborated with law enforcement to encourage existing High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) to conduct CPOT investigations. According to ONDCP, the 28 HIDTAs across the nation are located in centers of illegal drug production, manufacturing, importation, or distribution. ONDCP distributed discretionary funds to supplement some HIDTAs’ existing budgets beginning in fiscal year 2002 to investigate CPOT organizations.
Out of concern that a CPOT emphasis on international drug investigations would detract from the HIDTA program’s regional emphasis, the Senate Committee on Appropriations directed GAO to examine whether investigations of CPOT organizations are consistent with the HIDTA program’s mission and how ONDCP distributes its discretionary funds to HIDTAs for CPOT investigations.
In September 2002, law enforcement, working through the multi-agency Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) Program, developed a list of these drug traffickers, known as the Consolidated Priority Organization Target List (CPOT), to aid federal law enforcement agencies in targeting their drug investigations. Also, the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) collaborated with law enforcement to encourage existing High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) to conduct CPOT investigations. According to ONDCP, the 28 HIDTAs across the nation are located in centers of illegal drug production, manufacturing, importation, or distribution. ONDCP distributed discretionary funds to supplement some HIDTAs’ existing budgets beginning in fiscal year 2002 to investigate CPOT organizations.
Out of concern that a CPOT emphasis on international drug investigations would detract from the HIDTA program’s regional emphasis, the Senate Committee on Appropriations directed GAO to examine whether investigations of CPOT organizations are consistent with the HIDTA program’s mission and how ONDCP distributes its discretionary funds to HIDTAs for CPOT investigations.
Affiliation :
United States / Etats-Unis