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New York/New Jersey High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Drug Market Analysis 2008 ARCHIVED Drug Market Analysis 2008 New York/New Jersey High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area NATIONAL DRUG INTELLIGENCE CENTER U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE National Drug Intelligence Center 319 Washington Street 5th Floor, Johnstown, PA 15901-1622 • (814) 532-4601 NDIC publications are available on the following web sites: INTERNET www.usdoj.gov/ndic ADNET http://ndicosa RISS ndic.riss.net LEO https://www.leo.gov/http://leowcs.leopriv.gov/lesig/ndic/index.htm 062608 This document may contain dated information. It has been made available to provide access to historical materials. ARCHIVED Cover photo: ©EyeWire, Inc.™ This document may contain dated information. It has been made available to provide access to historical materials. ARCHIVED Product No. 2008-R0813-024 June 2008 Drug Market Analysis 2008 New York/New Jersey High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area NATIONAL DRUG INTELLIGENCE CENTER U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE This assessment is an outgrowth of a partnership between the NDIC and HIDTA Program for preparation of annual assessments depicting drug trafficking trends and developments in HIDTA Program areas. The report has been coordinated with the HIDTA, is limited in scope to HIDTA jurisdictional boundaries, and draws upon a wide variety of sources within those boundaries. This document may contain dated information. It has been made available to provide access to historical materials. ARCHIVED National Drug Intelligence Center This page intentionally left blank. ii This document may contain dated information. It has been made available to provide access to historical materials. ARCHIVED NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area 2008 TABLE OF CON T EN T S Preface ...................................................................................................................................................... 1 Strategic Drug Threat Developments ......................................................................................................... 2 HIDTA Overview ...................................................................................................................................... 2 Drug Threat Overview ............................................................................................................................... 3 Drug Trafficking Organizations .................................................................................................................. 4 Production ................................................................................................................................................. 6 Transportation ........................................................................................................................................... 7 Distribution ............................................................................................................................................... 9 Drug-Related Crime ................................................................................................................................... 9 Abuse ...................................................................................................................................................... 10 Illicit Finance ........................................................................................................................................... 11 Outlook ................................................................................................................................................... 12 Appendix A. New York/New Jersey HIDTA Region Enforcement Initiatives ............................................. 14 Appendix B. Profiles of HIDTA Counties in Upstate New York ................................................................ 15 Albany County .................................................................................................................................... 15 Drug Threat ..................................................................................................................................... 15 Sources of Supply and Transportation .............................................................................................. 15 Secondary Markets .......................................................................................................................... 15 Erie County (Buffalo) ............................................................................................................................ 15 Drug Threat ..................................................................................................................................... 15 Sources of Supply and Transportation .............................................................................................. 16 Secondary Markets .......................................................................................................................... 16 Monroe County (Rochester) ................................................................................................................. 16 Drug Threat ..................................................................................................................................... 16 Sources of Supply and Transportation .............................................................................................. 16 Secondary Markets .......................................................................................................................... 17 iii This document may contain dated information. It has been made available to provide access to historical materials. ARCHIVED National Drug Intelligence Center Onondaga County (Syracuse) ............................................................................................................... 17 Drug Threat ..................................................................................................................................... 17 Sources of Supply and Transportation .............................................................................................. 17 Secondary Markets .......................................................................................................................... 17 Appendix C. Drug Distributors in the New York/New Jersey HIDTA Region ............................................ 18 Sources .................................................................................................................................................... 20 iv This document may contain dated information. It has been made available to provide access to historical materials. ARCHIVED NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area 2008 PREFA C E This report provides a strategic overview of the illicit drug situation in the New York/New Jersey (NY/NJ) High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), highlighting significant trends and law enforcement concerns related to the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs. The report was prepared through detailed analysis of recent law enforcement reporting, information obtained through interviews with law enforcement and public health officials, and available statistical data. The report is designed to provide policymakers, resource plan- ners, and law enforcement officials with a focused discussion of key drug issues and developments facing the NY/NJ HIDTA. VT N H NY MA i o VERMONT CT a r RI L a k e O n t PA NJ MD WV Area of DE MONROE NY/NJ VA ONONDAGA HIDTA VERMONT NEW ERIE NEW YORK HAMPSHIRE ALBANY MASSACHUSETTS r e v i R n o s d u H CONNECTICUT H WESTCHESTER u d s o n R PENNSYLVANIA i v e d r n PASSAIC Sou nd l and ou g Is d S Lon lan Is n g Lo BERGEN PENNSYLVANIA SUFFOLK BRONX NEW ESSEX YORK SUFFOLK NASSAU HUDSON QUEENS ATLANTIC UNION KINGS NEW OCEAN RICHMOND JERSEY Greater NY Metro Area HIDTA County Figure 1. New York/New Jersey High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area. 1 This document may contain dated information. It has been made available to provide access to historical materials. ARCHIVED National Drug Intelligence Center • Street gang members are increasingly using ST RA T EGI C DRUG THREA T Internet social networking sites, personal DEVELO P MEN T S web pages, online communities and forums, and message boards to facilitate their drug • Mexican drug trafficking organizations trafficking operations, recruit new members, (DTOs) are becoming more influential in the boast about gang membership or related illicit drug trade in the NY/NJ HIDTA region. activities, and advertise events and house They are transporting increasing amounts of parties. cocaine, heroin, and marijuana for Colom- bian and Dominican DTOs, the predominant • Trinitarios, a Hispanic street gang in the NY/ cocaine and heroin traffickers in the region. NJ HIDTA region, is establishing a reputation They also are escalating their involvement in for extreme violence throughout the region. the wholesale distribution of illicit drugs in Trinitarios members distribute heroin and co- the region, particularly Mexican marijuana, caine at the retail level in many drug markets cocaine, and South American (SA) heroin. within the region. • Cocaine availability decreased in the region during the first half of 2007, a likely result HIDTA OVERVIEW of large seizures of cocaine in transit to the United States, successful law enforcement The NY/NJ HIDTA region encompasses 17 efforts against prominent Mexican DTOs, counties located throughout New York and north- violent conflicts in Mexico between compet- eastern New Jersey. The New York portion of the ing Mexican
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