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If you have issues viewing or accessing this file contact us at NCJRS.gov. NATIONAL DRUG ENFORCEMENT POLICY BOARD Federal Drug Enforcement Progress Report 1984 - 1985 March 1986 PREFACE This report is submitted to Congress pursuant to the National Narcotics Act of 1984. As Chairman of the National Drug Enforcement Policy Board, the Attorney General is required to submit biannual reports to Congress. On July 9, 1985, the Policy Board forwarded its first report, which described the Board's law enforcement policies and strategies. Beginning with this second report, the Board must give to Congress "a full and complete report reflecting accomplishments ...." Even though the Policy Board was not created until the middle of fiscal year 1985, this report describes accomplishments in drug enforcement during fiscal years 1984 and 1985. Although this report focuses primarily on law enforcement efforts to reduce the supply of drugs in the United States, the Policy Board recognizes the importance of efforts to reduce the demand for drugs. A major section of this report describes the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) Program. Annual reports of the OCDETF Program were prepared for calendar years 1983 and 1984. The Policy Board has decided to consolidate reporting on 1985 OCDETF accomplishments within this report. i TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface ..................................................... i List of Tables and Figures .................................. iii Introduction ................................................. I I , The Drug Problem in 1985 .......................... 6 II. Investigation & Prosecution ....................... 12 A. Combined Federal Effort ....................... 13 B. Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Program ............................ 43 III. Interdiction ...................................... 120 IV. International Drug Control ........................ 146 V. Domestic Cannabis Eradication ..................... 174 VI. Licit Drug Control ................................ 182 VII. Intelligence Programs ............................. 190 VIII. Legislative Initiatives ........................... 206 IX. Drug Abuse Prevention and Education ............... 218 X. Training .......................................... 223 XI. A Look to the Future .............................. 233 Appendix A: Geographical Drug Enforcement Program Classification System .......................... 240 Appendix B: Controlled Substances Act Drug Schedules ....... 242 ii LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES Tables Table I.I. Estimate of Quantities of Drugs Consumed lllicitly in the United States, 1981-1984 Table II.l. - DEA and FBI Electronic Interceptions (Title III) Table II.2. - Drug-Related Asset Seizures and Forfeitures Table II.3. - U.S. Marshals Service Number and Value of Seized Properties Table II.4. - Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation Division Summary of Drug Activities Table II.5. - Jeopardy and Termination Assessments Against Drug Traffickers Table II.6. - FBI Organized Crime Corruption Program Public Corruption Convictions Table II.7. - DEA and State and Local Law Enforcement Agency Clandestine Laboratory Seizures Table II.8. - Drug Enforcement Administration Geographical Drug Enforcement Program Arrests Table II.9. - Drug Enforcement Administration Arrests by Source Table II.10. - Drug Enforcement Administration Convictions Table II.ll. - Drug Enforcement Administration Sentencing Data Table II.12. - Executive Office for United States Attorneys Controlled Substance Statistics Table II.13. - FBI and DEA Domestic Drug Removals Table II.14. - DEA State and Local Task Force Program Arrests and Convictions by Fiscal Year Table 11.15.* - Type of Criminal Organizations Targeted in Investigations Initiated Through December 31, 1985 * Tables 11.15. through 11.32. refer to Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force investigations. iii Table 11.16. Drugs Involved in Investigations Initiated Through December 31, 1985 Table II.17. Type of Criminal Activities Involved in Investigations Initiated Through December 31, 1985 Table 11.18. Investigative Techniques Proposed in Investigations Through December 31, 1985 Table II.19. Law Enforcement Agency Participation in Investigations Initiated Through December 31, 1985 Table II.20. Drugs Charged In Indictments and Informations Returned Through December 31, 1985 Table 11.21. Type of Criminal Activities Charged In Indictments and Informations Returned Through December 31, 1985 Table II.22. Investigative Techniques Used for Indictments and Informations Returned Through December 31, 1985 Table 11.23. Law Enforcement Agency Participation in Investigations Resulting in Charges Through December 31, 1985 Table II.24. Defendant's Roles in Targeted Criminal Organizations, Defendants Charged Through December 31, 1985 Table 11.25. Scope of Criminal Organizations Targeted In Indictments and Informations Returned Through December 31, 1985 Table 11.26. Offenses Charged, Defendants Charged Through December 31, 1985 Table II.27. Disposition By Defendant In Cases Adjudicated Through December 31, 1985 Table 11.28. Convictions By Offense For Charges Disposed of Through December 31, 1985 Table 11.29. Net Prison Terms Imposed On Defendants Sentenced Through December 31, 1985 Table II.30. Assets Seized Through December 31, 1985 Table II.31. Assets Forfeited Through December 31, 1985 iv Table II.32. Fines Assessed Through December 31, 1985 Table III.I. U.S. Customs Service Seizures Made From "Cold Hits" During FY 1985 Table III.2. Customs and Coast Guard Drug Interdiction Effort, Drugs and Conveyances Seized, FY 1981 - FY 1985 Table IV.I. Cannabis Eradication Table IV.2. Coca Eradication Table IV.3. Opium Eradication Table V.I. Domestic Eradication/Suppression Program Statistics Figures Figure I.* Type of Criminal Organizations Targeted In Investigations Initiated Through December 31, 1985 Figure 2. Drugs Involved in Investigations Initiated Through December 31, 1985 Figure 3. Type of Criminal Activities Involved in Investigations Initiated Through December 31, 1985 Figure 4. Investigative Techniques Proposed In Investigations Initiated Through December 31, 1985 Figure 5. Law Enforcement Agency Participation In Investigations Initiated Through December 31, 1985 Figure 6. Drugs Charged in Indictments and Informations Returned Through December 31, 1985 Figure 7. Type of Criminal Activities Charged in Indictments and Informations Returned Through December 31, 1985 * Figures 1 through 18 refer to Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force investigations. V Figure 8. Investigative Techniques Used for Indictments and Informations Returned Through December 31, 1985 Figure 9. Law Enforcement Agency Participation In Investigations Resulting in Charges Through December 31, 1985 Figure i0. Defendant's Roles in Targeted Criminal Organizations, Defendants Charged Through December 31, 1985 Figure ii. Scope of Criminal Organizations Targeted in Investigations Initiated Through December 31, 1985 Figure 12. Defendants Charged Through December 31, 1985 Figure 13. Disposition by Defendant In Cases Adjudicated Through December 31, 1985 Figure 14. Convictions By Offense For Charges Disposed of Through December 31, 1985 Figure 15. Net Prison Terms Imposed on Defendants Sentenced Through December 31, 1985 Figure 16. Assets Seized Through December 31, 1983 Figure 17. Assets Forfeited Through December 31, 1985 Figure 18. Fines Assessed Through December 31, 1985 vi INTRODUCTION In response to the growing scope and complexity of America's drug problem, the Federal government in recent years has significantly expanded its enforcement efforts to reduce the supply of illegal drugs in our society. Of the approximately $1.7 billion authorized for drug abuse functions in Fiscal Year (FY) 1985, over $1.4 billion was spent on domestic and international supply reduction programs. The number of Drug Enforcement Administration special agents, diversion investigators, intelligence analysts, and chemists has steadily increased since 1982. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been assigned drug enforcement responsibility as one of its primary missions and has directed over 1,000 agents into drug investigations since 1982; the Internal Revenue Service has doubled its commitment to drug enforcement during the last few years; the U.S. Customs Service and the U.S. Coast Guard have made drug interdiction their first law enforcement priority; and the State Department Bureau of International Narcotics Matters has grown steadily. Additionally, formal interagency programs, such as the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Program and the National Narcotics Border Interdiction System, have been created and expanded. This report documents recent progress made by our domestic and international supply reduction programs in combatting drug trafficking. In its July 1985 Interim Report to Congress, the National Drug Enforcement Policy Board affirmed the President's 1984 National Strategy for Prevention of Drug Abuse and Drug Trafficking, as modified by the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984. The Interim Report stressed four principal drug law enforcement strategies: i. Identify, investigate, prosecute, and incarcerate the members of drug trafficking organizations. Immobilize their criminal enterprises through seizure of their drugs and forfeiture of their drug-derived assets. - i - . Intercept and seize drug contraband en route to or at the borders of the United States. Destroy illegal drugs at their source through eradica-