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F) Canada, Mexico, and Central America
Accomplishments. Significant milestones in the 2002-2008 National Anti-Drug Plan were achieved in demand reduction and drug supply. For demand reduction, the milestones were: development of municipal plans for drug prevention, holding youth workshops on drug use prevention, establishing minimum standards for the treatment and rehabilitation of drug addicts, and inaugurating publicity campaigns against drugs. For drug supply, the milestones were: the donation of computers and software by the United Nations Drug Control Program (UNODC) for the installation of a national system for drugs and precursors; and participation in the International Seminar for Drug-Trafficking Control in Ports. El Salvador’s work with the UNDOC included participation in the “Fight Against Organized Crime and Corruption: Palermo Convention” seminar; organization of the first-ever International Anti-Drug Day in El Salvador; training on the management of the national database system; and financing for two dr ... [Read More]
Canada, Mexico, and Central America
AFI and CENAPI were both equipped with state-of the art computer networks for collecting, storing, and analyzing crime-related information to support prosecutions and to dismantle organized crime syndicates. ... Law Enforcement Efforts. In April 2003, the DEA and RCMP announced the arrest of over 65 individuals in ten cities across the United States and Canada. The investigation, dubbed Operation Northern Star, targeted the entire methamphetamine trafficking process, including the suppliers of precursor chemicals, chemical brokers, transporters, manufacturers, distributors, and money launderers. The 34,000 pounds of pseudoephedrine seized in the investigation could have produced approximately 20,000 pounds of methamphetamine. ... [Read More]
Canada, Mexico, and Central America
The U.S. purchased specialized surveillance gear and related computer equipment for the Judicial Investigative Police Narcotics Section and the Drug Control Police to assist in narcotics investigations. The U.S. also acquired upgraded computer equipment for the Public Prosecutor’s Narcotics Section and the Ministry of Public Health’s Precursor Chemicals Unit. CICAD also received technical equipment to support the implementation of Guardian software and the Financial Analysis Unit. ... [Read More]
International Narcotics Control Strategy Reports
FINANCIAL CRIMES AND MONEY LAUNDERINGMONEY LAUNDERINGOVERVIEWIn 1992, the major trends affecting money laundering policy were: (1) further sophistication of money laundering practices; (2) greater investment of drug and other illicit proceeds into established businesses, both to conceal money movements and to capitalize on illicit profits; (3) the internationalization of money laundering networks whose operations involve an ever larger number of countries and territories, regardless of their importance as financial centers or as drug producing or transit countries; and (4) the intensified involvement of the Sicilian Mafia and other criminal organizations in Europe, Asia and the Western Hemisphere who comingle proceeds from many crimes to confound investigators, and are now acting as brokers for funds unrelated to their own trafficking activities. These trends have made it more difficult to differentiate between drug-related money laundering and other forms of illegal money m ... [Read More]
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