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Feds Crack Down on Traffickers’ Finances
KANSAS CITY, MO – Federal authorities are making a concerted effort to dismantle the financial infrastructure of major drug trafficking organizations. The Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) West Central Regional Conference, held in Kansas City, Missouri, brought together key players in this effort last August 7-8, 2018.
U.S. Attorney Ron Parsons attended the conference, along with Assistant U.S. Attorney and Deputy Criminal Chief John E. Haak, who heads the OCDETF Program in the District of South Dakota. The OCDETF Program was established in 1982 to combat organized drug trafficking, and its strategy focuses on disrupting and dismantling major drug trafficking organizations and money laundering organizations.
According to the U.S. Attorney General’s office, the OCDETF Program operates nationwide, combining the resources and expertise of numerous federal agencies to target major drug trafficking and money laundering organizations. The program aims to reduce the flow of illicit drugs and drug proceeds by identifying and targeting major trafficking organizations, eliminating their financial infrastructure, and redirecting federal drug enforcement resources to emerging threats.
The OCDETF strategy emphasizes financial investigations and asset forfeiture, key tactics in disrupting the financial infrastructure of drug organizations. By targeting the financial underpinnings of these organizations, federal authorities hope to reduce the availability of illicit drugs and dismantle the networks that support them.
The conference in Kansas City marked an important step in this effort, bringing together experts from across the region to share strategies and best practices for combating organized drug trafficking. U.S. Attorney Parsons and Assistant U.S. Attorney Haak played key roles in the conference, highlighting the importance of coordinated efforts in tackling this complex and persistent threat.
As the OCDETF Program continues to evolve and adapt to emerging threats, one thing remains clear: federal authorities are committed to dismantling the financial infrastructure of major drug trafficking organizations and reducing the availability of illicit drugs in our communities.
In the words of Deputy Attorney General [no specific name mentioned], the OCDETF Program is ‘the centerpiece of the U.S. Attorney General’s drug strategy to reduce the availability of drugs by disrupting and dismantling major drug trafficking organizations and money laundering organizations and related criminal enterprises.’
Key Facts
- State: South Dakota
- Category: Drug Trafficking|Fraud & Financial Crimes|Organized Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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