**U.S. Department of Justice**

*Interagency Law Enforcement*

***FY 2008***

***Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement***

***Congressional Justification***

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# Table of Contents

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**I. ICDE Executive Summary** ......... 1

**II. Summary of Program Changes** 3

**III. Appropriations Language and Analysis of Appropriations
Language**.... 5

IV\. Appropriations Summary of
Resources..........................................7

V. Overview for
OCDETF...............................................................9

VI\. Decision Unit Justification

A.  Investigations
    .........................................................................17

-   Program Description

B.  Prosecutions
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    20

-   Program Description

C. Performance
Tables...................................................................23

D. Performance, Resources, and
Strategies............................................29

VII\. Program Increases by Item

A. Intelligence Sharing
/OFC..........................................................37

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VIII\. Exhibits

A. Organizational Chart

B. Summary of Requirements

C. Program Increases by Decision Unit

D. Resources by DOJ Strategic Goal/Objective

E. Justification for Base Adjustments

F. Crosswalk of 2006 Availability

G. Crosswalk of 2007 Availability

H. Summary of Reimbursable Resources *(Not Applicable)*

I. Detail of Permanent Positions by Category

J. Financial Analysis of Program Increases/Offsets

K. Summary of Requirements by Grade

L. Summary of Requirements by Object Class

M. Status of Congressionally Requested Studies, Reports, and Evaluations

*(Not Applicable)*

N. Summary of Attorney/Agent and Support Positions/FTE

**Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement Appropriation**

**I. Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement Executive Summary**

The Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement (ICDE) account directly
supports both Priority III of the *President's National Drug Control
Strategy,*[^1] which seeks to "break" the drug market by making it more
costly and less profitable, and Goal 2.2 of the strategic plan of the
Department of Justice, which aims to "reduce the threat, trafficking,
use and related violence of illegal drugs." In FY 2008, the request for
the ICDE account totals 3,576 positions, 3,522 FTE and \$509,154,000.
This request represents a program increase of \$8,624,000, or 1.7
percent, over the FY 2008 Current Services Request.

In FY 2008, the ICDE account continues to encompass the multi-agency
enforcement program of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces
(OCDETF). The OCDETF Program pursues comprehensive, multi-level
investigations of major regional, national and international
drug-trafficking and money laundering organizations. The OCDETF Program
has resided within the Department of Justice since the Program's
inception. The ICDE account is made up of two Decision Units -- OCDETF
Investigations and OCDETF Prosecutions.

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**II. Summary of Program Changes**

**FY 2008 Summary of Program Changes**

**Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement**

(Dollars in thousands)

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  **Item Name      **Description**                                                    **Page**
  (Program                                                                            
  Increases)**                                                                        

                                                     **Pos.**   **FTE**   **Dollars   
                                                                          (\$000)**   

  **Intelligence   This increase will enhance        **1**      **1**     **8,624**   **37**
  Sharing/OFC**    support to the OCDETF Fusion                                       
                   Center, by providing funding to                                    
                   support the operation and                                          
                   maintenance of the OCDETF Fusion                                   
                   Center's technical                                                 
                   infrastructure.                                                    

  **Total Program                                    **1**      **1**     **8,624**   
  Increases**                                                                         

  **Item Name      **Description**                                                    **Page**
  (Program                                                                            
  Offsets)**                                                                          

                                                     **Pos.**   **FTE**   **Dollars   
                                                                          (\$000)**   

  OCDETF           **The OCDETF Program reflects no  **0**      **0**     **0**       
                   program offsets**                                                  
  ---------------- --------------------------------- ---------- --------- ----------- ----------

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**III. Appropriations Language and Analysis of Appropriations Language**

**Appropriations Language**

**[Justification of Proposed Changes in Appropriations
Language]{.underline}**

**[Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement]{.underline}**

The 2008 budget estimates include proposed changes in the appropriations
language listed and explained below. New language is italicized and
underlined and language proposed for deletion is bracketed.

**INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT**

*For necessary expenses for the identification, investigation, and
prosecution of individuals associated with the most significant drug
trafficking and affiliated money laundering organizations, not otherwise
provided for, to include inter-governmental agreements with State and
Local law enforcement agencies engaged in the investigation and
prosecution of individuals involved in organized crime drug trafficking,
\$509,154,000, of which \$50,000,000 shall remain available until
expended: Provided, that any amounts obligated from these appropriations
may be used under authorities available to the organizations reimbursed
from this appropriation.*

**Analysis of Appropriations Language**

The FY 2008 President's Budget uses the FY 2007 President's Budget
language as a base so all language is presented as new.

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<td colspan="26">(Dollars in thousands)</td>
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<td><strong> </strong></td>
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<td colspan="3"><strong>FY 2005</strong></td>
<td colspan="3"><strong>FY 2006</strong></td>
<td colspan="3"><strong>FY 2007</strong></td>
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<td colspan="3"><strong>Technical Adjustments</strong></td>
<td colspan="3"><strong>Adjustments to Base</strong></td>
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<td colspan="3"><strong>Increases</strong></td>
<td colspan="3"><strong>Request</strong></td>
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<td><strong>Pos.</strong></td>
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<td colspan="2"><strong>Law Enforcement:</strong></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<td colspan="2"><strong>Drug Enforcement Administratiion</strong></td>
<td><strong>1,366</strong></td>
<td><strong>1,333</strong></td>
<td><strong>178,834</strong></td>
<td><strong>1,349</strong></td>
<td><strong>1,349</strong></td>
<td><strong>182,035</strong></td>
<td><strong>1,349</strong></td>
<td><strong>1,349</strong></td>
<td><strong>163,880</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>16,307</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>6,121</strong></td>
<td><strong>1,349</strong></td>
<td><strong>1,349</strong></td>
<td><strong>186,308</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>1,349</strong></td>
<td><strong>1,349</strong></td>
<td><strong>186,308</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2"><strong>Federal Bureau of Investigation</strong></td>
<td><strong>755</strong></td>
<td><strong>749</strong></td>
<td><strong>110,943</strong></td>
<td><strong>749</strong></td>
<td><strong>749</strong></td>
<td><strong>114,519</strong></td>
<td><strong>749</strong></td>
<td><strong>749</strong></td>
<td><strong>102,502</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>10,193</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>3,840</strong></td>
<td><strong>749</strong></td>
<td><strong>749</strong></td>
<td><strong>116,535</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>749</strong></td>
<td><strong>749</strong></td>
<td><strong>116,535</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2"><strong>United States Marshals Service</strong></td>
<td><strong>41</strong></td>
<td><strong>27</strong></td>
<td><strong>6,345</strong></td>
<td><strong>41</strong></td>
<td><strong>36</strong></td>
<td><strong>6,932</strong></td>
<td><strong>41</strong></td>
<td><strong>41</strong></td>
<td><strong>7,440</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>740</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>278</strong></td>
<td><strong>41</strong></td>
<td><strong>41</strong></td>
<td><strong>8,458</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>41</strong></td>
<td><strong>41</strong></td>
<td><strong>8,458</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2"><strong>Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms &amp;
Explosives</strong></td>
<td><strong>54</strong></td>
<td><strong>54</strong></td>
<td><strong>11,078</strong></td>
<td><strong>54</strong></td>
<td><strong>54</strong></td>
<td><strong>11,173</strong></td>
<td><strong>54</strong></td>
<td><strong>54</strong></td>
<td><strong>10,028</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>997</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>377</strong></td>
<td><strong>54</strong></td>
<td><strong>54</strong></td>
<td><strong>11,402</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>54</strong></td>
<td><strong>54</strong></td>
<td><strong>11,402</strong></td>
</tr>
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<td colspan="2"><strong>U.S. Immigration &amp; Customs
Enforcement</strong></td>
<td><strong>288</strong></td>
<td><strong>284</strong></td>
<td><strong>32,690</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2"><strong>Internal Revenue Service.</strong></td>
<td><strong>336</strong></td>
<td><strong>329</strong></td>
<td><strong>53,830</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2"><strong>U.S. Coast Guard</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>599</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2"><strong>Subtotal</strong></td>
<td><strong>2,840</strong></td>
<td><strong>2,776</strong></td>
<td><strong>394,319</strong></td>
<td><strong>2,193</strong></td>
<td><strong>2,188</strong></td>
<td><strong>314,659</strong></td>
<td><strong>2,193</strong></td>
<td><strong>2,193</strong></td>
<td><strong>283,851</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>28,237</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>10,616</strong></td>
<td><strong>2,193</strong></td>
<td><strong>2,193</strong></td>
<td><strong>322,703</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>2,193</strong></td>
<td><strong>2,193</strong></td>
<td><strong>322,703</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2"><strong>Drug Intelligence:</strong></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2"><strong>Drug Enforcement Administration</strong></td>
<td><strong>80</strong></td>
<td><strong>65</strong></td>
<td><strong>9,532</strong></td>
<td><strong>79</strong></td>
<td><strong>79</strong></td>
<td><strong>11,674</strong></td>
<td><strong>79</strong></td>
<td><strong>79</strong></td>
<td><strong>9,941</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>989</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>379</strong></td>
<td><strong>79</strong></td>
<td><strong>79</strong></td>
<td><strong>11,309</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>79</strong></td>
<td><strong>79</strong></td>
<td><strong>11,309</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2"><strong>Federal Bureau of Investigation</strong></td>
<td><strong>196</strong></td>
<td><strong>185</strong></td>
<td><strong>23,102</strong></td>
<td><strong>150</strong></td>
<td><strong>146</strong></td>
<td><strong>20,413</strong></td>
<td><strong>150</strong></td>
<td><strong>150</strong></td>
<td><strong>18,051</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>1,795</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>692</strong></td>
<td><strong>150</strong></td>
<td><strong>150</strong></td>
<td><strong>20,538</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>150</strong></td>
<td><strong>150</strong></td>
<td><strong>20,538</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2"><strong>United States Marshals Service</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2"><strong>Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms &amp;
Explosives</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2"><strong>U.S. Immigration &amp; Customs
Enforcement:</strong></td>
<td><strong>8</strong></td>
<td><strong>4</strong></td>
<td><strong>450</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2"><strong>Internal Revenue Service</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2"><strong>U.S. Coast Guard</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2"><strong>Criminal Division.</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2"><strong>OCDETF Executive Office( OFC)</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>2,822</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>281</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>3,103</strong></td>
<td><strong>1</strong></td>
<td><strong>1</strong></td>
<td><strong>8,624</strong></td>
<td><strong>1</strong></td>
<td><strong>1</strong></td>
<td><strong>11,727</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2"><strong>Subtotal</strong></td>
<td><strong>284</strong></td>
<td><strong>254</strong></td>
<td><strong>33,084</strong></td>
<td><strong>229</strong></td>
<td><strong>225</strong></td>
<td><strong>32,087</strong></td>
<td><strong>229</strong></td>
<td><strong>229</strong></td>
<td><strong>30,814</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>3,065</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>1,071</strong></td>
<td><strong>229</strong></td>
<td><strong>229</strong></td>
<td><strong>34,950</strong></td>
<td><strong>1</strong></td>
<td><strong>1</strong></td>
<td><strong>8,624</strong></td>
<td><strong>230</strong></td>
<td><strong>230</strong></td>
<td><strong>43,574</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2"><strong>Prosecution:</strong></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2"><strong>United States Attorneys</strong></td>
<td><strong>1,137</strong></td>
<td><strong>991</strong></td>
<td><strong>116,444</strong></td>
<td><strong>1,120</strong></td>
<td><strong>1,060</strong></td>
<td><strong>126,388</strong></td>
<td><strong>1,104</strong></td>
<td><strong>1,052</strong></td>
<td><strong>116,041</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>11,613</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>6,018</strong></td>
<td><strong>1,104</strong></td>
<td><strong>1,052</strong></td>
<td><strong>133,672</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>1,104</strong></td>
<td><strong>1,052</strong></td>
<td><strong>133,672</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2"><strong>Criminal Division</strong></td>
<td><strong>18</strong></td>
<td><strong>22</strong></td>
<td><strong>2,902</strong></td>
<td><strong>18</strong></td>
<td><strong>18</strong></td>
<td><strong>2,667</strong></td>
<td><strong>18</strong></td>
<td><strong>18</strong></td>
<td><strong>2,378</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>236</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>99</strong></td>
<td><strong>18</strong></td>
<td><strong>18</strong></td>
<td><strong>2,713</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>18</strong></td>
<td><strong>18</strong></td>
<td><strong>2,713</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2"><strong>Tax Division</strong></td>
<td><strong>10</strong></td>
<td><strong>8</strong></td>
<td><strong>962</strong></td>
<td><strong>10</strong></td>
<td><strong>8</strong></td>
<td><strong>971</strong></td>
<td><strong>10</strong></td>
<td><strong>8</strong></td>
<td><strong>864</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>86</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>33</strong></td>
<td><strong>10</strong></td>
<td><strong>8</strong></td>
<td><strong>983</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>10</strong></td>
<td><strong>8</strong></td>
<td><strong>983</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2"><strong>Subtotal</strong></td>
<td><strong>1,165</strong></td>
<td><strong>1,021</strong></td>
<td><strong>120,308</strong></td>
<td><strong>1,148</strong></td>
<td><strong>1,086</strong></td>
<td><strong>130,026</strong></td>
<td><strong>1,132</strong></td>
<td><strong>1,078</strong></td>
<td><strong>119,282</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>11,935</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>6,150</strong></td>
<td><strong>1,132</strong></td>
<td><strong>1,078</strong></td>
<td><strong>137,368</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>1,132</strong></td>
<td><strong>1,078</strong></td>
<td><strong>137,368</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2"><strong>Administrative Support:</strong></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="2"><strong>Executive Office</strong></td>
<td><strong>17</strong></td>
<td><strong>17</strong></td>
<td><strong>5,828</strong></td>
<td><strong>17</strong></td>
<td><strong>17</strong></td>
<td><strong>6,417</strong></td>
<td><strong>21</strong></td>
<td><strong>21</strong></td>
<td><strong>4,850</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>392</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>267</strong></td>
<td><strong>21</strong></td>
<td><strong>21</strong></td>
<td><strong>5,509</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>21</strong></td>
<td><strong>21</strong></td>
<td><strong>5,509</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2"><strong>Subtotal</strong></td>
<td><strong>17</strong></td>
<td><strong>17</strong></td>
<td><strong>5,828</strong></td>
<td><strong>17</strong></td>
<td><strong>17</strong></td>
<td><strong>6,417</strong></td>
<td><strong>21</strong></td>
<td><strong>21</strong></td>
<td><strong>4,850</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>392</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>267</strong></td>
<td><strong>21</strong></td>
<td><strong>21</strong></td>
<td><strong>5,509</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>21</strong></td>
<td><strong>21</strong></td>
<td><strong>5,509</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
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<td></td>
<td><strong> </strong></td>
<td><strong> </strong></td>
<td><strong> </strong></td>
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<td><strong> </strong></td>
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<td><strong> </strong></td>
<td><strong> </strong></td>
<td><strong> </strong></td>
<td><strong> </strong></td>
<td><strong> </strong></td>
</tr>
<tr class="even">
<td colspan="2"><strong>TOTAL OCDETF</strong></td>
<td><strong>4,306</strong></td>
<td><strong>4,068</strong></td>
<td><strong>553,539</strong></td>
<td><strong>3,587</strong></td>
<td><strong>3,516</strong></td>
<td><strong>483,189</strong></td>
<td><strong>3,575</strong></td>
<td><strong>3,521</strong></td>
<td><strong>438,797</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>43,629</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>0</strong></td>
<td><strong>18,104</strong></td>
<td><strong>3,575</strong></td>
<td><strong>3,521</strong></td>
<td><strong>500,530</strong></td>
<td><strong>1</strong></td>
<td><strong>1</strong></td>
<td><strong>8,624</strong></td>
<td><strong>3,576</strong></td>
<td><strong>3,522</strong></td>
<td><strong>509,154</strong></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

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# OVERVIEW FOR THE ORGANIZED CRIME DRUG ENFORCEMENT TASK FORCE (OCDETF) PROGRAM

## General Overview {#general-overview .unnumbered}

### 1. Budget Summary {#budget-summary .unnumbered}

The Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) Program
directly supports both Priority III of the *President's National Drug
Control Strategy* and Strategic Goal 2.2 of the strategic plan of the
Department of Justice (DOJ). In FY 2008, the OCDETF Program is
requesting a total of 3,576 positions, 3,522 FTE, and \$509,154,000 for
the Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement (ICDE) Appropriation. This
request represents a program increase of \$8,624,000, or 1.7% over the
FY 2008 Current Services Level Request.

OCDETF is requesting a total of 26 positions, 26 FTE, and \$15,357,000
for Information Technology (IT) activities within the ICDE
appropriation. Of the total IT request, 1 position, 1 FTE and
\$8,624,000 is for IT program enhancements for the OCDETF Fusion Center.

Beginning in FY 2007, electronic copies of the Department of Justices's
congressional budget justifications and Capital Asset Plan and Business
case exhibits can be viewed or downloaded from the Internet using the
internet address: http://www.usdoj.gov/jmd/2008justification/.

### 2. Introduction {#introduction .unnumbered}

As the OCDETF Program enters its twenty-fifth year, it continues to
pursue comprehensive, multi-level investigations of major drug
trafficking and money laundering organizations, and its mission remains
unchanged. Consistent with the *President's National Drug Control
Strategy*, which seeks to "break" the drug market by making the drug
trade more costly and less profitable, OCDETF simultaneously attacks all
elements of the most significant drug organizations affecting the United
States. These include: the international supply sources, their domestic
transportation cells, and the regional and local distribution networks.
At the same time, OCDETF attacks the money flow that supports the drug
trade -- depriving drug traffickers of their criminal proceeds and the
resources needed to finance future criminal activity. Today, OCDETF
combines the resources and expertise of its seven member federal
agencies \-- the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA); the Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI); the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
and Explosives (ATF); the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS); the Internal
Revenue Service (IRS); the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(ICE); and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) \-- in cooperation with the
Department of Justice's Criminal and Tax Divisions, the 94 U.S.
Attorneys' Offices, and state and local law enforcement, to identify,
disrupt, and dismantle the drug trafficking and money laundering
organizations most responsible for the nation's supply of illegal drugs.

OCDETF has long recognized that no single law enforcement entity is in a
position to disrupt and dismantle sophisticated drug and money
laundering organizations. OCDETF works because it effectively leverages
the investigative and prosecutorial strengths of each participant. It
promotes intelligence sharing and intelligence-driven enforcement and
strives to achieve maximum impact through strategic planning and
coordination.

In March 2002, the Attorney General announced a comprehensive
enforcement strategy to reduce the drug supply by identifying, targeting
and ultimately destroying the most significant drug organizations and
their related components nationwide and by disgorging the profits that
enable these organizations to operate. OCDETF was designated as the
centerpiece of that strategy. The strategy had six essential elements:

-   Establishing reliable baseline estimates of the amounts of illegal
    drugs available in the United States;

-   Using the OCDETF Program to identify and target the major
    trafficking organizations responsible for the nation's drug supply;

-   Creating a unified list of the key international drug organization
    targets;

-   Eliminating the financial infrastructure of drug organizations by
    emphasizing financial investigations and asset forfeiture;

-   Redirecting drug resources to align federal resources with existing
    and emerging drug threats; and

-   Conducting expanded, nationwide investigations against all the
    related parts of the targeted organizations.

The Justice Department's long-term strategic plan (FY 2003 - FY 2008)
for drug enforcement similarly emphasizes targeting international drug
supply sources, incapacitating entire drug networks, and seizing the
profits that fund drug operations. Accordingly, OCDETF will continue to
drive the Department's drug supply reduction efforts.

OCDETF focuses participants squarely on the mission of attacking
high-level organizations through coordinated, nationwide investigations.
OCDETF coordinates the annual formulation of the Consolidated Priority
Organization Target (CPOT) List, a multi-agency target list of
international "command and control" drug traffickers and money
launderers. The Program also requires its participants to identify major
regional organization targets as part of the annual Regional Strategic
Plan process. Program resources are allocated, in part, on the basis of
how successfully Program participants focus their efforts on these
priority targets.

To elevate our intelligence-driven enforcement efforts to a whole new
level, OCDETF member agencies have joined together to develop the OCDETF
Fusion Center -- a comprehensive drug intelligence center that conducts
sophisticated analysis to identify and connect disparate components of
major drug trafficking and money laundering organizations with a primary
focus on the CPOT organizations. The OCDETF Fusion Center distributed
its first intelligence products to the field in October 2005, and to
date, the OCDETF Fusion Center has produced over 900 intelligence
products for federal investigators across the country from ATF, DEA,
FBI, IRS, and USMS to support their efforts in active drug and money
laundering investigations. The Fusion Center's technical infrastructure
was deployed in July 2006.

OCDETF continues to allocate its resources to address emerging drug
threats. Increasingly, the most significant drug threat we face is along
our Southwest Border, which serves as the principal arrival zone for
most of the illegal drugs smuggled into the country. According to the
Office of National Drug Control Policy's Interagency Cocaine Movement
Assessment (IACM), the majority of cocaine destined for the United
States transits the Mexico/Central America corridor. The IACM's
preliminary numbers for 2005 indicate that an estimated 91 percent of
cocaine destined for the United States transited this corridor
(including maritime routes in the Western Caribbean and Eastern
Pacific). Moreover, methamphetamine production has increasingly shifted
to "super labs" operated by Mexican drug trafficking organizations on
both sides of the Southwest Border. DEA estimates that 80 percent of the
methamphetamine consumed in the United States is coming from such super
labs. At the same time, millions of dollars in drug proceeds continue to
make their way across the Southwest Border into Mexico to further fuel
the drug trade. Bulk currency cash seizures in FY 2005 totaled \$407
million, a 28 percent increase over the \$317 million seized in FY 2004.
As the methamphetamine threat evolves away from small clandestine labs
located throughout the United States, toward large, sophisticated
organizations moving significant quantities of drugs, precursor
chemicals, and cash across the Southwest Border, those organizations are
placing themselves directly in the cross-hairs of the OCDETF Program.
With this threat in mind, OCDETF has crafted its FY 2008 budget request.

Now more than ever, the fight against illegal drugs is critical not only
to the quality of life in America, but to our national security as well.
Drug trafficking provides terrorist groups with a steady source of
income to finance their violent operations, and terrorist groups, in
turn, often protect the operations of the traffickers. Indeed many of
the routes across the Southwest Border that facilitate the importation
of drugs could easily be utilized for the importation of weapons of
terror. OCDETF's success in eliminating the networks associated with
these major drug trafficking organizations will not only bring to
justice those who, motivated by greed, peddle poison to our neighbors
and children, it will also assist in securing our borders from those
who, motivated by hate, seek to destroy our way of life.

**3. PART Statement**

The OCDETF Program will not be reviewed under the Program Assessment
Rating Tool (PART) process, because all of its Department of Justice
member agencies have already participated in the PART review process.

### 4. Issues, Outcomes and Strategies

OCDETF has undergone a "rebirth" since FY 2002, re-dedicating itself to
its original mission and refocusing its investigative priorities on
complex, multi-jurisdictional investigations of the most significant
drug and money laundering organizations. Since FY 2002, OCDETF's budget
requests have proposed a series of enhancements aimed at strategically
reducing the nation's drug supply and maximizing the Program's
performance. The Program's FY 2004 request, for example, sought
investigative and prosecutorial resources to better equip OCDETF to
pursue two primary program priorities: investigations targeting the CPOT
organizations and financial investigations. Through the FY 2004, FY
2005, FY 2006 and 2007 requests, OCDETF also sought to expand its
capacity to conduct intelligence-driven enforcement by developing and
staffing the OCDETF Fusion Center. In FY 2007, funding was realigned
from lower priority activities to fund the basic costs of operating the
Fusion Center, such as rent and utilities.

OCDETF continues to seek to balance increased investigative resources
with appropriate prosecutorial resources, as well as resources dedicated
to fugitive apprehension.

OCDETF's FY 2008 request will enable the Program to achieve the
following critical objectives: (1) to maximize success in attacking
sophisticated international and domestic drug networks through
information sharing and intelligence-driven law enforcement; (2) to
ensure the true beneficiaries of the drug trade -- those who fund drug
trafficking activities and who accumulate and invest the assets of the
illicit organizations -- are brought to justice; and (3) to continue to
improve overall program accountability and performance.

Specifically, OCDETF's FY 2008 request focuses on ensuring that the
OCDETF member agencies are developing intelligence-driven strategies and
initiatives to identify entire drug trafficking networks, including
their financial infrastructure, and are launching coordinated efforts
designed to disrupt and dismantle every component of those networks
worldwide.

**[DOJ Strategic Goal 2: Enforce Federal Laws and Protect the Rights and
Interests of the American People]{.underline}**

All of OCDETF's adjustments to base and Program Improvements directly
support DOJ's strategic objective 2.2: to "reduce the threat,
trafficking, use and related violence of illegal drugs."

OCDETF is directly charged with carrying out the Department's drug
supply reduction strategy, and all of its activities are aimed at
achieving a measurable reduction in the availability of drugs in this
country. The disruption and dismantlement of drug trafficking networks
operating regionally, nationally and internationally is a critical
component of the supply reduction effort.

In addition, OCDETF requires that, in *every* OCDETF case, investigators
identify and target the financial infrastructure that permits the drug
organization to operate; in this way, all of OCDETF's efforts support
Priority III of the *President's National Drug Control Strategy*:
"Disrupting the Market -- Attacking the Economic Base of the Drug
Trade."

It is not enough, however, to simply investigate and indict drug
traffickers and money launderers. If OCDETF is to achieve its goals,
those indicted must be brought to justice. OCDETF, therefore, strives to
conduct successful fugitive apprehension efforts and prosecutions, which
not only are critical to OCDETF's mission, but also support DOJ's
Strategic Goal IV.

### 5. OCDETF Program Costs {#ocdetf-program-costs .unnumbered}

For FY 2004 and FY 2005, the Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement
(ICDE) Appropriation provided resources to reimburse agencies from the
Departments of Justice, Treasury and Homeland Security for participation
in the OCDETF Program. Beginning in FY 2006, OCDETF's request included
funding only to reimburse participating agencies from the Department of
Justice.

The Decision Units reflect the OMB-approved structure, which collapses
OCDETF's activities into two Decision Units: Investigations and
Prosecutions. The administrative program support provided by the OCDETF
Executive Office is pro-rated between those two Decision Units, based
upon the percentage of total appropriated ICDE Program funding
attributable to the member agencies within each Decision Unit.

In FY 2006, approximately 82 percent of the OCDETF budget was used to
cover the payroll costs of 1,728 investigative agents and 633
prosecutors funded by the Program.

[Investigations Decision Unit]{.underline} -- This decision unit
includes the reimbursable resources that support investigative
activities of the following participating agencies: DEA, FBI, USMS, and
ATF. Also included are the reimbursable resources that support the
intelligence activities of OCDETF's member agencies and the OCDETF
Fusion Center. Investigative activities by ICE, the USCG and IRS in
support of the OCDETF Program will be funded out of the direct
appropriations of the Departments of Homeland Security and Treasury.

Investigative expenses include such items as the Purchase of
Evidence/Payment for Information (PE/PI), mission-related travel,
training, operational funding, supplies, electronic surveillance costs
and other equipment costs. Intelligence expenses include such items as
basic and advanced training, software, workstations, desktop and laptop
computers, other equipment costs and mission-related travel.

[Prosecutions Decision Unit]{.underline} - This decision unit includes
the reimbursable prosecution resources situated at the 94 U.S. Attorneys
Offices around the country (executed through the Executive Office for
U.S. Attorneys) and the Criminal and Tax Divisions of the Department of
Justice.

Prosecution-related expenses include case-related travel; training;
printing and reproduction of court documents; court instruments; filing
and recording fees; reporting and transcripts for deposition, grand jury
and court proceedings; litigation support; litigation graphics; fees for
the reproduction of financial records; stenographic/interpreter
services; supplies and materials; and ADP and other equipment.

### 6. OCDETF Performance Challenges {#ocdetf-performance-challenges .unnumbered}

The challenges that impede progress toward the achievement of the OCDETF
Program's goals are complex and ever-changing. Competing agency
priorities, foreign policy, technological developments, and societal
attitudes are only a few of the factors that can impact drug enforcement
efforts. The following are examples of some of the most significant
performance challenges that OCDETF must confront.

**[*External* *Challenges:*]{.underline}** A number of external factors
could affect the OCDETF Program's ability to achieve its strategic goals
and objectives. These external factors include:

-   **National Priorities**: Law enforcement is required to respond to
    emergency or special situations, including terrorist incidents,
    national disasters, and other similar events. Depending upon the
    nature of the event, the priorities -- and, perhaps, even the
    mission -- of a federal law enforcement agency may be temporarily or
    permanently altered. For example, following the September 11, 2001
    terrorist attacks, most OCDETF agency resources were diverted, at
    least temporarily, and some participants permanently redirected
    resources to counter-terrorism. Likewise, Hurricane Katrina, and the
    ensuing relief effort, resulted in the disruption, and in some
    cases, the discontinuation, of many significant active OCDETF
    operations.

-   **Local Government**: Changes in the fiscal posture or policies of
    state and local governments can have dramatic effects on the
    capacity of state and local governments to remain effective law
    enforcement partners. In addition, many state and local law
    enforcement officers serve as reservists and are called away for
    military duty. State and local law enforcement participated in
    approximately 90 percent of OCDETF investigations nationwide in FY
    2006.

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-   **Globalization:** Issues of criminal justice increasingly transcend
    national boundaries, requiring the cooperation of foreign
    governments and involving treaty obligations and other foreign
    policy concerns. The nature of the relationships between the U.S.
    and particular foreign governments can dramatically impact law
    enforcement's ability to conduct operations against international
    sources of supply, to freeze and seize foreign assets, to apprehend
    fugitives in foreign countries, and to extradite defendants to stand
    trial in the U.S. For example, there remain ongoing difficulties in
    securing the extradition of major drug traffickers from Mexico, and
    the passage of Colombia's Justice and Peace Law may have some impact
    on the U.S.'s ability to extradite some defendants from that
    country.

-   **Technology:** Advances in telecommunications and widespread use of
    the Internet are creating new opportunities for criminals, new
    classes of crimes, and new challenges for law enforcement. These
    technologies enable drug traffickers and money launderers to conduct
    their unlawful activities in ways that impede the effective use of
    traditional electronic surveillance techniques, which otherwise are
    the most powerful means to infiltrate the highest levels of these
    organizations. Use of the Internet also makes it more difficult for
    law enforcement to identify the base of operations of certain
    criminal organizations.

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-   **Social‑Demographic Factors:** The level of drug activity is often
    influenced by societal attitudes toward the use of illegal drugs.
    Recent efforts by some states to promote legalization of drugs,
    including, in particular, marijuana, have complicated federal law
    enforcement efforts.

***[Internal Challenges:]{.underline}*** OCDETF currently faces a number
of internal challenges. These include:

-   **Competing Agency Priorities:** OCDETF is a program comprised of
    multiple federal agencies from three separate Departments, and each
    Department and member agency has mandated its own priorities for
    carrying out its part of the fight against illegal drugs. OCDETF
    must unite those agencies behind one single mission and ensure
    accountability for Program performance in an environment of
    competing funding priorities in three different Departments.

-   **Performance Measurement**: While the current performance data
    collected by the OCDETF Executive Office is an effective means of
    evaluating outputs and outcomes at the district and regional levels,
    OCDETF also must have performance metrics that capture the true
    impact of the national program. Specifically, OCDETF must be
    equipped to demonstrate the effect on drug supply and drug
    availability of disrupting and dismantling international, national
    and regional organizations, and OCDETF must similarly develop
    measures that demonstrate the impact of financial investigations and
    asset seizures on unlawful financial activity. In FY 2003, OCDETF
    implemented new reports to collect information regarding a targeted
    organization's capacity to move drugs and money, and OCDETF
    continues to refine its system for measuring program success.

    Measuring program success is complicated by the fact that drug
    supply reduction is a reflection of a number of factors, including
    drug seizures, eradication efforts, precursor chemical
    interdictions, cash and asset seizures, increased
    border/transportation security, international military operations,
    social and political forces, climatic changes and even natural
    disasters. Thus, program results are not easily measurable in a
    single year.

-   **Balance of Direct and OCDETF-Funded Resources**: Experienced
    OCDETF attorneys and agents are needed to investigate and prosecute
    large-scale, sophisticated drug enterprises, operating nationally
    and internationally; however, many OCDETF investigations against
    major supply organizations originate as non-OCDETF drug
    investigations targeting smaller drug networks and violent drug
    offenders. Thus, both direct-funded and OCDETF-funded resources are
    essential for effective drug supply reduction, and appropriate
    staffing levels must be maintained in each category.

-   **Data Collection:** Processes for case tracking, time reporting and
    overtime tracking vary from agency to agency and from region to
    region, resulting in inconsistencies in data and difficulties in
    monitoring compliance with OCDETF policies, procedures and
    guidelines. The different processes also complicate efforts to
    develop and monitor standard performance measures. OCDETF conducts
    regular reviews with its member agencies in an effort to address
    these data issues and to implement corrective measures.

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**VI. Decision Unit Justification**

### A. Investigations 

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  **Investigations TOTAL**             **Perm.     **FTE**   **Dollars
                                       Pos.**                \$(000)**

  2006 Enacted w/Rescissions and       2,143       2,143     351,413
  Supplementals                                              

  2007 Estimate                        2,437       2,437     318,172

  Adjustments to Base and Technical    0           0         43,452
  Adjustments                                                

  2008 Current Services                2,437       2,437     361,624

  2008 Program Increases               1           1         8,624

  2008 Request                         2,438       2,438     370,248

  **Total Change 2007-2008**           1           1         52,076
  ------------------------------------ ----------- --------- ---------------

### 

### 1. Program Description {#program-description .unnumbered}

The FY 2008 request for the Investigations Activity is 2,438
reimbursable positions (1,728 agents), 2,438 reimbursable workyears, and
\$370,248,000.

OCDETF investigations cannot be conducted without cooperation among
various agencies. OCDETF investigations require a mix of skills,
experience, and enforcement jurisdiction, which no single agency
possesses. The Program's strength is its ability to draw upon the
combined skills, expertise and techniques of each participating agency
(both within, and outside of, the Department of Justice). The four DOJ
law enforcement agencies, and the OCDETF Fusion Center, reimbursed from
the ICDE appropriation for investigative and intelligence efforts on
OCDETF cases are identified below:

Department of Justice

> [Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)]{.underline} is the agency most
> actively involved in the OCDETF Program with an average participation
> rate in investigations that has continually exceeded 80 percent. DEA
> is the only federal agency in OCDETF that has drug enforcement as its
> sole responsibility. The agency's vast experience in this field, its
> knowledge of international drug rings, its relationship with foreign
> law enforcement entities, and its working relationships with state and
> local authorities all have made DEA essential to the OCDETF Program.
>
> [Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)]{.underline} brings to OCDETF
> its extensive expertise in the investigation of traditional organized
> crime, public corruption and white collar/financial crimes. The FBI
> uses its skills to gather and analyze intelligence data and undertake
> sophisticated electronic surveillance. The FBI reorganized its direct
> drug resources following the events of September 11, 2001, but
> remained committed to the OCDETF Program and to the goal of targeting
> major drug trafficking organizations and their financial
> infrastructure.
>
> [United States Marshals Service (USMS)]{.underline} is the specialist
> responsible for the apprehension of OCDETF fugitives. Fugitives are
> typically repeat offenders who flee apprehension only to continue
> their criminal enterprises elsewhere. Their arrest by the USMS
> immediately makes the community in which they were hiding and
> operating a safer place to live. Currently, there are nearly 7,000
> OCDETF fugitives nationwide. The Marshals Service also has
> responsibility for the pre-seizure investigation of assets in complex
> cases. The USMS has entered into a formal commitment with the U.S.
> Attorneys' Offices to ensure that all cases involving real property,
> ongoing businesses, out-of-district assets, and anything that is
> perishable will receive a detailed and timely pre-seizure planning
> investigation by the USMS.
>
> [Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
> (ATF)]{.underline} agents focus on major drug traffickers who also
> have violated laws related to the illegal trafficking and misuse of
> firearms and explosives. A significant portion of today's violent
> crime is directly associated with the distribution of drugs by
> sophisticated organizations. Firearms often serve as a form of payment
> for drugs and, together with explosives and arson, are used as tools
> of drug organizations for purposes of intimidation, enforcement and
> retaliation against their own members, rival organizations, or the
> community in general. Thus, ATF's jurisdiction and expertise make it a
> well-suited partner in the fight against illegal drugs.

The law enforcement agencies funded through their respective
Departments' direct appropriations for their investigative efforts on
OCDETF cases are identified below:

The Department of the Treasury

> [Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS)]{.underline}
> agents work to dismantle and disrupt major drug-related money
> laundering organizations by applying their unique financial skills to
> investigate all aspects of the organization's illegal activities. The
> IRS uses the tax code, money laundering statutes, and asset
> seizure/forfeiture laws to thoroughly investigate the financial
> operations of targeted organizations. Given the OCDETF Program's
> concentration on identifying and destroying the financial systems that
> support the drug trade, and on seizing the assets and profits of major
> criminal organizations, IRS is a vital participant in the Program.

The Department of Homeland Security

> [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)]{.underline} agents
> contribute valuable financial and drug investigative expertise and
> intelligence to the OCDETF Program as a direct result of the agency's
> responsibility for identifying and dismantling vulnerabilities
> regarding the nation's border.  The vast majority of drugs sold in
> this country are not produced domestically; the drugs themselves, or
> their essential precursor chemicals, are smuggled across one of the
> borders and transported for distribution throughout the country.  ICE
> agents have a wide array of Customs and Immigration authorities at
> their disposal to support the Program, whether it be targeting
> high-risk vessels, containers, vehicles or persons for inspection or
> utilizing their immigration expertise to ensure the arrest and
> prosecution of significant alien targets.
>
> [United States Coast Guard (USCG]{.underline}) is primarily focused on
> drug interdiction and has found itself in a unique position to support
> the work of OCDETF. The USCG is the maritime expert for OCDETF,
> particularly in the coastal OCDETF Regions, and provides valuable
> intelligence and guidance on cases with maritime connections. USCG
> personnel also serve as liaisons with the military services and the
> National Narcotics Border Interdiction System. USCG currently has no
> permanently funded OCDETF positions.

**The OCDETF Fusion Center**

> [OCDETF Fusion Center (OFC)]{.underline}, the cornerstone of OCDETF's
> intelligence efforts , which is funded through the ICDE account and
> overseen by the OCDETF Director, was created to enhance OCDETF's
> overall capacity to engage in intelligence-driven law enforcement, an
> essential component of the OCDETF Program. The OFC, which commenced
> operations during FY 2006, is a comprehensive data center containing
> all drug and related financial intelligence information from six
> OCDETF-member investigative agencies, and the Financial Crimes
> Enforcement Network, as well as relevant data from other agencies. The
> OFC is designed to conduct cross-agency integration and analysis of
> drug and related financial data, to create comprehensive intelligence
> pictures of targeted organizations, including those identified as
> Consolidated Priority Organization Targets (CPOTs) and Regional
> Priority Organization Targets (RPOTs), and to pass actionable leads
> through the multi-agency Special Operations Division (SOD) to OCDETF
> participants in the field, including the OCDETF Co-located Tasks
> Forces. These leads will ultimately result in the development of
> better-coordinated, more comprehensive, multi-jurisdictional OCDETF
> investigations of the most significant drug trafficking and money
> laundering networks.

**OCDETF Co-located Task Forces**

> OCDETF co-located task forces have been established in New York,
> Houston, Boston, Atlanta, Tampa (Panama Express), Puerto Rico
> (Caribbean Corridor Initiative), and San Diego (Major Mexican
> Trafficking Task Force). These co-located task forces are designed to
> serve a dual purpose: they aggressively target the highest-level
> trafficking organizations and they also function as a central point of
> contact for OCDETF agents and prosecutors nationwide, gathering
> intelligence and disseminating investigative leads throughout the
> neighboring areas. These task forces also will respond to leads
> generated by the OCDETF Fusion Center. The OCDETF co-located task
> forces bring a synergy to drug trafficking investigations by literally
> combining, side-by-side, the resources and expertise of all of
> OCDETF=s participating investigative agencies, including State and
> Local law enforcement officers and prosecutors. By coordinating their
> efforts, the participants in these co-located task forces eliminate
> superfluous effort and save valuable resources.

State and Local Law Enforcement

> State and local law enforcement agencies participate in approximately
> 90 percent of all OCDETF investigations. State and local participation
> significantly expands OCDETF's available resource base and broadens
> the choice of venue for prosecution. Annually, OCDETF receives
> assistance from over 700 State and local departments nationwide.
> Currently, OCDETF reimburses state and local agencies for their
> overtime, travel, and per diem expenses with funds allocated by the
> Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund.

**B. Prosecutions**

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  **Prosecutions TOTAL**               **Perm.     **FTE**   **Dollars
                                       Pos.**                \$(000)**

  2006 Enacted w/Rescissions and       1,153       1,091     131,776
  Supplementals                                              

  2007 Estimate                        1,138       1,084     120,625

  Adjustments to Base and Technical    0           0         18,281
  Adjustments                                                

  2008 Current Services                1,138       1,084     138,906

  2008 Program Increases               0           0         0

  2008 Request                         1,138       1,084     138,906

  **Total Change 2007-2008**           0           0         18,281
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### 1. Program Description

The FY 2008 request for the Prosecution Activity is 1,138 positions (627
attorneys), 1,084 workyears, and \$138,906,000. The agencies reimbursed
for their investigative support and prosecutorial efforts on OCDETF
cases are identified below:

> [The United States Attorneys' Offices]{.underline} are key to every
> successful OCDETF investigation and prosecution. OCDETF prosecutors
> participate in the development of the investigative strategy and
> provide the necessary legal services and counsel that investigators
> require. Attorney involvement early in the investigation ensures that
> prosecutions are well-prepared, comprehensively charged, and expertly
> handled. OCDETF prosecutors are not expected to rush cases to
> completion but rather to move cases deliberately toward successful and
> comprehensive conclusions. While OCDETF attorneys generally carry a
> smaller caseload than their non-OCDETF counterparts, the cases
> typically are more complex and long-term.
>
> [The Criminal Division's Office of Enforcement Operations
> (OEO)]{.underline} offers direct operational support to U.S.
> Attorneys' Offices by reviewing all applications for electronic
> surveillance and by providing guidance to agents and prosecutors on
> the justification for and development of such applications. Prompt,
> thorough processing of time-sensitive Title III applications is
> crucial to the success of OCDETF's coordinated, nationwide
> investigations, approximately 41 percent of which use wiretaps.
>
> [The Criminal Division's Narcotic and Dangerous Drug Section (NDDS)
> and Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section (AFMLS)]{.underline}
> also provide assistance to and/or participate directly in OCDETF
> prosecutions when requested to do so by the United States Attorneys'
> Offices. With the increasing complexity and scope of OCDETF cases,
> Criminal Division attorneys also are called upon with greater
> frequency to provide expert advice to prosecutors in OCDETF cases.
>
> In particular, NDDS attorneys play a critical role in supporting and
> coordinating nationwide investigations through their work with the
> Special Operations Division. In addition, in FY 2003, OCDETF obtained
> funding to support a squad of NDDS attorneys who are available to be
> dispatched to U.S. Attorneys' Offices across the country to assist in
> drafting wiretap applications and managing wiretap investigations.
>
> With OCDETF's focus on pursuing financial investigations in every
> OCDETF case, AFMLS attorneys provide critical guidance to the field
> for the development of those investigations. AFMLS attorneys are
> skilled in the application of money laundering and other financial
> statutes to specific types of sophisticated criminal activity, and
> they are particularly knowledgeable about the means to identify,
> freeze, seize and repatriate assets from foreign jurisdictions. In
> addition, AFMLS administers OCDETF's nationwide financial training
> program. Since FY 2004, AFMLS personnel have conducted training
> conferences in approximately 30 cities nationwide, training more than
> 3,000 OCDETF agents, analysts and prosecutors on financial
> investigative techniques. A modified course was presented in Argentina
> during 2006 for agents located overseas.
>
> In addition, NDDS and AFMLS are responsible for providing legal
> support to the OCDETF Fusion Center.
>
> [The Tax Division]{.underline} provides nationwide review and
> coordination of all tax charges in OCDETF cases as well as assistance
> in other OCDETF financial investigations. Tax Division attorneys
> communicate frequently with regional OCDETF Coordinators to remain
> aware of new developments in the field, and they maintain a
> clearinghouse of legal and investigative materials and information
> available to OCDETF personnel.

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### D. PERFORMANCE, RESOURCES, AND STRATEGIES

#### 1. Performance Plan and Report for Outcomes

The goal of the Justice Department's drug strategy is to reduce the drug
supply in the United States by disrupting and dismantling the most
significant drug trafficking organizations and their related money
laundering operations. The OCDETF Program, with its multi-agency
partnerships and its focus on coordinated, multi-jurisdictional
investigations against entire drug networks, is the driving force behind
the supply reduction strategy.

OCDETF Performance Indicators

OCDETF is continuing to vigorously pursue the goals laid out in the
Department's drug strategy by targeting major drug trafficking
organizations in their entirety. OCDETF also remains committed to
maintaining accountability for its resources, and the results of that
commitment are evident in the following key performance areas:

[Steady Increases in New Investigations addressing the Southwest Border
and Methamphetamine]{.underline}

In FY 2002, OCDETF revised its Program Guidelines to focus Program
resources on coordinated, nationwide investigations of major drug
trafficking and money laundering organizations. As a result, OCDETF
experienced a sharp decline in the number of new investigations
initiated under the Program. This was expected, as the OCDETF Program
focused on the quality, rather than the quantity, of investigations.
However, since FY 2003, OCDETF has experienced a steady increase in case
initiations. During FY 2006, OCDETF continued its efforts to expand
investigations to attack all levels of the supply chain, regionally,
nationally, and internationally. OCDETF initiated 968 new cases in FY
2006, a ten percent increase over the number initiated in FY 2004.

OCDETF district and regional coordination groups are working diligently
to ensure that only those investigations that meet the standards
established for OCDETF cases are approved and the quality of these new
investigations clearly reflects OCDETF's commitment to pursue the most
significant drug trafficking and money laundering organizations. The
investigations are broader in scope and employ more complex
investigative techniques, including financial investigative techniques;
an increasing percentage of cases target international "command and
control" organizations as well as regional priority targets; and a
greater percentage of cases result in the seizure and forfeiture of
assets.

Most of the organizations targeted by OCDETF investigations are
"poly-drug." Historically, approximately 73 percent of OCDETF
investigations have targeted organizations trafficking in cocaine, 42
percent of investigations have involved marijuana, 23 percent have
involved heroin, and 18 percent have involved methamphetamine. However,
due to tighter controls on the domestic availability of methamphetamine
precursor chemicals, such as pseudoephedrine, the United States has
experienced a shift in the methamphetamine source of supply from
domestic clandestine labs to major Mexican trafficking organizations. As
a result, OCDETF is much better situated to play a leading role in the
fight against methamphetamine, and, in fact, OCDETF has already
experienced a substantial increase in the number of OCDETF
investigations targeting organizations involved in methamphetamine.
Between FY 2003 and FY 2006, OCDETF experienced a 35 percent increase in
the number of investigations initiated involving methamphetamine. The
most dramatic increases in OCDETF methamphetamine cases are in the
Pacific, West Central and Southwest OCDETF Regions.

Investigations against Consolidated Priority Organization Targets
(CPOTs) and Regional Priority Organization Targets (RPOTs)

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work up and across the supply chain to make connections among related
organizations nationwide. In particular, OCDETF participants strive to
identify links to regional priority targets, whose drug trafficking
activities have a significant impact on the particular drug threats
facing each of the OCDETF Regions, and, ultimately, to one of the
international "command and control" networks identified as a CPOT.

OCDETF's commitment to pursuing priority targets is evident from the
steady increase in the percentage of cases linked to these targets. In
FY 2006, 11 percent of OCDETF's active investigations \-- or 227 cases
\-- were linked to a CPOT, and 16 percent \-- or 347 cases \-- were
linked to regional priority targets. An additional 3 percent of active
investigations \-- or 67 cases \-- were linked to both CPOTs and RPOTs.
Fifty-three percent of the active CPOT-linked investigations are out of
the Southwest Region.

OCDETF data also demonstrates that OCDETF participants are pursuing
these investigations to successful conclusions. Between 2003 and 2005,
OCDETF dismantled 24 CPOT organizations and severely disrupted the
operations of another 15. In addition, during FY 2003 through FY 2005,
OCDETF disrupted or dismantled a total of 487 CPOT-linked organizations
\-- organizations working with or otherwise associated with a CPOT. In
FY 2006, four CPOTs were dismantled and another six were severely
disrupted. OCDETF disrupted or dismantled an additional 199 CPOT-linked
organizations during FY 2006.

OCDETF continues to be vigilant in auditing the quality of its data
collection in this important performance area. OCDETF ensures that a
thorough review of all cases reported to be linked to CPOTs is conducted
to determine the validity of each link, and has implemented controls to
ensure that links are properly supported.

Success in Financial Investigations

Ninety-six percent of OCDETF investigations initiated during FY 2006
have an active financial component, compared to 71 percent of
investigations initiated in FY 2003. These figures represent an all-time
high and demonstrate that OCDETF participants have been mandated to
pursue financial investigations as an integral part of each drug
investigation.

As a result of this focus, OCDETF is increasingly successful in seizing
and forfeiting drug-related assets. A growing percentage of
investigations are resulting in the seizure of assets and in charges
calling for the forfeiture of assets and proceeds. The percentage of
OCDETF investigations resulting in assets forfeited or restrained has
grown from just 66 percent in FY 2003, to 83 percent in FY 2006. More
than 24 percent of indictments contained forfeiture counts in FY 2006,
compared to only 18 percent of indictments returned in FY 2003. In FY
2006, OCDETF seized approximately \$300 million, and OCDETF forfeitures
amounted to more than \$382 million -- more than 23 percent greater than
the total forfeiture amount in FY 2005. Furthermore, from FY 2003
through FY 2006, OCDETF was responsible for the forfeiture of more than
\$1.3 billion, or 35 percent of the total cash and property forfeitures
reported in the entire Department of Justice Consolidated Asset Tracking
System.

Although OCDETF has had many successes in the financial arena, there is
still a long way to go. Despite increasing numbers, participating
agencies have only seized or forfeited a fraction of the estimated
illicit narcotics proceeds that attract traffickers to the drug trade in
the first place. OCDETF anticipates maintaining a high level of seizures
and forfeitures as its financial training program continues to reach
more agents, analysts and prosecutors nationwide and as pending
financial investigations mature. In addition, the financial section of
the OCDETF Fusion Center is expected to generate leads that will enable
program participants to make even greater headway against the financial
components of sophisticated trafficking organizations.

In order to have a significant impact on the financial systems that
support the drug trade, OCDETF must be steadfast in charging and
convicting those who conduct or facilitate illicit financial activity,
and in seizing and forfeiting their assets. Performance is gradually
improving in both of these areas. In FY 2006, approximately 11 percent
of all OCDETF defendants were charged with financial violations, up from
10 percent in FY 2003. There is a similar trend in the percent of
investigations that resulted in defendants convicted of financial
violations, up from 19 percent in FY 2003 to 24 percent in FY 2006. As
the number of primary money laundering investigations grows, and as the
FY 2005 and FY 2006 investigations continue to mature, OCDETF expects to
experience even greater increases in these statistics.

[Targeting Leadership-Level Defendants]{.underline}

OCDETF continues to focus on the targeting of leadership-level
defendants in its investigations. During FY 2006, more than 36 percent
of its investigative targets were leaders of their organizations. This
is more than four times the percentage identified in FY 2002
investigations. By focusing on leadership-level targets, OCDETF is more
likely to have a lasting impact against significant organizations and
their operations.

Broadening the Scope of OCDETF Investigations

One of the primary goals of the OCDETF Program is the development of
multi-jurisdictional investigations that simultaneously target and
attack the geographically-dispersed components of major trafficking
networks. It is only by attacking these networks in their entirety that
OCDETF can make a lasting impact on drug trafficking activity and drug
supply.

As of the third quarter of FY 2006, 89 percent of all active OCDETF
investigations were multi-jurisdictional \-- that is, the investigations
were multi-state, multi-regional or international in scope. This
represents a dramatic increase over the 19 percent of investigations in
this category in March of 2003. Moreover, since FY 2003, the percent of
investigations that are international in scope has increased from 29
percent to 45 percent.

[Emphasizing Nationwide Coordination of OCDETF
Investigations]{.underline}

Historically, many of the nationally-coordinated investigations handled
by the Special Operations Division (SOD) have been OCDETF
investigations. SOD operations exemplify the best efforts to
simultaneously attack all related components of sophisticated drug
trafficking and money laundering networks, thereby more effectively
disrupting their illegal activities. For this reason, OCDETF strives to
increase nationwide coordination of, and SOD participation in, OCDETF
cases. Over 31 percent of OCDETF's active investigative caseload
involves SOD coordination. Moreover, the number of FY 2006 OCDETF
investigation initiations involving SOD coordination is 50 percent
greater than the number of FY 2002 initiations. By acting upon the leads
generated by the Fusion Center, and feeding information through SOD,
OCDETF expects to steadily increase the percentage of SOD-coordinated
investigations.

[Leveraging OCDETF Co-located Task Forces]{.underline}

OCDETF believes that the greatest opportunity for success in achieving
Program goals is through the OCDETF co-located task forces. For example,
the New York Strike Force, which is comprised of 175 federal, state and
local law enforcement officers arranged in 15 integrated enforcement
groups, is strategically targeting CPOTs. This initiative recently
struck a major blow against the Rodriguez-Orejuela organization---a
former CPOT and significant leaders of the Cali Cartel. During the
investigation, intelligence sharing between DEA, ICE and IRS agents,
sitting side by side at the Strike Force, enabled these agencies to
expose a complex money laundering scheme. In combination with an
investigation and prosecution in Miami, the Rodrigez-Orejuela
organization was dismantled, its leaders arrested and indicted, over 100
bank accounts were identified, and a Colombian pharmacy chain used by
the organization was seized and forfeited. In another significant
indictment, unsealed in March 2006, the New York Strike Force charged 50
members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) with
conspiracy charges related to narcotics trafficking and money
laundering. By targeting CPOTs such as the Rodriguez-Orejuelas and
members of the FARC, the New York Strike Force is having a significant
impact on the drug supply in the United States.

Panama Express (PANEX) in Tampa, designated an OCDETF co-located task
force in FY 2007, is the premier multi-agency interdiction operation
implementing the Florida Caribbean Region's strategic initiative for
targeting maritime narcotics transportation. Through PANEX, OCDETF is
working to disrupt and dismantle the entire drug supply chain of
CPOT-level organizations by attacking the importation of cocaine and
heroin into the United States from Colombia via maritime vessels. The
key to its success has been prompt analysis of intelligence, allowing
law enforcement to proactively pursue priority targets and work towards
identifying not only those responsible for the importation of the drugs,
but those individuals who are the distributors within the United States.
Indeed since FY 2003, PANEX has removed over 951,758 pounds (283,800 in
FY 2006),of cocaine from the high seas, much of which was destined for
the United States. The Task Force has been responsible for over 1,286
arrests and the conviction of at least 675 OCDETF defendants, including
one CPOT.

#### Strategies to Accomplish Outcomes/FY 2008 Budget Request Relationship to Strategies

Enhancing OCDETF's Coordinated Pursuit of Entire Organizations

In order to enhance the OCDETF Program's ability to reduce the drug
supply and thereby reduce the availability of drugs to our citizens,
OCDETF has focused its resources on coordinated, nationwide
investigations targeting the entire infrastructure of major drug
trafficking organizations. These organizations are extremely complex,
and their members not only traffic in narcotics but also launder illicit
proceeds, arm themselves with and traffic in firearms, continue their
criminal activities as fugitives, and participate in terrorist
activities. In order to truly disrupt and dismantle these criminal
enterprises in their entirety, it is critical that OCDETF pursue the
organization at each and every level. This is precisely why the OCDETF
Program was established -- to combine the resources and expertise of its
member agencies, and to exploit their unique investigative capabilities
and authorities to achieve the greatest impact from drug law enforcement
efforts. Attacking these high-level organizations in their entirety
requires the active and coordinated participation of all the
OCDETF-member agencies and sufficient financial and attorney resources
to support all phases of OCDETF investigations. It also requires that
OCDETF participants think strategically about ways in which law
enforcement may effectively exploit the vulnerabilities of these
organizations.

[Focusing on Intelligence-driven, Strategic Enforcement]{.underline}

OCDETF is determined to attack the infrastructure of major drug
trafficking organizations at their most vulnerable points. The most
effective method for accomplishing this is through carefully planned and
comprehensive strategic initiatives pursued by the OCDETF Regions and
the Co-located Task Forces, designed to undertake high-level
investigations of major drug and money laundering targets, including
those listed on the CPOT List. When prosecutors and law enforcement
personnel work side-by-side in the same location, and when a strategic
action plan is developed to attack the organizations most responsible
for a specific drug threat, OCDETF is much more likely to strike a
lasting blow against these major criminal enterprises.

OCDETF is focused on enhancing the capacity of its participants to
undertake intelligence-driven, strategic enforcement initiatives. The
OCDETF Fusion Center was established to integrate and analyze drug
investigative data and related financial data with the goal of providing
law enforcement with the complete intelligence picture of the major
international and domestic trafficking organizations. Leads generated
from the Fusion Center will direct law enforcement efforts, especially
those resources located at the OCDETF Co-located Task Forces, against
those organizations and their related components nationwide in a manner
that will most effectively disrupt their operations and result in their
ultimate destruction. The Co-located Task Forces, such as Panama Express
in Tampa and the New York and Houston Strike Forces, are in unique
position to take advantage of Fusion Center leads.

The FY 2006 Department of Justice Appropriations Act directed OCDETF to
use carryover balances to cover base funding for the OCDETF Fusion
Center Operations. OCDETF did not request additional resources for the
Fusion Center in FY 2007. Instead, OCDETF realigned base intelligence
and training funds to cover the minimal facilities and operating costs
needed to operate the Fusion Center beyond FY 2006. The FY 2008 request
includes funding to cover the operations of the Fusion Center and its
technical infrastructure beyond FY 2007.

Using the CPOT and RPOT Lists

The CPOT List identifies international "command and control" drug
traffickers and money launderers, while the RPOT Lists identify those
organizations whose drug trafficking/money laundering activities have a
significant impact in a particular OCDETF Region. The CPOT and RPOT
Lists are important management tools for the OCDETF Program. These lists
enable the OCDETF Regions and districts to focus enforcement efforts on
specific targets that are believed to be primarily responsible for the
national and regional drug supply, and to coordinate related nationwide
investigations against the CPOT and RPOT organizations. It is through
the disruption and dismantlement of these major drug trafficking and
money laundering organizations that OCDETF will have its greatest impact
on the overall drug supply.

The OCDETF FY 2008 request enhances the operations of the Fusion Center
by updating and modifying the Compass System tools based on user
feedback and system requirements, which will generate the threat
analysis, link analysis, and intelligence products necessary to further
investigations against CPOTs and RPOTs.

Permanently Disabling Drug Organizations through Fugitive Apprehension

Simply indicting high-level drug traffickers and money launderers is not
enough to ensure the success of the OCDETF Program. In order to
permanently disable drug trafficking enterprises, organization members
must be brought to justice, and their illegally-obtained assets must be
seized and forfeited; otherwise, these traffickers continue to operate
their illegal enterprises indefinitely.

OCDETF defendants and fugitives are highly mobile, and they typically
have extensive resources and an extended network of associates to assist
them in avoiding arrest. Consequently, the longer they remain at large,
the more difficult they become to apprehend and prosecute. The funding
requested to support OCDETF Fusion Center operations will enhance the
Fusion Center's ability to provide intelligence support to the USMS
fugitive apprehension efforts.

Increasing OCDETF Performance and Accountability

OCDETF is committed to holding its participants accountable for
achieving the overall mission and goals of the Program \-- that is,
reducing the Nation's drug supply through the disruption and
dismantlement of significant drug and money laundering organizations.
Since May 2003, the OCDETF Executive Office has been distributing
monthly, and more comprehensive quarterly, performance indicator reports
to all U.S. Attorneys, OCDETF Lead Task Force Attorneys, and agency
managers. These reports have become an essential management tool for
field Program Managers. The reports track key OCDETF performance
indicator data as well as reporting compliance rates for each judicial
district. The OCDETF Director uses this information to conduct district
and agency performance reviews, to identify staffing deficits and
allocate new resources, and to identify areas for program improvement.
These performance indicator reports also drive OCDETF's budget requests
and enable OCDETF to more effectively tie resource requests to program
accomplishments.

[Results of Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) Reviews]{.underline}

The OCDETF Program will not be reviewed under the Program Assessment
Rating Tool (PART) process, because all of its Department of Justice
member agencies have participated in the PART review process.

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**VII. Program Increases By Item**

**Item Name: Intelligence Sharing**

Budget Decision Unit(s): Investigations

Strategic Goal(s) & Objective(s): Goal 2: Objective 2.2

Organizational Program: OCDETF Program

Component ranking of Item: 1

Program Increase: Positions [1]{.underline} Agt/Atty [0]{.underline} FTE
[1]{.underline} Dollars [\$8,624,000]{.underline}

Description of Item

OCDETF is seeking an enhancement of 1 position, 1 FTE and \$8,624,000 to
support and expand the OCDETF Fusion Center=s analytical and operational
capabilities.

OCDETF requests \$8,400,000 to provide base funding for the operation
and maintenance of the OCDETF Fusion Center's technical infrastructure.

OCDETF requests one Senior Executive Service-level position, 1 FTE and
\$224,000 for the OCDETF Executive Office to serve as a full-time Fusion
Center Director and to provide oversight and management of the OFC.

This program improvement has the following objectives:

1\. To provide funding to support the operation and maintenance of the
OCDETF Fusion Center's technical infrastructure;

2\. To enhance analytical support to the OCDETF Fusion Center and
thereby assist in initiating and developing multi-agency and
multi-jurisdictional OCDETF investigations and prosecutions targeting
drug trafficking and related money laundering organizations, including,
in particular, those linked to Consolidated Priority Organization
Targets and Regional Priority Organization Targets.

Justification

To achieve the maximum impact against the organizations primarily
responsible for the flow of illicit drugs into America, intelligence
must drive enforcement efforts and law enforcement must collaborate
across regions and agencies to strategically attack these organizations.
As noted in the President=s 2004 National Drug Control Strategy:

> \[c\]onfronting a hidden, illicit business requires discipline,
> intelligence, and creativity. To a degree not commonly imagined, it
> also requires coordination, since trafficking organizations can span
> dozens of states and hundreds of jurisdictions, and
>
> investigating them can involve dozens of law enforcement agencies. . .
> . Yet, focusing Federal as well as state and local law enforcement
> agencies on the same set of targets \-- and inducing them to share
> intelligence \-- has been a perennial challenge.

Intelligence-driven investigations and coordinated, strategic
enforcement initiatives are essential components of the OCDETF Program.
OCDETF strives to ensure that its valuable, but finite, resources are
focused on investigations of the highest priority targets, and that
information generated from those investigations is disseminated to law
enforcement in a manner that allows for the maximum impact against drug
trafficking and money laundering activity. To do this effectively,
intelligence must drive enforcement efforts. OCDETF participants must
have the ability to access, link, and interpret voluminous intelligence
information from the OCDETF member agencies, and from others in the drug
law enforcement community. OCDETF participants must also have a
mechanism to receive and disseminate leads that will aid in the
development of coordinated, multi-jurisdictional investigations.

To enhance OCDETF's overall capacity to engage in intelligence-driven
enforcement, OCDETF created the OCDETF Fusion Center (OFC) -- a
comprehensive data center containing all drug and related financial
intelligence information from six OCDETF-member investigative
agencies[^2], the National Drug Intelligence Center and the Financial
Crimes Enforcement Network. The OFC is designed to conduct cross-agency
integration and analysis of drug and related financial data, to create
comprehensive intelligence pictures of targeted organizations, including
those identified as Consolidated Priority Organization Targets (CPOTs)
and Regional Priority Organization Targets (RPOTs), and to pass
actionable leads through the multi-agency Special Operations Division
(SOD) to OCDETF participants in the field. The work of the OFC
ultimately results in the development of coordinated,
multi-jurisdictional OCDETF investigations of the most significant drug
trafficking and money laundering networks.

The OFC stands as a flagship of DOJ's information sharing efforts both
within DOJ and with the wider law enforcement community. The OFC has
created a powerful information and analytical capability not previously
available. The system is designed to integrate and perform analysis of
law enforcement and intelligence data that, historically, has been
segregated by organizational and technical boundaries. To date, there
have been no base funds appropriated to support the operations and
maintenance of the OFC's technical infrastructure, also known as the
Compass System[^3]. Until now, this has not presented an insurmountable
challenge. However, in FY 2008 the Compass System will no longer be in
development, and will in fact have operated for a full fiscal year. As a
result, base funds will be needed to ensure the operation and
maintenance of Compass beyond FY 2007. There are a number of costs
associated with maintaining Compass, including on-going contractor
support to assist with continuous data ingestion of eighteen data
sources, support for the ingestion of new data sources, support for
providing technical assistance to users, maintenance of licenses for
software critical to the on-going ingestion of agency data and analysis
capabilities of Compass, maintenance contracts for hardware, and
contractor support for modifying system functionality to meet user
requirements. This request seeks \$8,400,000 to provide the necessary
funds to address these on-going costs.

These requested funds will have a direct impact on the performance of
the OCDETF Program and the OFC, allowing OCDETF to more readily identify
those most responsible for the United States drug supply and the
millions of dollars that they enjoy because of their criminal
activities. Although the OFC has been operational for only a short time
and the Compass System itself was just deployed to OFC users in July
2006, OCDETF is already seeing significant results. The Compass System
has added tremendous value immediately by allowing OFC users to extract
information from law enforcement reporting and identify connections
between pieces of information and organizations in a manner that was not
previously possible without hours of manual review. The OFC has already
made significant contributions to on-going investigations against some
of the most prolific drug trafficking and money laundering
organizations. As a result of the Compass System and the intelligence
products and leads produced by intelligence analysts and agents, the OFC
was able to identify additional evidence/information to support the
indictment of additional defendants involved in drug and money
laundering conspiracies and to identify additional assets derived from
drug proceeds for potential forfeiture. As of January 2007, over 900
intelligence products and leads have been produced for federal
investigators across the country from ATF, DEA, FBI, IRS, and USMS to
support their efforts in active drug and money laundering
investigations. The feedback from the field has been overwhelmingly
positive regarding OFC products.

While the OFC has already experienced much success, it has not been
without great difficulties. For the OCDETF Fusion Center to operate
effectively and meet its goals, it must have proper oversight and
management from a full-time, SES-level Director. Currently, OCDETF is
dependent upon the ability of one of its OCDETF member agencies to
provide a detailee to serve in this position. Since FY 2004, DEA has
provided an SES-level agent to serve in this capacity; however, the
individuals who have served in this position simultaneously have
retained their other SES responsibilities within DEA. None of the
OCDETF-member agencies have been able to commit a full-time SES
candidate because of the limit on available SES positions within their
own organizations. A full-time Director can more effectively handle the
day-to-day management of the OFC and spend time supervising operations
and OFC personnel to maximize the OFC's effectiveness. A full-time
Director also would have a greater ability to focus on important
administrative and financial projects, including the execution of fiscal
controls and the implementation of performance and accountability
measures; to map out a strategic vision for the OFC; and to regularly
adjust priorities and policies to ensure that the Center fully meets its
strategic goals. Once the funding is approved, the OCDETF Executive
Office will follow the established internal procedure for formally
requesting the transfer of an existing, vacant SES position to the
OCDETF Executive Office from within the Department of Justice.

Impact on Performance

Information-sharing and coordination are the keys to success in
multi-jurisdictional drug investigations. It is only through such
efforts that OCDETF can identify, disrupt and dismantle drug trafficking
organizations and their related financial systems. Accordingly, this
proposed program improvement, which enhances the analytical and
operational capabilities of OCDETF=s Fusion Center directly, supports
Priority III of the President=s National Drug Control Strategy as well
as DOJ=s Strategic Goal 2, Objective 2.2. If this request is not funded,
OCDETF will not be able to support the continued operation of Compass
beyond FY 2007, thus nullifying what to date, has been a \$30 million
investment.

[RESOURCE REQUEST BY AGENCY]{.underline}:

[OCDETF Executive Office]{.underline}: \$8,400,000 to provide base
funding for the operation and maintenance of the OCDETF Fusion Center's
technical infrastructure as well as 1 SES-level position, 1 FTE and
\$224,000 to provide oversight and management for the Fusion Center.

# Funding

Base Funding

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<td colspan="4"><p id="fy-2008-presidents-budget"
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[Personnel Increase Cost Summary]{.underline}

+-----------------+-----------------+-------------+-------------------+
| Type of         | Modular Cost    | Number of   | FY 2008           |
| Position        |                 |             |                   |
|                 | per Position    | Positions   | Request (\$000)   |
|                 | (\$000)         |             |                   |
|                 |                 | Requested   |                   |
+-----------------+-----------------+-------------+-------------------+
| SES Manager     | \$224           | 1           | \$224             |
+-----------------+-----------------+-------------+-------------------+
|                 |                 |             |                   |
+-----------------+-----------------+-------------+-------------------+
| Total Personnel | \$224           | 1           | \$224             |
+-----------------+-----------------+-------------+-------------------+

Non-Personnel Increase Cost Summary

+-----------------+----------------+-----------------+----------------+
| Non-Personnel   | Unit Cost      | Quantity        | FY 2008        |
| Item            |                |                 | Request        |
|                 |                |                 |                |
|                 |                |                 | (\$000)        |
+-----------------+----------------+-----------------+----------------+
| OFC Recurring   | ...            | ...             | \$8,400        |
| Costs           |                |                 |                |
+-----------------+----------------+-----------------+----------------+
| Total           | ...            | ...             | \$8,400        |
| Non-Personnel   |                |                 |                |
+-----------------+----------------+-----------------+----------------+

Total Request for this Item

+-----------+-----+------+-----+----------+---------+--------------+
|           | Pos | Agt/ | FTE | P        | Non-Pe  | Total        |
|           |     | Atty |     | ersonnel | rsonnel |              |
|           |     |      |     |          |         | (\$000)      |
|           |     |      |     | (\$000)  | (\$000) |              |
+-----------+-----+------+-----+----------+---------+--------------+
| Current   | ... | ...  | ... | ...      | \$3,103 | \$3,103      |
| Services  |     |      |     |          |         |              |
+-----------+-----+------+-----+----------+---------+--------------+
| Increases | 1   | ...  | 1   | \$224    | 8,400   | 8,624        |
+-----------+-----+------+-----+----------+---------+--------------+
| Grand     | 1   | ...  | 1   | \$224    | 11,503  | 11,727       |
| Total     |     |      |     |          |         |              |
+-----------+-----+------+-----+----------+---------+--------------+

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**EXHIBITS**

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[^1]: [National Drug Control Strategy]{.underline}, February 2006

[^2]: OCDETF continues to negotiate with ICE -- the seventh OCDETF
    agency -- in an effort to secure its participation in the Fusion
    Center.

[^3]: OCDETF originally requested \$22 million in funding in its FY 2004
    appropriation to develop the technical infrastructure of the OFC.
    Approximately \$11 million dollars was expected to carry forward to
    address on-going costs associated with operating and maintaining the
    OFC and its technical infrastructure. The Consolidated
    Appropriations Act of 2004 (P.L. 108-199) directed the Drug
    Enforcement Administration to use \$25 million in available FY 2003
    balances for the creation of the OCDETF Fusion Center. As a result
    of this resort to carryover funds, no base funding was provided for
    recurring costs, including technical operations and maintenance
    costs, rent and utilities. OCDETF's FY 2005 budget request did not
    include operational funding either, as it was submitted before the
    parameters of Congress' 2004 appropriation became known. OCDETF did
    not receive approval to begin expending funds to develop Compass
    until the start of FY 2005, and thus much of the hardware and
    software that supports Compass and its users was acquired in early
    2006. OCDETF has thus far been able to cover operational and
    maintenance costs for the system from the initial \$25 million sum
    and from OCDETF's own unobligated balances (as directed by Congress
    in FY 2006). For the first time, in the President's FY 2007 request,
    OCDETF sought to realign \$3.2 million in base funding to defray
    ongoing facilities costs associated with maintaining ongoing
    operations at the OFC. This sum is insufficient to cover the
    operational and maintenance costs of the technical infrastructure.