SOUTH FLORIDA HIDTA

2005 ANNUAL REPORT
 

OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY 

May 15, 2006
 

South Florida High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area 

Julie Torres, Chair, SFLHIDTA Executive Board
 

Timothy Wagner, Director Joel Widell, Deputy Director
 
Table of Contents
 

I. Executive Summary.............................................................................................................3
 

II. Introduction ......................................................................................................................4
 

A. National HIDTA Program Mission Statement 

B. South Florida HIDTA Program Vision Statement 

C. South Florida HIDTA Program Mission Statement 

III. National HIDTA Goals ........................................................................................................7
 

IV. Summary of Threat Assessment For 2005...........................................................................7
 

V. South Florida HIDTA Strategy Summary ...........................................................................9
 

VI. HIDTA Performance Measures .........................................................................................10
 

A. Performance Measures for Goal 1
 

B. Performance Measures for Goal 2
 

C. Other Tables 

VII. Conclusions ....................................................................................................................22
 

VIII. Appendices ....................................................................................................................29
 

IX. List of Tables and Charts ...................................................................................................32
 

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South Florida HIDTA 2005 Annual Report 

I. Executive Summary 

Drug trafficking in South Florida continues to present a major challenge to 

the security and well being of communities within the area and the rest of the 

nation. South Florida continues as a major gateway for cocaine and heroin 

shipments from South America destined for Florida and the rest of the nation. 

It serves as a command and control center for South American and 

Caribbean based drug trafficking organizations and is the focal point for a large 

portion of illicit drug funds flowing back to these organizations. At the same time, 

its communities face significant violent crime associated with this activity. Armed 

home invasions, drug-related disputes and turf wars, together with violence used in 

crimes necessary to support drug habits, are the major cause of the still intolerable 

levels of homicides and other violent crimes in South Florida. 

The HIDTA program is designed to disrupt the market for illegal drugs in 

the United States. With each seizure of drugs or drug assets, the organizations that 

supply the market with illicit drugs become less profitable. As we increase the 

number of arrests of those responsible for the operation of the drug enterprises, we 

further disrupt the market and reduce its ability to continue or expand its customer 

base. 

Because of our positioning as a U.S. command and control center and 

gateway for South American and Caribbean organizations, we are in a unique 

position to identify and penetrate the organizations and systems responsible for 

fueling the drug trafficking and related money laundering which occurs in many 

other regions of the nation. A very significant portion of our mission includes 

targeting organizations and systems that do not necessarily impact directly upon the 

South Florida drug market at the consumer level, but supply other regions of the 

United States. We accept this as our role and responsibility in furtherance of the 

national drug strategy and an important part of our mission. South Florida HIDTA 

Task Forces also provide considerable support to investigations conducted in other 

regions of the nation by other task forces. 

As a direct result of our collective strategy, South Florida HIDTA is proud 

to report outstanding accomplishments for 2005: 

In return for the investment of $12,200,855 provided to the South Florida 

HIDTA for 2005 operations, South Florida law enforcement agencies committed an 

estimated $77 million worth of resources including personnel, equipment, and 

operating expenses to the HIDTA Task Forces, Intelligence Center and Support 

Initiatives. 

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This South Florida HIDTA Annual Report provides a detailed summary and 

overview of the drug law enforcement accomplishments of the South Florida 

HIDTA Task Forces and Initiatives during 2005. 

II. Introduction 

The purpose of this report is to describe the 2005 operations of the South 

Florida HIDTA and document its progress in achieving its goals and those of the 

National Drug Strategy. To fully appreciate South Florida HIDTA’s achievements, it 

is important to understand how it is structured and why it exists. The Director, Office 

of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), designates regions and critical drug 

trafficking problems adversely impacting the United States as High Intensity Drug 

Trafficking Area (HIDTA). By design, HIDTA offices are located in these areas. 

Thus, the national HIDTA program, composed of 28 individual HIDTAs spread 

throughout the nation, is uniquely situated to counteract this illicit activity. HIDTAs 

play a significant role in addressing real world drug and drug-related problems, and 

offer real world solutions. South Florida HIDTA is a leader in this regard. 

South Florida HIDTA facilitates cooperation between the 39 state and local 

agencies and the 11 federal agencies that provide 701 full time collocated personnel 

that make up the HIDTA Task Forces, Intelligence Center and initiatives. 

Participating agencies provide personnel, equipment, expertise and jurisdiction to 

HIDTA initiatives. They agree to cooperate and share intelligence. They agree to 

deconflict investigative subjects and events through the HIDTA intelligence Center, 

and to develop and execute a coordinated, joint counter-drug strategy in concert with 

the rest of the state and local and federal law enforcement community that comprises 

the South Florida HIDTA. They are willing to agree to these requirements because 

they recognize that each agency is far more effective when combined with the 

resources brought to the table by the other participating agencies and HIDTA. The y 

trust HIDTA to perform as an honest broker in this process. 

HIDTA in return provides the services of an Intelligence Center, a translation 

initiative, analytical support, technical support, logistical support, equipment, and 

supplemental funding. Most importantly HIDTA provides a neutral platform from 

which eight federal and nine state/local law enforcement/prosecution agency leaders 

comprise an Executive Board that oversees the development and execution of a 

collective drug law enforcement strategy on behalf of all of the participating agencies. 

Two of the state and local agencies rotate as voting member one year and alternate 

the next year. This assures that there are only 8 federal and 8 state/local voting 

members at any given time. 

To achieve meaningful results, the South Florida HIDTA needs clear goals 

(HIDTA Program Goals); a recognition of the challenges faced (a threat assessment); 

a plan to get there (a strategy with quantifiable performance targets) and a way to 

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document achievements (an Annual Report). The overall HIDTA mission is 

embodied by the National Program Mission Statement: 

National HIDTA
 

Program Mission Statement
 

The mission of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Program is 

to disrupt the market for illegal drugs in the United States by assisting federal, state, 

and local law enforcement entities participating in the HIDTA program to dismantle 

and disrupt drug trafficking organizations, with particular emphasis on drug 

trafficking regions that have harmful effects on other parts of the United States. 

During the previous calendar year, the South Florida HIDTA Director and 

Executive Board worked closely with law enforcement and local HIDTA staff to 

develop a vision of the future which clearly reflects what outcomes HIDTA initiatives 

seek to achieve. 

South Florida HIDTA 

Vision Statement 

The vision of the South Florida HIDTA is to continue as the highest 

producing HIDTA in the nation. To increasingly accomplish precedent setting 

high impact investigations that significant ly advance the national and local drug 

control strategy while striving to become a model for multi-agency cooperation 

through full sharing of information and interagency cooperation between and 

among collocated federal, state and local multi-agency HIDTA task forces. 

South Florida HIDTA’s success is measured in part by its ability to facilitate 

greater efficiency, effectiveness, and cooperation among and between external 

participating agencies at the local, state and federal leve l, thus yielding tangible, 

measurable results. Collocation of different law enforcement agencies to facilitate and 

enhance resource and information sharing is a key strategy. During 2005, we 

furthered this goal by relocating the Miami-Dade HIDTA facility to a structure 

specifically designed to provide an open environment, free of barriers that would 

hinder such interaction. We continued a series of coordination meetings designed to 

foster this sharing between initiatives pursuing similar threats regardless of which 

facility they are located in. 

South Florida HIDTA
 

Program Mission Statement
 

The mission of the South Florida High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area 

(SFLHIDTA) Program is to disrupt the market for illegal drugs in the SFLHIDTA 

counties by assisting federal, state, and local law enforcement entities 

participating in the HIDTA program to dismantle and disrupt drug trafficking 

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organizations, with particular emphasis on drug trafficking organizations and 

systems that also have harmful effects on other parts of the United States. 

Reporting Period: This Annual Report covers the reporting period of January 1, 2005 

to December 31, 2005. 

Budget Allocation: During this reporting period, ONDCP allocated a $12,200,855 

budget for the South Florida HIDTA operations. The South Florida HIDTA strives to 

minimize any expenditure that does not directly address its primary objectives. 

Accordingly, SFLHIDTA allocates 94% directly to its array of initiatives and their 

operational support costs. Throughout this Annual Report, South Florida HIDTA is 

pleased to report significant success in achieving its mission, and its performance is 

continuing to improve into the foreseeable future. HIDTA dollars are well spent and 

are yielding effects well beyond those normally expected. 

Geographic Area of Responsibility: 

Broward County, Florida 

Miami-Dade County, Florida 

Monroe County, Florida 

Palm Beach County, Florida 

The region includes the Miami-Fort Lauderdale metropolis, the 5th most 

populous metropolitan region of the Unit ed States. The South Florida region remains 

one of the major illicit drug centers in the United States. Colombian and Caribbeanbased DTOs deliver cocaine and heroin via the numerous regional air and seaports. 

These same drugs also arrive 

directly from other South 

American countries, including 

Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela. 

The drugs arriving in South 

Florida include major quantities 

earmarked for delivery to other 

United States and European 

markets. In addition to the South 

Florida area, the drugs are 

transshipped to other areas to 

include New York and New 

Jersey in the northeast and 

numerous states in the southwest 

and central United States. 

The South Florida HIDTA region is located in the critical United States 

gateway from Latin America and the Caribbean. The South Florida HIDTA area 

includes all the islands from Key West to the Florida mainland area encompassing 

Miami and northward to the Palm Beaches. This geographic area is divided into four 

counties – Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe, and Palm Beach. The area is a 

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contiguous metropolitan corridor along the Atlantic Ocean. It includes South 

Florida's three major international airports, three major deep-water international 

seaports, and an efficient ground-based network that includes well-developed 

interstate highway, rail, and other transportation systems. These factors combined 

with South Florida’s role as a center for international banking and commerce explains 

why it continues as a Mecca for drug money laundering. 

III. National HIDTA Goals 

HIDTAs nationally have adopted two specific goals to be achieved in 

meeting the drug challenge. These two national goals guide all HIDTA initiatives and 

activities throughout the United States. The South Florida HIDTA is proud to present 

these national HIDTA program goals, plus summaries of its threat assessment for 

budget year 2005 and resultant strategy in the following sections. The South Florida 

HIDTA has formulated an individual strategy to meet its drug threats, in conjunction 

with national objectives: 

National HIDTA Goals 

Goal 1: Disrupt the market for illegal drugs by 

dismantling or disrupting drug trafficking and/or money 

laundering organizations; and 

Goal 2: Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of 

HIDTA initiatives. 

IV. Summary of Threat Assessment For 2005 

Florida is currently the 4th most populous state and is projected to become 3rd 

in the nation. The region includes the Miami-Fort Lauderdale metropolis, the 5th 

most populous metropolitan region of the United States. The South Florida region 

remains one of the major illicit drug/money laundering centers in the United States. 

South Florida is a significant consumer and a major national-level 

transportation and distribution center for illicit narcotics produced by Caribbean, 

European and South American drug cartels. South Florida serves as the air and 

maritime gateway to the Americas and provides regional connectivity to European 

destinations which enhances its attractiveness to drug cartels. Additionally, the 

region is one of the largest international banking centers in the United States and 

continues to be one of the nation’s primary money laundering centers. 

The primary illicit drug threats to the region include cocaine, crack cocaine, 

marijuana, heroin, diverted pharmaceuticals, MDMA and methamphetamine. 

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? South Florida has the largest population of Colombians in the country and 

the region continues to be the drug cartels command and control (C2) focus area for 

transportation and distribution of South American cocaine and heroin. 

? The South Florida area remains a major producer of hydroponics 

marijuana which is marketed locally and distributed to other domestic drug markets in 

the eastern and central United States. Production and market expansion is expected to 

continue. 

? Money laundering methods include continued use of the Black Market 

Peso Exchange (BMPE), which remains the most commonly used method. New 

trade-based and other methods are being increasingly used. These new methods 

involve other countries and creative ways that are being used by both Drug 

Trafficking Organizations (DTOs) and Money Laundering Organizations (MLOs). 

Common practices include local investments in high-value works of art, real estate 

and commercial/residential development activities, life insurance, and similar 

investments in other potential liquid assets. 

? Internal conspiracies continue at the regional airports and seaports that 

include employees of cruise lines, airlines and related organizations including the 

International Longshoreman’s Association (ILA) and service industry organizations. 

? Prescription drugs continue to be found more often than illicit drugs in 

deceased persons in lethal and non-lethal quantities in 2005. This form of drug abuse 

poses another threat and potentially affects the health and safety of a wide range of 

Florida residents. 

? Illicit pharmaceutical sales and diversion via the Internet have increased to 

the extent that South Florida is a primary trafficking area for these activities. 

? Street gangs are prevalent in the South Florida HIDTA area. Despite the 

appearance of over 75 members of Mara Salvatrucha, a violent gang with 

membership in most states, the majority of South Florida gangs continue to exist as 

locally organized, hybrid gangs without the national and international affiliations. 

Examples include the Eighties Babies, Cypress Boys, Victoria Park Boys, Zoe Pound, 

and the Latin Kings – there are several hundred of these gangs. Collectively, the 

South Florida gangs are highly active in regional drug trafficking of all illicit drugs 

and related criminal activity from Key West to Palm Beach. Despite frequent task 

force operations that disrupt and dismantle their operations, membership in gangs 

continues to increase. 

? MDMA and methamphetamine trafficking appears to have decreased 

within South Florida, based on seizure data reported in the SFLHIDTA Intelligence 

Center Threat Questionnaire (Figure 1) and also in the HIBIS seizure statistics 

(Figure 7). 

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? Methamphetamine abuse and trafficking in South Florida continues to be 

limited. Most of the available methamphetamine in the region is produced in Mexico 

and arrives via numerous routes and modes of transport. 

The quantities of illicit drugs seized in the region (Figure 1) are based on 

seizures reported in the SFLHIC Threat Questionnaire 2006 responses. Since not all 

agencies are included in this data or in the HIBIS Statistics for CY 2005, the regional 

seizure data compiled does not reflect the totality of illicit drugs and assets seized in 

South Florida. The results reported present an indication of the scope of the illicit 

drug activity for this region. The table below represents seizures associated the fourcounty South Florida region and, in some cases, may include seizures in other 

geographic areas by local agencies. 

South Florida HIDTA Intelligence Center 

Threat Questionnaire 

Unit of Seized Drug Measure CY 2004 CY 2005 

Cocaine Kilos 28,818 77,906 

Crack Cocaine Kilos 92 139 

Heroin Kilos 800 371 

Kilos 49,052 32,191 

Marijuana Plants 27,729 11,037 

MDMA Dosage Units 10,000,799 2,304,000 

Methamphetamine Dosage Units 20,016,000 5,172,000 

Pharmaceuticals Dosage Units 66,581 16,596,000 

Currency and other assets US Dollars $166,507,698 $129,601,461 

The South Florida HIDTA initiatives identified a total of 226 drug trafficking 

organizations for CY 2005. During CY 2005, there were 102 disruptions and 35 

DTOs were dismantled. These drug trafficking/money laundering organizations 

represent the known threat organizations that are operating in the South Florida 

HIDTA region. Four are considered national and 21 international in scope. 

V. South Florida HIDTA Strategy Summary 

HIDTA-participating agencies submit annual proposals for multi-agency 

initiatives to address drug trafficking and related money laundering and violence 

identified by these agencies and in the HIDTA Regional Threat Assessment. The 

proposals are grouped into task force initiatives instead of single agency programs. 

Once reviewed by a subcommittee and approved by the South Florida HIDTA 

Executive Board, these initiatives are implemented by collocated task forces that 

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strategically attack criminal systems and organizational targets with integrated 

jurisdictional strategies to maximize disruption and dismantling of the targeted drug 

trafficking, money laundering and related violent organizations and systems. 

Agency representatives on the Executive Board represent the region's law 

enforcement community. They coordinate the sharing of intelligence and resources 

and the development of multiagency strategies for conducting these joint 

investigations. Through their staffs, they synchronize enforcement action that 

maximizes investigator safety while gathering evidence, arresting individuals and 

contributing to effective prosecutions at the federal and state level. 

Through a violent crime coordinating subcommittee, enhanced cooperation, 

sharing, coordination, and efficiencies are achieved between the various task forces 

addressing violent drug trafficking crime through regular (at least monthly) meetings 

and open exchanges. Through regular Money Laundering Coordination meetings, 

task forces assure a coordinated approach in identifying and targeting those engaged 

in money laundering. All initiatives are reviewed in depth twice per year by the 

Executive Board to assure they are worthy of continued funding and support. Those 

not performing sufficiently, or not complying with policies or requirements, are 

corrected or terminated so that scarce resources can be reinvested more productively. 

In an increasingly competitive policy and budget environment, it is critical for 

the SFLHIDTA to develop strategies and resource requests that will produce positive 

regional outcomes consistent with the two HIDTA goals. The SFLHIDTA funded 24 

initiatives (consisting of 38 reporting groups) in CY 2005 distributed as follows: 

� 17 investigative DTO focus 

� 1 support focus 

� 1 prosecution focus 

� 1 interdiction focus 

� 1 hybrid prevention/interdiction focus 

� 1 intelligence focus 

� 1 management and coordination focus 

� 1 training focus 

VI. HIDTA Performance Measures 

With the application of the new Performance Measurement Program (PMP), 

the South Florida HIDTA Annual Report now functions as a report card; a barometer 

of HIDTAs efficiency and effectiveness; a source for comparison with previous 

years’ efforts; and most importantly, a beacon for future action. The next series of 

tables and charts present specific outputs and efficiency measures organized in the 

South Florida HIDTA goal order. These measurable results reflect a continuing 

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increase in efficiency and effectiveness at lower programmatic costs. More is being 

accomplished with less--a desired trend. What is not captured in the measurements is 

the relative significance of our highest level investigations. We have continually 

targeted progressively higher-level drug trafficking organizations, as is evidenced by 

the outstanding accomplishments outlined in Section I highlights. Fifteen-year 

investigations targeting the highest level organizations come at a price. As we 

increase the complexity and difficulty of our investigations, we often must sacrifice 

drug and asset seizure statistics. In some initiatives we have seen a reduction in 

seizures and/or arrest totals, but are willing to accept this reality in order to increase 

the level and significance of the organizations we disrupt and dismantle. 

A. PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR GOAL 1: 

Table 1. Cost Per DTO Disrupted or Dismantled, 2005 

Table 2. Percentage of DTOs Disrupted or Dismantled by Scope, 2005 

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Table 3. Percentage of Money Laundering Organizations
 

Disrupted or Dismantled By Scope, 2005
 

Table 4. Operational Scope of All DTO Cases Initiated, 2005 

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Core Table 5. Drugs Removed from the Marketplace, 2005 

Table 6. Return on Investment (ROI) for Drugs Removed From the Marketplace by 

Law Enforcement Initiatives, 2005
 

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Table 7. Return on Investment (ROI) for Assets Removed from the Marketplace 

by Law Enforcement Initiatives, 2005 

Table 8. Total Return on Investment (ROI) for Drugs and Assets Removed 

from the Marketplace by Law Enforcement Initiatives, 2005 

Table 9. Prosecution Initiative Cost Per Investigation, 2005 

The Prosecution initiative handles only the highest level federal cases, all of 

which are OCDETF designated. Cases not meeting OCDETF criteria but still eligible for 

federal prosecution are referred to the appropriate section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office. 

They are not captured in this table since they are not prosecuted by the South Florida 

HIDTA Prosecution Initiative. Similarly, cases referred for prosecution by the State 

Attorney’s Office are not captured in this table. 

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Table 10. Value of Clandestine Methamphetamine Labs Dismantled in 2005, 

by Size 

Table 11. Clandestine Laboratory Activities, 2005 

Sixteen-year investigations targeting the highest level organizations come at a 

high price. As we increase the complexity and difficulty of our investigations we 

often must sacrifice drug and asset seizures as a trade off. In some initiatives we have 

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seen a reduction in seizures and/or arrest totals, but are willing to accept this reality if 

the level of the outputs shows corresponding enhancements. We believe that the 

positive impact on the drug threat for Florida and the nation warrants this investment. 

The outputs detailed in Section I and the foregoing tables clearly demonstrate the 

impact of our efforts on the highest level organizations responsible for South 

Florida’s and our nation’s drug trafficking threat. 

B. PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR GOAL 2: 

Table 12. South Florida HIDTA Training Efficiency by Year and Type of Training 

South Florida HIDTA views training as critical to assuring the future 

efficiency and effectiveness of its task force operations. In 2005 we implemented a 

dramatically altered mix of training offered to assure that our training specifically 

targets law enforcement skills with a direct application in our initiatives. A much 

greater emphasis is now placed on investigative/interdiction skills. This change will 

yield significant results in the near and far term. Feedback from participants is 

extremely positive. 

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Table 13. Percentage of HIDTA Initiatives Using Event 

And Case Deconfliction Services, 2005 

Table 14. Percentage of Event and Case Deconflictions Submitted, 2005 

South Florida HIDTA is viewed as an honest broker in this process and is uniquely qualified 

to attract participation of all law enforcement agencies, regardless of municipality, whether local, 

state, or federal. The dividends achieved by this are greatly enhanced officer safety, cooperation, and 

coordination of investigations. 

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Table 15. Percentage of Investigations Provided Analytical Support, 2005 

Table 16. Percentage of HIDTA Initiative Investigations Referred to Other HIDTAs

 and Other Agencies, 2005 

South Florida HIDTA did not specifically track this data in 2005. 

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Threat-Specific Table 17. Value of Outdoor Marijuana Plants Eradicated, by Year 

South Florida HIDTA Outdoor Marijuana Plants Eradicated 

Mj Cost Plant Kg $8,800 

Year # Plants on Federal Land 

Identified/Targeted 

# Plants on Non Federal 

Land Identified/Targeted 

Total # 

Marijuana 

Plants 

Eradicated 

Value of 

Marijuana 

Plants 

Eradicated 

2005 0 6,553 $32,793,200 

2005 $0 

2006 $0 

2007 $0 

Threat-Specific Table 18. Value of Indoor Marijuana Plants Eradicated, by Year 

South Florida HIDTA Indoor Marijuana Plants Eradicated 

Mj Cost Per Plant $4,000 

Year # Indoor Plants 

Ide ntified/Targeted 

Total # Indoor 

Plants Eradicated 

Value of Indoor 

Marijuana Plants 

Eradicated 

2005 6,553 6,553 

2005 

2006 

2007 

Threat-Specific Table 19. Wholesale Value of Marijuana Seized, by Location, 2005 

South Florida HIDTA Wholesale Value of Marijuana Seized 

Location 

Baseline Value 

of Marijuana 

Seized 

# Plants Seized 

Amount 

Processed 

Marijuana 

Seized 

# Eradication 

Arrests 

Wholesale Value of 

Marijuana Seized 

Outdoor 

Federal 

Outdoor

 Non Federal $37,357,294 14,150.49 kg 

Indoor $32,793,200 6,553 

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Need-Specific Table 20. HIDTA Training Sessions by Type of Training, 2005* 

South Florida HIDTA Training Sessions, 2005 

Type of Training # Courses # Students 

Trained 

Pre and Post 

training Tests** 

(Y/N) 

Analytical/ Computer 16 137 

Investigative/ Interdiction 0 0 

Management/ Administrative 

Other:________ 

Other:________ 

Other:________ 

Other:________ 

16 138 

Total 32 275 N/A 

**NOTE: Pre- and Post-tests are required for all 

trainings. Although no test results are required 

for this measure, you must be able to validate 

a “yes” response with completed tests. 

*NOTE: This table refers to training conducted 

or controlled by HIDTA staff only. 

SOURCE: Initiative Statistical Reports 

Need-Specific Table 21. Use of Skills from HIDTA Training Sessions by Type of Training, 

2005* 

South Florida HIDTA Use of Skills from HIDTA Training Sessions, Jan.-Sept. 2005 

Type of Training # Classes # Students 

Trained 

# Sent 6 Month 

Survey 

# Responding to 

6 Month Survey 

# Users of 

New Skills 

% Students 

Using New 

Skills of Those 

Responding 

Analytical/ Computer 

Investigative/ 

Interdiction 

Management/ 

Administrative 

Other:________ 

13 

0 

12 

104 

0 

108 

104 

0 

108 

Total 25 212 0 0 212 

SOURCE: Initiative Statistical Reports
 

*NOTE: This table refers to training conducted or controlled by HIDTA staff only.
 

Need-Specific Table 22. Use of Skills from HIDTA Computer Training Sessions, 2005* 

South Florida HIDTA Computer Skills Training Sessions, Jan.-Sept. 2005 

Type of Training 

MS access 

Excel 

Powerpoint 

MS word 

# Classes 

3 

5 

1 

1 

# Students 

Trained 

33 

47 

11 

7 

# Sent 6 

Month Survey 

# Responding to 

6 Month Survey 

# Users of 

New Skills 

33 

47 

11 

7 

% Students 

Using New 

Skills 

Total 10 98 0 0 98 

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Need-Specific Table 23. Use of Skills from HIDTA Intelligence Training Sessions, by Year 

South Florida HIDTA Use of Skills form HIDTA Intelligence Training Session 

Year 

2005 

2005 

2006 

2007 

# Agencies 

Participating 

# Students 

Trained 

475 

# Training 

Hours 

Provided 

# Sent 6 

Month 

Survey 

# Responding 

to 6 Month 

Survey 

# Users of 

New Skills 

475 

% Students Using New Skills of 

Those Responding 

Need-Specific Table 24. Percentage of Intelligence Driven Cases Supported, by Year 

South Florida HIDTA Intelligence Driven Cases 

Year 

Baseline # 

Cases 

Generated 

# Cases 

Strategically 

Supported 

# Cases 

Tactically 

Supported 

Total Cases 

Supported 

% Cases 

Supported 

2005 

2005 

2006 

2007 

7,476 30 7,446 7,446 100% 

CORE MEASURE 

Goal 1 – Disrupt the Market for Illegal Drugs by Dismantling or Disrupting 

Drug Trafficking Organizations 

Worksheet for Core Table 5 – Drugs Removed from the Marketplace, 2005 

South Florida HIDTA Drugs Removed from the Marketplace, 2005 

Drug Seized (kg or D.U.) Location Amount Seized 

(kg/D.U.) 

Cost per 

kg/D.U. Wholesale Value 

Heroin kg South Florida 313.5 $80,000 $25,080,000 

Cocaine HCL kg South Florida 17,699.07 $26,000 $460,175,820 

Crack cocaine kg South Florida 7.26 $29,920 $217,219 

Marijuana commercial grade kg South Florida 14,150.49 $2,640 $37,357,294 

Marijuana hydroponics kg South Florida 3,726.5 $8,800 $32,793,200 

Methamphetamine kg South Florida 7.08 $44,000 $311,520 

Methamphetamine ice kg South Florida 0.89 $105,600 $93,984 

Ecstasy (MDMA) (D.U.s) South Florida 26,1056 $10 $2,610,560 

Hashish 

OxyContin 

South Florida 26.14 $6,600 $172,524 

South Florida 1,915 $40 $140,185 

Total Wholesale Value $558,952,306 

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VII. Conclusions 

CY 2005 marks the second year that South Florida HIDTA has reported initiative 

operational targets and subsequent outcomes using the new Performance Management 

Process (PMP) efficiency and effectiveness performance and measurement tables spread 

throughout the Annual Report. These graphic presentations illustrate how both South 

Florida HIDTA goals are well on target. South Florida HIDTA reviews each of its 

initiatives bi-annually through a multi-agency initiative review subcommittee that 

examines in depth performance reports from each initiative. The committee is charged 

with identifying initiatives not achieving a competitive degree of progress, so that 

corrective measures can be implemented or the resources redirected to a more productive 

endeavor by the full Executive Board. Best practices are also identified for presentation 

to the full membership and adoption by other initiatives as appropriate. This process has 

resulted in the termination of several initiatives, and the redirection of many others, and 

continues as a vital part of our overall process. 

With support from the South Florida (SFL) HIDTA Intelligence Center and 

Intelligence Initiative, the SFL HIDTA Translation Unit, the HIDTA Technical Support 

Unit, and the HIDTA infrastructure, our task forces have made significant progress in 

attacking the drug threat in the region during 2005. The following are accounts of 

accomplishments in each of the major areas of our threat as identified in the Threat 

Assessment for 2005: 

Six long-term CPOT cases were continued. 

� The continuation of a sixteen-year investigation against the Cali Cartel, 

considered to be the largest, most powerful drug trafficking operation ever, 

resulted in the extradition from Colombia of the two alleged leaders, Gilberto 

Rodriguez-Orejuela and his brother Miguel. The extradition resulted from a 

2005 indictment of the brothers and nine others. The indictment charges that 

between 1990 and 2002 the defendants conspired to import more than 200,000 

kilograms of cocaine. It further seeks the forfeiture of over $2 billion in U.S. 

funds. Trial preparation has continued during 2005. Trial of both of the 

Rodriguez-Orejuela brothers is expected during the second half of 2006. 

� The reputed “Godfather” of the Israeli mob, Israel’s most wanted underworld 

boss, Zeev Rosenstein, was arrested in Israel based on an arrest warrant 

issued in South Florida as a result of a SFLHIDTA task force investigation. 

Despite attempts to fight extradition, he has been extradited to the U.S. and 

awaits trial. 

� A South Florida HIDTA Task Force submitted a target for CPOT designation 

in September 2005. The request was approved shortly thereafter. Successful 

targeting through the use of a SFLHIDTA informant to conduct drug money 

laundering transactions with the principal in Colombia led to his indictment 

on multiple money-laundering and one drug count. Attempts are underway to 

arrest/extradite the principal and others are continuing. 

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� A long term investigation of a DTO supported by a group of corporate 

executives associated with the aviation industry, consisting of multiple cells 

operating businesses in South Florida, the mid-west and southwest U.S. the 

Bahama Islands, South America, and Europe. The organization utilizes 

business jets to smuggle large quantities of narcotics into the U.S. The DTO 

launders drug proceeds through multiple companies in the U.S. and abroad. 

During 2005 targets Charles BOWE and Damian COVERLEY were 

convicted of possession and smuggling 17 kilos of cocaine with intent to 

distribute in August ’05. The investigation has made significant progress in 

identifying money laundering mechanism employed by the organization. 

� Operation Double Trouble targeted the money laundering activities of 

CPOT Ivan Henao. Fifty-five defendants have been arrested and over $16 

million has been seized in this investigation. Twenty-eight wire intercepts 

were conducted in this multi-year case. Among several others, Henao has 

been convicted and sentenced to 57 months incarceration and 24 months of 

supervised release. During 2005, 15 of the defendants were sentenced and 

proceedings continue against the few remaining defendants. 

� In another investigation, two high-level CPOT targets were arrested and 

extradited from Colombia as a result of cooperative investigations by at least 

five different South Florida Task Forces pooling their information and 

contributing toward a mutual goal. This investigation continues and has 

developed valuable sources that are expected to yield further successes 

against remaining trafficking organizations. 

Additional investigations targeting CPOTS are ongoing. Many of these have 

made remarkable progress and have reported arrests and seizures, and are still working 

toward neutralizing one or more individuals designated as CPOT. An additional eight 

ongoing cases are targeting RPOTS. 

Many of our other investigations target equally significant subjects and 

organizations but are not designated CPOT. 

AIRPORT INTERNAL CONSPIRACIES 

One of South Florida HIDTA’s most significant threats has continued to be 

smuggling of cocaine and heroin through the Miami International Airport (MIA). Our last 

six annual threat assessments have identified the problem of smuggling via “internal 

conspiracies” (use of airline and related service industry employees to facilitate 

clandestine removal of narcotics from international aircraft and/or subsequent domestic 

transportation of contraband). MIA is one of our nation’s busiest airports. Eighty percent 

of all arrivals at MIA are from narcotics source or transit countries. 

To address this problem, the South Florida HIDTA and its member agencies have 

made a major commitment of personnel and resources to a series of operations designed 

to penetrate airport internal conspiracies and dismantle them through enforcement action 

and criminal prosecution. To date, these initiatives have successfully identified, targeted, 

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and disrupted or dismantled numerous internal smuggling operations centered at Miami 

International Airport but involving several other facilities both domestic and foreign. 

During 2005, multi-agency federal, state and local initiatives led by DEA, ICE, 

and FBI, continued to target several internal narcotics smuggling operations 

simultaneously through the use of multiple certified undercover operations, Title III 

intercepts and wiretaps, controlled deliveries, informants and other means. Close 

coordination and intelligence sharing between ICE DEA, and FBI-led initiatives 

partnered with county and municipal police officers and the HIDTA Intelligence Center 

has yielded impressive successes in targeting airline employee groups and commercial 

importing firms exploiting the airports. 

During 2005, these initiatives reported the arrests of airline-industry employees 

and the seizure of thousands of kilograms of cocaine and multiple large heroin seizures 

related to commercial air smuggling. 

Several of these significant investigations have been concluded, initiated, or 

continued during 2005. These investigatio ns have successfully penetrated additional 

international drug smuggling organizations using Miami International and other airport 

employees to divert drug shipments and to smuggle bulk currency to Colombia. 

One of our air investigative groups developed information which was passed to 

San Juan, Puerto Rico, resulting in a seizure of approximately 1,800 kilos of cocaine 

Another case identified two DTOs using compromised airline employees to 

smuggle cocaine through South Florida and ultimately to the New York area. Through 

the use of cooperating witnesses, Title III intercepts, and search warrants, 26 individuals 

were arrested, indicted and convicted. Debriefing of these defendants yielded further 

intelligence that has identified further large scale smuggling organizations responsible for 

multiple bulk cocaine shipments. These investigations are ongoing and have already 

resulted in large seizures and arrests. 

These and many other examples of multiple HIDTA task forces assisting each 

other and sharing resources and capabilities demonstrate synergies achieved through 

cooperation. 

MARINE SMUGGLING 

Organizations using bulk smuggling of cocaine through cargo vessels continue as 

another of the chief threats to South Florida. These organizations ship drug loads through 

the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean. They deliver 

multi-thousand kilo loads of cocaine into Europe and the U.S. including Florida. 

Both the Miami River and South Florida seaports have long been areas vulnerable 

to inbound narcotics smuggling from coastal freighters and fishing vessels that call from 

ports in the Caribbean and Central and South America. In recent years, successful multiagency operations such as “River Blues” and “River Sweep,” aimed at prosecuting 

violators and deterring these activities have been conducted. Despite these efforts and 

others, the Miami River has continued as a major narcotics smuggling venue. To better 

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address this problem, South Florida HIDTA agencies conducted multiple operations to 

bolster our defenses. 

SFLHIDTAs Operation Sea Stop targets narcotics smuggling organizations 

operating in South Florida and the Caribbean that utilize small vessels and coastal 

freighters to illegally import narcotics into South Florida from various locations 

throughout the Caribbean. During 2005, Operation Sea Stop seized 4,277 kilos of 

cocaine, made 74 arrests, dismantled three major organizations and disrupted four others. 

The inspection and handling of cargo has direct impact on the transportation of 

drugs at the Port of Miami and Port Everglades. Port personnel that have primary access 

to inbound cargo have exclusive opportunity for the diversion of illegal narcotics 

concealed in cargo. They have assisted by ensuring shipments are safely off-loaded at the 

seaport. A Miami HIDTA initiative focusing on such activities in the seaport seized 1,065 

kilos of cocaine and arrested 51 individuals while dismantling two major organizations 

and disrupting six. 

A Broward HIDTA operation focusing on Port Everglades and Broward County 

marinas, targeting all aspects of maritime drug smuggling including internal conspiracies, 

small vessel, and cruise ship employees, seized 571 kilos of cocaine, 1,388 kilos of 

marijuana, 40 kilos of heroin, arrested 39 subjects, disrupted four and dismantled three 

organizations. 

Another investigation being conducted cooperatively by three different HIDTA 

Task Forces in Miami, targets Caribbean- and South American-based drug transportation 

organizations that utilize sailing vessels to transport multi-hundred kilo shipments of 

cocaine to the U.S. The comprehensive investigation targets the international smuggling, 

money laundering, and domestic distribution arms of the organization. 

As a result of multi-agency collaboration, several other investigations targeting 

organizations responsible for importing and distributing multi-kilo shipments of heroin 

and multi-hundred to multi-thousand kilo shipments of cocaine from the Caribbean and 

South America by vessel were initiated in 2005. 

MONEY LAUNDERING 

During 2005, South Florida HIDTA continued to target money laundering with 

multiple certified undercover operations. 

Operations targeting the following forms of money laundering were continued 

during 2005: 

� Freight forwarders involved in bulk transportation of currency. 

� Bulk air shipments of cash. 

� Use of corrupt bank officials. One such investigation is based on information 

developed by a CPOT case. 

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� Structuring of deposits of cash and money orders. One such investigation has 

uncovered a significant heroin smuggling operation and is ongoing. Another 

two stemmed from a CPOT investigation. 

� Laundering through the use of false invoices in connection with importations 

and exportations of merchandise such as cigarettes, computers, electronics, 

auto parts, aircraft, and stolen property. 

� Exploitation of the international and domestic life insurance industries. One 

such investigation targets the assets of a CPOT laundered through a local 

insurance company. As a result of the investigation, the company was seized 

by the Securities and Exchange Commission. During 2005, $4 million has 

been forfeited in this case. 

� Exploitation of commercial and residential real estate transactions. 

� Classic Black Market Peso Exchange brokers who sell U.S. drug cash to 

Colombian bus inesses who wish to purchase merchandise for export to 

Colombia. One SFLHIDTA task force targeting these transactions reported 

seizures totaling over $11.5 million, 114 kilos of heroin, and 195 kilos of 

cocaine while dismantling seven money laundering orga nizations and 

disrupting 23. 

� Laundering by law firms disguising drug funds as legal fees. 

� Use of currency exchange houses to repatriate and legitimize drug proceeds 

smuggled out of the U.S. or resulting from drug transactions in Europe. 

� Major traffickers. 

� Russian organized crime. 

� Money laundering in support of foreign terrorist organizations such as the 

FARC. 

A primary focus of the South Florida HIDTA is the disruption of the Colombian 

Black Market Peso Exchange (BMPE) through criminal prosecutions of its principals 

(money brokers) and those who utilize their services, and seizure of assets that drive the 

system. 

Conversion of narcotics proceeds to merchandise for export continues as a major 

money laundering technique in South Florida. We have developed a number of 

undercover operations specifically targeting this activity. Multiple certified undercover 

operations are targeting specific foreign money brokers directing a large portion of the 

BMPE laundering schemes operating in South Florida. 

South Florida HIDTA undercover operations have continued to refine their ability 

to identify and successfully target BMPE peso brokers during 2005. 

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Other South Florida HIDTA investigative programs continue to develop key 

intelligence and evidence regarding the activities of Colombian BMPE brokers. Our 

initiatives transmit this information on a real-time basis to national fusion centers such as 

FinCEN, NDIC, and MLCC. 

One of our Miami Task Force missions is to target major cartel-level money 

laundering organizations based out of Colombia, to include their leadership and local 

cells within the United States. This is accomplished through both historical and proactive 

avenues of investigation. The proactive avenues of investigation include authorized 

undercover activities under the auspices of approved undercover operations. One such 

investigation resulted in a superseding indictment seeking the forfeiture of in excess of $2 

billion received in exchange for and used to facilitate distribution of narcotics and related 

money laundering. 

VIOLENT CRIME 

Four South Florida HIDTA initiatives specifically target violent drug gangs and 

DTOs. These initiatives coordinated their operations through monthly HIDTA-sponsored 

meetings and fully shared all intelligence by entering all targets in the HIDTA 

Deconfliction database (HIBIS) on a real-time basis. As a result of these five operations, 

193 subjects were arrested in 2005, 112 weapons were seized, five organizations were 

dismantled, and an additional 14 were seriously disrupted. This has a particularly 

significant impact when the nature of these organizations is considered. Two initiatives 

specifically target violent gangs that specialize in home invasions and police 

impersonations. Two identify and prosecute the hierarchy of violent criminal gangs 

through long term Title III investigations, undercover investigations, and long-term 

racketeering investigations. One is federally led; the other is led by the State Attorney’s 

office. Other HIDTA Task Forces target violent organizations as a by-product of 

pursuing strategies not specifically focused on violence. 

One HIDTA Task Force initiated an OCDETF investigation targeting mid-level 

distribution of cocaine and heroin in the “Little Haiti” section of Miami in an effort to 

address the numerous drug related shootings and homicides within the area. Another 

investigation by the same task force addresses execution-style homicides related to drug 

rips and the importation of cocaine from Haiti. 

Many of the 193 subjects arrested were in the process of committing armed home 

invasion robberies and/or have been implicated in multiple homicides. 

The positive impact these initiatives have made on the safety of South Florida and 

beyond is extraordinary. 

� Fifty-seven OCDETF cases (six of which are CPOT and eight RPOT related) 

were initiated by HIDTA Task Forces in 2005. 

� HIDTA Task Forces seized 16,154 kilos of cocaine, 269 kilos of heroin, 

11,761 kilos of commercial grade marijuana and 2,837 kilos of hydroponics 

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marijuana. They also seized 126,979 dosage units of MDMA and 3,363 of 

OxyContin (oxycodone HCl). 

� Our law enforcement initiatives returned $58 for each HIDTA dollar invested. 

This has resulted in $474,552,147 in drugs and $37,993,538 in drug assets 

being removed from the marketplace in 2005. 

ADMINISTRATION 

South Florida HIDTA has been operating at a level budget since 2001. Most of 

our costs have been increasing at 3-5% per year. This has resulted in the need for HIDTA 

management to aggressively pursue opportunities to cut costs and streamline 

infrastruc ture, while minimizing the adverse impact on our mission. 

During 2005, the following cost-saving measures were implemented: 

� The full-time Training Coordinator position was eliminated and replaced by 

a full-time sworn detailee. This measure saved approximately $84,000. 

� Vacant support positions were left unfilled in order to yield savings of over 

$150,000 on an annual basis. 

� Cost cuts in shared facilities/services and supplies yielded annual savings of 

$147,276. 

� During 2005, the Executive Board terminated the Gang Strike Force, 

agreeing to allow them to use existing 2005 prior year funds to wrap up 

existing operations. This will yield savings of approximately $90,000 per 

year. 

� State and local overtime reimbursement was capped again at $7,500 per 

officer per year for full-time participants, and $5,000 per officer for part– 

time participants. These caps were further reduced by 10%, along with other 

discretionary items such as travel and PE/PI.. 

� A policy of not funding sworn officers or prosecutors was continued. 

� A policy of not providing fuel for HIDTA leased vehicles for state/local 

officers was continued. 

� Once a budget is approved, each procurement is scrutinized by the HIDTA 

administrative staff (fiscal and Director/Deputy Director). In many cases, 

costs are greatly reduced or eliminated as a result. 

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A. Table of Organization for 2005 SFLHIDTA 

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B. Table Listing 2005 Composition of Executive Board Showing Local, 

State and Federal Affiliation. 

STATE AND LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES: 

James Scarberry – Exec Board Vice Chair 

Chief 

Hollywood Police Department 

Don Delucca 

Chief 

Miami Beach Police Department 

Lt. Greg Flynn 

Strategic Investigations Division 

Broward County Sheriff’s Office 

Michael Hammerschmidt 

Chief 

Coral Gables Police Department 

Charles Nanny 

Major 

Metro-Dade Police Department 

Col. Rick Ramsay 

Under-sheriff 

Monroe County Sheriff’s Office 

Amos Rojas, Jr. 

Regional Director 

Florida Department of Law Enforcement 

James Stormes 

Major 

Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office 

John F. Timoney 

Chief 

City of Miami Police Department 

FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES: 

Julie Torres – Exec Board Chair 

Special Agent in Charge 

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives 

R. Alexander Acosta 

United States Attorney 

Southern District of Florida 

Rear Admiral David W. Kunkel 

Commander, Seventh District 

U.S. Coast Guard 

Jonathan Solomon 

Special Agent in Charge 

Federal Bureau of Investigations 

William Sims 

Special Agent in Charge 

United States Secret Service 

Jesus Torres 

Special Agent in Charge 

Immigration & Customs Enforcement 

Mark Trouville 

Special Agent in Charge 

Drug Enforcement Administration 

Brian Wimpling 

Special Agent in Charge, CID 

Internal Revenue Service 

NOTE: The HIDTA Executive Board includes 8 federal and 9 state and local representatives. Two of the state 

and local agencies (Coral Gables P.D. and Miami Beach P.D.) rotate as voting member one year and alternate 

the next year. This assures that there are only 8 federal and 8 state/local voting members at any given time. 

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C. Agencies participating in SFLHIDTA Initiatives 

South Florida HIDTA Full-Time Collocated Staffing 2005 

Agency # of staff Agency # of staff 

Aventura PD 2 Key West PD 2 

Amtrak 1 Lauderhill PD 1 

B. of Alcohol Tobacco & Firearms 22 Lighthouse Point PD 1 

BR PD 1 Margate PD 1 

Brow ard Sheriff's Office 26 Medley PD 1 

Contract Personnel 15 Miami Beach PD 3 

Coral Gables PD 8 Miami PD 20 

Coral Springs PD 2 Miami Springs PD 2 

Davie PD 8 Miami-Dade PD 30 

DEA 127 Miramar PD 2 

DSS 1 Monroe County Sheriff's Office 55 

FBI 66 N Miami Beach PD 4 

Fire Rescue 1 N Miami PD 3 

Florida National Guard 21 Pembroke Pines PD 8 

Florida City PD 1 Plantation PD 1 

Florida Dept. of Law Enforcement 22 South Miami PD 1 

Florida Highway Patrol 1 State Attorneys Office 14 

Fort Lauderdale PD 12 Sunny Is les Beach PD 3 

Glades PD 1 Sunrise PD 0 

Hallandale PD 7 US Attorney's Office 10 

Hialeah PD 2 US Border Patrol 1 

Hollywood PD 23 US Postal Service 1 

Homestead PD 3 US Secret Service 13 

Indian Creek PD 1 West Miami PD 1 

ICE 121 

Internal Revenue Service 28 Total 701 

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VIII. List of Tables and Charts
 Page 

A.	 Performance Measures for Goal 1
 

Table 1 - Cost per DTO Disrupted or Dismantled, 2005 ............................................................. 11
 

Table 2 - Percentage of DTOs Disrupted or Dismantled by Scope, 2005...................................... 11
 

Table 3 - Percentage of MLOs Disrupted or Dismantled by Scope, 2005 ..................................... 12
 

Table 4 - Operational Scope of All DTO Cases Initiated, 2005 ................................................... 12
 

Table 5 - Drugs Removed from the Marketplace, 2005............................................................... 13
 

Table 6 - Return on Investment (ROI) for Drugs Removed from the Marketplace by Law
 

Enforcement Initiatives, 2005.................................................................................... 13
 

Table 7 - Return on Investment (ROI) for Assets Removed from the Marketplace by Law
 

Enforcement Initiatives, 2005.................................................................................... 14
 

Table 8 - Total Return on Investment (ROI) for Drugs and Assets Removed from the
 

Marketplace by Law Enforcement Initiatives, 2005..................................................... 14
 

Table 9 - Prosecution Initiative Cost Per Investigation, 2005 ...................................................... 14
 

Table 10 -Value of Clandestine Methamphetamine Labs Dismantled in 2005, by Size.................. 15
 

Table 11 -Clandestine Laboratory Activities, 2005..................................................................... 15
 

B.	 Performance Measures for Goal 2
 

Table 12 -SFLHIDTA Training Efficiency by Year and Type of Training ................................... 16
 

Table 13 -Percentage of HIDTA Initiatives Using Event and Case Deconfliction Services, 

2005 .................................................................................................................... 17
 

Table 14 -Percentage of Event and Case Deconflictions Submitted, 2005 .................................... 17
 

Table 15 -Percentage of Investigations Provided Analytical Support, 2005.................................. 18
 

Table 16 -Percentage of HIDTA Initiative Investigatio ns Referred to Other HIDTAs and
 

Other Agencies, 2005................................................................................................ 18
 

C.	 Other Tables
 

Table 17 -Value of Outdoor Marijuana Plants Eradicated, by Year ............................................. 19
 

Table 18- Value of Indoor Marijuana Plants Eradicated, by Year ............................................... 19
 

Table 19- Wholesale Value of Marijuana Seized, by Location, 2005 ........................................... 19
 

Tables 20-23 Need-Specific HIDTA Training Tables............................................................ 20-21
 

Table 24 - Percentage of Intelligence Driven Cases Supported, by Year ...................................... 21
 

Drugs Removed From the Marketplace, 2005 Worksheet for Core Table 5.................................. 21
 

Appendices: 

SFLHIDTA Organizational Chart ................................................................................................... 29

 SFLHIDTA Executive Board.......................................................................................................... 30

 Agencies Participating in SFLHIDTA Initia tives.............................................................................. 31

 SFLHIDTA Matrix for Year 2005................................................................................................... 31

 SFLHIDTA Initiatives................................................................................................................... .31
 

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