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CONTENTS 2005 ANNUAL REPORT 

I. Executive Summary............................................................................................1 

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

III. Program Goals..................................................................................................13 

IV. Summary of Threat Assessment for Budget Year 2005 ..................................14 

V. HIDTA Strategy Summary...............................................................................15 

VI. HIDTA Performance Measures.......................................................................16 

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

VIII. Appendices ........................................................................................................23 

Appendix A. Table of Organization for the HIDTA..................................................23 

Appendix B – Gulf Coast HIDTA Executive Board......................................25 

Appendix C – Participating Agencies.........................................................................26 

Appendix D – Counties/Parishes Participating in Gulf Coast HIDTA ....................27 

Appendix E – BLOC/HIDTA Watch Center Annual Report ....................................27 

Appendix F – Crime Stats...........................................................................................29 

Appendix G – Statistical Summary.............................................................................30 

Appendix H – Newspaper Articles..............................................................................31 

IX. List of Tables and Charts .................................................................................35 
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I. Executive Summary 

A. Introduction 

This 2005 annual report is presented to show 

the statistical accomplishments of the 25 

program-funded initiatives comprising the 

Gulf Coast HIDTA. It is also intended to give 

an overview of our program to include our 

drug threat, strategy and descriptions of the 

various initiatives which carry out our 

mission. For reference, data reported herein is 

compared against CY2004 accomplishments. 

Calendar year 2005 was unlike any other 

experienced in the Gulf Coast HIDTA’s nine 

year history. The catastrophic events caused 

by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in late August 

and early September tore through the very 

heart of the Gulf Coast HIDTA region carving 

a row of death and destruction affecting most 

of our initiatives. 

Fifteen (15) GC HIDTA initiatives were 

directly impacted by the hurricanes. Of those, 

nine sustained extensive damage requiring the 

relocation of operations for several months. 

Four initiatives have yet to move back into 

their previous offices. 

During the immediate aftermath of the storms, 

most HIDTA-assigned investigators and 

personnel were called back by their agencies 

to assist in rescue, relief and recovery efforts. 

Within two months, most were reassigned 

back to the HIDTA. The performance of these 

men and women during such tumultuous and 

unprecedented events was nothing less than 

heroic. Putting aside their personal losses, 

some losing homes and family members, they 

went about their assigned duties with stoic 

resolve. Not one Gulf Coast HIDTA-assigned 

investigator or employee abandoned their 

posts or shirked their duties. 

Despite these setbacks and obstacles, Gulf 

Coast HIDTA initiatives still managed to 

compile impressive accomplishments. 

Numerous initiatives received recognition for 

outstanding investigative efforts by the United 

States Attorney’s Office Organized Crime 

Drug Enforcement Task Force Program 

(OCDETF). Similarly, some also garnered 

awards from several local crime-watch 

organizations. 

B. Background 

The Gulf Coast HIDTA (GC HIDTA) consists 

of twenty-one (21) designated 

counties/parishes in the States of Louisiana, 

Mississippi, and Alabama. Our area borders 

the Gulf of Mexico and provides strategic 

maritime access to significant portions of the 

country. They contain six deep-water ports 

capable of servicing the largest of seagoing 

vessels. The major drug producing countries 

of Central and South America significantly 

impact the GC HIDTA because of their 

proximity and trade relationships. The vast 

waterways and coastlines, which are not 

heavily patrolled, provide unlimited 

opportunities for smuggling; thereby making 

the GC HIDTA’s geographical location 

attractive to drug traffickers. Interstate 

highways remain the most significant threat 

with I-10 and I-20 traversing the three states. 

They also intersect with four north-south 

interstates and countless subordinate 

highways. The area’s central location makes it 

accessible to traffickers from both coasts and 

the Southwest Border. Additionally, 

international airports located in strategic 

positions throughout the GC HIDTA, as well 

as rural and isolated air strips, provide 

advantageous surroundings for air smuggling 

opportunities. 

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The GC HIDTA presently has 25 initiatives operating in the three-state area of 

Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. The initiatives are aligned in the following 

manner: 

• 17- Major Investigation/Interdiction 

• 4- Violent Crime/Safe Streets 

• 1- Training 

• 1- Management & Coordination 

• 2- Intelligence/Coordination 

FEDERAL/STATE/LOCAL PARTICIPATION 2005 

Total 472 Personnel 

14 25 

141 

83 

209 

Federal 

State 

Local 

National Guard 

Other 

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Performance Highlights 2005 

• Almost $44 million in illicit drugs 

were confiscated from drug 

trafficking organizations. 

• An additional $33 million of drugrelated assets were seized. 

• Combined Return-on-Investment 

(ROI) of $12 for every $1 of GC 

HIDTA funds invested. 

• 45 Drug Trafficking Organizations 

were identified with 43 of them 

targeted by GC HIDTA task forces. 

• During 2005, GC HIDTA disrupted 

80 DTOs and dismantled another 35. 

• Gulf Coast HIDTA initiatives 

destroyed 245 clandestine labs 

identified in 2005. 

• Gulf Coast HIDTA initiatives were 

responsible for 3,687 arrests. 

• Gulf Coast HIDTA initiatives seized 

573 weapons and 231 vehicles. 

• GC HIDTA initiatives initiated more 

complex cases involving larger 

DTOs. 

• GC HIDTA initiatives initiated four 

OCDETF cases of which two were 

multi-state DTOs. 

• GC HIDTA initiatives identified and 

targeted three money laundering 

DTOs. One of which was disrupted. 

• Gulf Coast HIDTA Watch Center 

reports $18 million in currency 

seized while transiting highway 

systems within Alabama, Louisiana 

and Mississippi. 

• The Gulf Coast HIDTA Training 

Program provided drug enforcement 

related training to 1,237 students in 

2005. 

• The GC HIDTA Wire Intercept 

Center supported 42 wiretaps for 

Gulf Coast HIDTA initiatives. 

• Gulf Coast HIDTA initiatives 

entered 1,704 SAFETNet 

events/targets. 

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II. Introduction 

The primary function of the Gulf Coast The program’s success is measured through 

HIDTA is to identify, disrupt and dismantle periodic evaluation of funded initiatives to 

significant drug trafficking organizations ensure their focus and effectiveness is 

operating in its area and beyond. In addition, consistent with the Gulf Coast HIDTA 

effort is placed on the identification and strategy. This is accomplished by regular site 

seizure of drug-related assets accumulated by visits of initiative offices by Gulf Coast 

these organizations. The program also acts as HIDTA evaluation teams to determine 

a coordination mechanism for federal, state programmatic and fiscal compliance of 

and local drug law enforcement resources National HIDTA program guidelines and Gulf 

arrayed in the region. Coast HIDTA Executive Board direction. 

Mission Statements 

National HIDTA Program Mission Statement 

The mission of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (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 Gulf Coast HIDTA Directors and Executive Boards 

worked closely with law enforcement and local GC HIDTA staff to develop a vision of the 

future. This vision, which clearly reflects what outcomes GC HIDTA initiatives seek to achieve. 

Gulf Coast HIDTA Vision Statement 

The vision of the Gulf Coast HIDTA is to significantly reduce drug availability

in its three-state area through the collaborative and cooperative 

efforts of its participating law enforcement agencies. 

Gulf Coast HIDTA success is measured by its ability to facilitate greater efficiencies, 

effectiveness, and collaboration between participating state, local and federal agencies whose 

efforts have resulted in the measurable results reflected in this report. Their accomplishments 

clearly demonstrate their collaborative efforts. 

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Gulf Coast HIDTA Intelligence 

The collection, dissemination and production 

of intelligence resources are an integral 

component of the Gulf Coast HIDTA strategy. 

Servicing the intelligence-related needs of 

Gulf Coast HIDTA enforcement initiatives is 

the mission of the Intelligence Coordination 

Network (ICN) Initiative. 

The ICN is comprised of the following 

components: the Network Coordination Group 

(NCG), Training Coordinator, Investigative 

Support Teams (IST), the BLOC/HIDTA 

Watch Center, the Technical Support Team, 

(TST), the GC HIDTA Wire Intercept Support 

Center, and Wide Area Network (WAN). 

The NCG’s function is to coordinate the 

various intelligence components and produce 

strategic intelligence products, such as the 

Threat Assessment. The ISTs are located in or 

near the State Intelligence Centers and are 

comprised of GC HIDTA-dedicated analysts 

who work in concert with State Police analysts 

assigned to these centers for both strategic and 

operational support. The centers also provide 

case deconfliction, organizational analyses on 

request and are available to assist in trial 

preparations. 

The Intelligence Coordination Network 

establishes the mechanisms, procedures, 

requirements, and common methodologies 

through which the various initiatives 

coordinate activities. In 2005, one of our 

organizational priorities was to continue to 

improve information sharing. To that end, the 

ICN began the deployment of the GC HIDTA 

Internet-based Information System (HIBIS). 

HIBIS is a web-based case management 

system which provides analysts with the 

ability to compartmentalize investigative 

information and share the data internally as 

well as with other HIDTAs. The system 

facilitates the tracking and control of 

information and data collection activities 

across the GC HIDTA. In 2005, over 1,600 

HIBIS records were entered in the system. 

An Intelligence Coordinator provides 

programmatic oversight of GC HIDTA 

intelligence components. The coordinator 

ensures that the ICN promotes the efficient 

and effective collection of intelligence data, 

the dissemination of intelligence products, and 

monitors progress toward meeting its outputs. 

In Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, 

Federal, state and local agencies combined 

intelligence resources to produce the Gulf 

Coast HIDTA Threat Assessment. Their 

participation and cooperation have become an 

institutionalized part of this annual process. 

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The BLOC/HIDTA Watch Center provides 

tactical interdiction intelligence to field agents 

and highway interdiction officers on a 24/7 

basis. Currently, 687 law enforcement 

agencies and 3,380 law enforcement officers 

are actively using GC HIDTA Watch Center 

resources. The Gulf Coast HIDTA Watch 

Center coverage now spans from the 

Louisiana/Texas state line to the Atlantic 

Coastline, recently expanding their service to 

include North and South Carolina. 

2005 Gulf Coast HIDTA Watch Center Intelligence Queries: 

9 11,332 (increase of 35 percent) requests for intelligence assistance from CrossDesignated officers performing narcotics/money interdictions. 

9 145,018 (increase of 32 percent) queries of general, state and local indices 

performed by intelligence analysts. 

9 An average of 810 (increase of 16 percent) intelligence assistance request calls 

per month. 

The Watch Center Post Seizure Analysis Team produced daily intelligence summaries. 

These summaries were widely distributed to law enforcement agencies and HIDTAs 

throughout the United States. As part of these summaries, the team described various 

methods used in concealing contraband in vehicles and on persons. In addition, the GC 

HIDTA Watch Center also issues officer safety bulletins and intelligence on new 

concealment methods. 

The Technical Support Team (TST) 

provided technical support for intelligence 

and operational components. The team 

Technical Officer in the Technical Equipment Room. 

also gave technical support to the GC 

HIDTA Wire Intercept Center. The team 

maintained an inventory of GC HIDTA 

supplied equipment and evaluated and 

coordinated equipment requests. The 

inventory list was published on the GC 

HIDTA intra-web page. This allowed GC 

HIDTA task force members to share 

equipment regardless of its location across 

the three state area. A request form is 

filled out for the needed equipment and 

processed by Technical Support Team 

personnel. 

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The Wire Intercept Center is a state-ofthe-art system that digitizes analog wire 

intercepts and saves them on magnetooptical disks. Video conferencing is 

available across the GC HIDTA Wide 

Area Network (WAN) which provides a 

cost effective and convenient method for 

prosecutor meetings such as minimization 

of monitors. In addition, it provides full 

Internet and pager intercept/clone 

capabilities; secure remote video 

capability using microwave and telephone 

lines; and monitor/translator services in 

numerous foreign languages. In 2005, the 

Wire Intercept Center supported 42 Title 

IIIs. 

During 2005, the ICN continued the 

successful development and deployment 

of its revolutionary event and target 

deconfliction system know as SAFETNet. 

SAFETNet is an acronym for Secure 

Automated Fast Event Tracking Network. 

The system was initially developed by 

Gulf Coast HIDTA Management and 

Intelligence staff along with key personnel 

from other HIDTAs and is currently 

overseen by a user group consisting of 

representatives from participating 

HIDTAs. To date, 17 HIDTAs have 

completed deployment of the system in 

their respective areas of responsibility. 

The current geographic coverage of the 

SAFETNet system includes 37 states. 

In 2003, SAFETNet was selected as a 

major component for the newly developed 

National Virtual Pointer System (NVPS). 

In 2005, NVPS became fully operational 

and represents a giant leap forward in 

establishing information sharing capability 

between Federal, state and local law 

enforcement agencies. 

Monitors in T2S2 Facility 

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Gulf Coast HIDTA/funded Initiatives 

Gulf Coast HIDTA Wide Initiatives 

Initiative Location Mission 

BLOC/HIDTA Watch Center Gulfport, Mississippi Tactical Intelligence 

Intelligence Coordination Network Metairie, Louisiana Strategic/Tactical 

Intelligence 

Management and Coordination Metairie, Louisiana Administrative 

Training Pearl, Mississippi Training 

Alabama Initiatives 

Initiative Location Task Force 

Alabama Operations Center/Major 

Investigations & Mobile Deployment Team Montgomery, Alabama Investigative/Interdiction 

Jefferson County Drug Task Force Birmingham, Alabama Investigative/Interdiction 

Madison/Morgan Counties Drug Task Force Huntsville, Alabama Investigative/Interdiction 

Mobile/Baldwin Enforcement Group Mobile, Alabama Investigative/Interdiction 

Louisiana Initiatives 

Initiative Location Task Force 

Caddo/Bossier Drug Task Force Shreveport, Louisiana Investigative/Interdiction 

Calcasieu Parish combined Anti-Drug Team Lake Charles, Louisiana Investigative/Interdiction 

FY2006 

Financial Investigations Team Metairie, Louisiana Financial Investigations 

Major Investigations Team I (LA OPS) Metairie, Louisiana Investigative 

Major Investigations Team II (LA OPS) Metairie, Louisiana Investigative 

Mobile Deployment Team (LA OPS) Metairie, Louisiana Investigative/Interdiction 

Multi-Agency Safe Neighborhood Metairie, Louisiana Investigative/Violent Crimes 

Middle Louisiana- Major Investigations 

Group/Transportation Interdiction Group Baton Rouge, Louisiana Investigative/Interdiction 

Monroe Metro Drug Task Force Monroe, Louisiana Investigative/Interdiction 

New Orleans Gang Task Force New Orleans, Louisiana Investigative 

Northwest Louisiana Violent Crime Task 

Force Shreveport, Louisiana Investigative/Violent Crimes 

Project Star Harvey, Louisiana Community 

Policing/Interdiction 

Southwestern Louisiana Major 

Investigations/Financial Investigations Team Lafayette, Louisiana Investigative/Interdiction 

Mississippi Initiatives 

Initiative Location Task Force 

Jackson County Mississippi Major 

Investigations Team Pascagoula, Mississippi Investigative/Violent Crimes 

Major Investigations Team (MS OPS) Pearl, Mississippi Investigative 

Mobile Deployment Interdiction Team Pearl, Mississippi Investigative/Interdiction 

North Mississippi Methamphetamine 

Enforcement Team Oxford, Mississippi Investigative 

Tri-County Major Investigations Team Gulfport, Mississippi Investigative/Interdiction 

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Prosecution Subsystem 

There are eight federal judicial districts within the GC HIDTA. Each U.S. attorney holds a 

seat on a State Board; a U.S. Attorney from each state serves on the Executive Board. 

Prosecutions are balanced between state and Federal courts. Currently, there are no 

prosecutorial initiatives; however, GC HIDTA is allied closely with the U.S. Attorney-led 

Project Safe Neighborhood Task Forces. Virtually, all affected initiatives have reported an 

increased response and participation from members of the prosecutorial system. 

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Budget 

Data Reflected Covers the Period of January to December 2005. 

FY Budget 2005 Baseline Intiative 

Total Budget $9,349,500 Funding 

Highway Interdiction 

Supplemental Funding 

Expansion CountiesCalcasieu Supplemental 

Funding 

Accelerated Market 

Disruption Program 

RDI-Caddo 

Hurricane Relief 

BUDGET COMPARISON FEDERAL-STATE/LOCAL 

Total Budget $9,349,500

State & Local, 

$6,960,938 

$6,900,500 

$150,000 

$100,000 

$150,000 

$65,000 

$1,984,000 

Federal, 

$2,388,562 

Budget Baseline $6,900,500. 

Highway Interdiction Supplemental Funding $150,000. 

Expansion Counties-Calcasieu Supplemental Funding $100,000. 

Accelerated Market $150,000. 

RDI-Caddo $65,000. 

Hurricane Relief $1,984,000.

 Total $9,349,500 

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Certain parishes in Louisiana and counties in Mississippi and Alabama were designated as 

part of the Gulf Coast HIDTA in December 1996. In 2001 Gulf Coast HIDTA obtained 

approval from ONDCP to expand into eight new counties/parishes within the three states. 

Geographic Area of Responsibility: 21 Parishes/Counties in Louisiana, Mississippi, and 

Alabama. 

Louisiana Mississippi Alabama 

Bossier Parish Hancock County Baldwin County 

Calcasieu Parish Harrison County Jefferson County 

Caddo Parish Hinds County Mobile County 

East Baton Rouge Parish Jackson County Morgan County 

Jefferson Parish Lafayette County Madison County 

Lafayette Parish Madison County Montgomery County 

Orleans Parish Rankin County 

Ouachita Parish 

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III. Program Goals 

National HIDTA Goals 

The National High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Program has 

adopted two specific goals. These national goals are addressed in the 

Gulf Coast HIDTAs strategy and implemented through initiatives. 

National Program HIDTA Goals 

Goal 1: Disrupt the market for illegal drugs by dismantling or disrupting 

drug trafficking organizations. 

Goal 2: Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of HIDTA initiatives. 

Gulf Coast HIDTA Priorities 

9 Initiate intelligence based investigations on major drug trafficking 

organizations (DTO); 

9 Develop a comprehensive strategy to combat the threat; 

9 Develop effective and efficient initiatives to execute the strategy; 

9 Provide coordination for local, state and federal law enforcement 

efforts in our area of responsibility; 

9 Focus on Performance Measurement Outputs and Outcomes. 

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Summary of Threat Assessment for Budget Year 2005 

The Gulf Coast HIDTA includes the three states 

of Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi. Within 

these three states, there are 21 HIDTAdesignated counties/parishes. There are eight in 

Louisiana; seven in Mississippi; and six in 

Alabama. Of the 21, seven are located on the 

Gulf Coast. The three states serve as a gateway 

for drugs entering the United States as well as a 

transit and staging area for drug distribution. The 

combinations of these elements influence drugrelated crimes and social problems within the 

GC HIDTA region and other areas of the three 

states. Other contributing factors include the 

industrial, cultural and economic diversity of the 

area. The drug threat to the GC HIDTA covers 

the full spectrum of drug types, trafficking 

modalities and types of criminal organizations. 

GC HIDTA area agencies continue to report the 

demand and availability of cocaine, especially its 

base derivative crack as the greatest threat. 

Cocaine (future mentions include crack) remains 

the predominant drug threat to the GC HIDTA 

region as reported by 58 percent of survey 

participants with methamphetamine (35 percent) 

as the second greatest threat. However, when 

surveying each state, 62 percent of the law 

enforcement agencies in Alabama have reported 

methamphetamine as the greatest threat. This is 

the first time in the GC HIDTA that 

methamphetamine has definitively emerged, at 

the state level, as the greatest threat and signals 

the overall regional threat posed by the drug. 

Across the region, cocaine was identified by 

more survey respondents as the main contributor 

to violent (73 percent) and property (76 percent) 

crimes. 

The abuse of other dangerous drugs, including 

hallucinogens, inhalants, and anabolic steroids 

remain steady. In most areas, the use of these 

drugs remains moderate to low. The popularity 

and demand for “club drugs” however, is on the 

rise and reaching epidemic rates in some areas. 

Club dugs such as MDMA, LSD, GHB, and 

Ketamine are readily available in college towns 

where there is an abundance of bars and parties. 

Twenty-four percent of survey participants 

ranked MDMA availability as high. 

The recent dramatic increase in ‘ice’ 

methamphetamine has continued to cause a 

commensurate increase in treatment admissions. 

This will likely result in an increase in the 

collateral damage to families and children as 

well as significant damage to the environment 

with the spread of methamphetamine across the 

area. 

In January of 2005, a new opiate painkiller, 

Palladone, was approved by the FDA and 

released on the market. It is intended for longterm chronic pain, and will only be prescribed to 

opiate tolerant patients. There is great concern by 

law enforcement officials that Palladone will be 

illegally diverted, resulting in the overdose 

deaths of both opiate tolerant users and nonopiate tolerant users alike. The high cost of the 

drug may likely curb its availability, at least 

during its initial distribution. 

Organized drug smuggling and transportation 

across the Interstate Highway System poses a 

significant threat to the country. Since the 9/11 

terrorist attacks, there has been a dramatic 

increase in highway seizures across the Gulf 

Coast HIDTA area of operations. Interstates 10 

& 20, traversing the three states, pose the 

greatest threat. The east/east route intersects 

with four north-south interstates, and countless 

other principal highways. The areas central 

location makes it attractive to traffickers from 

both coast and the Southwest Border. In CY2005, the Gulf Coast HIDTA has seen a 

significant increase in Methamphetamine and 

currency seizures through highway interdiction 

operations. 

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IV. HIDTA Strategy Summary 

In order to accomplish our mission, the GC 

HIDTA strategy is to stand and support 

intelligence-driven drug task forces focused on 

the most significant drug threat elements in their 

designated areas. HIDTA-funded initiatives are 

encouraged to develop cases toward Organized 

Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force 

(OCDETF) designation. Virtually every 

initiative has federal, state, and local agency 

participation. Agencies are encouraged to 

submit initiative proposals or changes 

throughout the yearly planning cycle enabling 

us to reallocate resources and change strategies 

more fluidly. Training remains an important 

part of our approach. Our training program 

designs and schedules courses that provide 

assigned agents with the knowledge and 

expertise necessary to perform their duties. The 

GC HIDTA continues to act as the primary 

coordination mechanism for federal, state, and 

local drug law enforcement efforts. This is 

accomplished through a systematic approach 

facilitating cooperative, collaborative law 

enforcement efforts. 

In 2005, we listed three primary organizational 

priorities. The first priority was to develop 

intelligence-driven investigations aimed at the 

highest-level drug trafficking organizations 

operating within our region. In an effort to 

address this priority, the GC HIDTA placed 

significant resources in its intelligence subsystem to assist funded task forces in targeting 

and dismantling the most prolific DTOs known 

to operate in our region. HIDTA funding in 

conjunction with agency-assigned intelligence 

analysts in our Intel centers and in the field 

provided valuable case support and access to 

local, national and international intelligence. 

The Wire Intercept Center provided support to 

over 42 HIDTA court ordered wiretaps. 

Our second priority was to enhance and 

facilitate information sharing among law 

enforcement agencies in our area and beyond. 

Toward that end, in the later part of 2005, we 

implemented the target component to our 

event/target deconfliction solution known as 

SAFETNet. This enhancement now allows 

participating agencies to enter and deconflict 

target information such as subject names, 

business names, addresses, phone numbers, 

weapons, internet websites and e-mail 

addresses. To date, SAFETNet and its new 

target component has been adopted by 17 

HIDTAs. An additional added enhancement to 

SAFETNet included its new ability to connect 

agencies’ databases to the system providing 

multiple search capabilities through a single 

entry into the system. GC HIDTA management 

staff continues to aggressively market 

SAFETNet among area law enforcement 

agencies with the ultimate goal of 100% 

participation. 

The third priority was to continue in our efforts 

to act as the principle coordination mechanism 

for Federal, state and local drug enforcement 

assets in our region. The GC HIDTA enjoys 

widespread participation from the most 

significant Federal, state and local law 

enforcement agencies operating in our region. 

GC HIDTA State Boards and its Executive 

Board are comprised of representatives of these 

agencies. Through their participation in these 

boards, coordination of HIDTA and their 

agencies’ resources is accomplished. 

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V. HIDTA Performance Measures 

This Annual Report section is dedicated to reporting FY-2005 baseline performance 

measurements. Our effectiveness is measured against our FY-2004 base line figures. 

A. Performance Measures for Goal 1 

Table 1 – Percentage of DTOs Disrupted or Dismantled, 2005. 

Percentage of DTOs and MLOs Disrupted or Dismantled for Year 2005 at Gulf Coast HIDTA 

DTOs 

Identified # Targeted # Disrupted % of Targeted Disrupted # Dismantled % of Targeted Dismantled 

Begin 05 163 128 68 53% 25 20% 

During 05 45 43 12 28% 10 23% 

Total 2005 208 171 80 47% 35 20% 

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

Percentage of DTOs and MLOs Disrupted or Dismantled by Scope for Year 2005, at Gulf Coast HIDTA 

[All DTOs; MLOs included] 

Scope # Identified # Targeted # Disrupted 

% of 

Targeted 

Disrupted 

# Dismantled 

% of 

Targeted 

Dismantled 

Total 

Disrupted 

or 

Dismantled 

Total % 

Disrupted 

or 

Dismantled 

International 10 10 4 40% 3 30% 7 70% 

Multi-state 45 41 13 32% 9 22% 22 54% 

Local 153 120 63 52% 23 19% 86 72% 

Total 208 171 80 47% 35 20% 115 67% 

Table 3 – Percentage of Money Laundering Organizations Disrupted or Dismantled by Scope, 

2005 

Percentage of Money Laundering Organizations Disrupted or Dismantled by Scope for Year 2005 

Scope # Identified # Targeted # Disrupted 

% of 

Targeted 

Disrupted 

# Dismantled 

% of 

Targeted 

Dismantled 

Total 

Disrupted 

or 

Dismantled 

Total % 

Disrupted or 

Dismantled 

International 1 1 0 1 100% 1 100% 

Multi-state 1 1 0 0 0% 0 

Local 1 1 1 100% 0 0% 1 100% 

Total 3 3 1 33% 1 33% 2 67% 

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Table 4 – Operational Scope of All OCDETF Cases Initiated, 2005 

Operational Scope of All DTO and MLO Cases Initiated for Year 

2005, at Gulf Coast HIDTA 

International 

# CPOT 

Cases 

0 

# RPOT 

Cases 

0 

# OCDETF 

Cases 

0 

% OCDETF of Total 

Cases 

Multi-state 0 0 2 5% 

Local 0 0 2 2% 

Total 0 0 4 2% 

Table 5 – Drugs Removed from the Marketplace, 2005 

Gulf Coast HIDTA Drugs Removed from Marketplace 

Drug Seized (kg or D.U.) 

Amount 

Seized 

(kg/D.U.) 

Wholesale 

Value Total Value 

heroin kg 17.57 $80,000 $1,405,600 

cocaine HCL kg* 1393.32 $20,893 $29,110,665 

crack cocaine kg 24.39 $19,923 $485,920 

marijuana commercial grade kg 4318.73 $1,855 $8,012,275 

marijuana hydroponic kg 

methamphetamine kg 130.18 $21,203 $2,760,169 

methamphetamine ice kg 

ecstasy (MDMA) (D.U.s) 

other: marijuana plants 2461 $100 $246,100 

other: prescription drugs 229,620 $10 $2,296,200 

other: _______________ 

Total Wholesale Value $44,316,929 

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

Enforcement Initiatives, 2005 

Gulf Coast HIDTA Return on Investment (ROI) for Drugs 

Removed from the Marketplace by Law Enforcement Initiatives 

for 2005 

Year Budget 

Baseline 

Drug 

Wholesale 

Value 

Targeted 

Drug ROI 

Drug 

Wholesale 

Value 

Removed 

From 

Market 

Actual 

Drug ROI 

2004 $7,350,500 $51,082,792 $7 $51,082,792 $7 

2005 $6,295,928 $51,082,792 $7 $44,316,929 $7 

2006 

2007 

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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 Initiative, 2005 

Gulf Coast HIDTA ROI for Assets Removed from the 

Marketplace by Law Enforcement Initiatives for Year 

Year Budget 

Baseline 

Value of 

Drug Assets 

Targeted 

Asset ROI 

Value of 

Drug Assets 

Removed 

From 

Market 

Actual 

Asset ROI 

2004 $7,350,500 $23,446,976 $3 $23,446,976 $3 

2005 $6,295,928 $23,446,976 $3 $32,791,256 $5 

2006 

2007 

Gulf Coast HIDTA Total ROI for Drugs and Assets Removed 

from the Marketplace by Law Enforcement Initiatives for Year 

Year Budget 

Drugs and 

Assets 

Baseline 

Targeted 

Total ROI 

Drugs and 

Assets 

Removed 

From 

Market 

Actual 

Total ROI 

2004 $7,350,500 $74,529,768 $10 $74,529,768 $10 

2005 $6,295,928 $74,529,768 $10 $77,108,186 $12 

2006 

2007 

Table 9 – Prosecution Initiative Cost per Table of Organization for the HIDTA 

Prosecution Outputs and Outcomes by Year for Gulf Coast HIDTA 

Year Budget Investigations 

Baseline 

Investigations 

Projected 

Investigations 

Handled 

% 

Handled 

Cost/ 

Investigation 

2004 

2005 

2006 

2007 

*Gulf Coast HIDTA has no prosecution initiatives. 

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Table 10 – Value of Clandestine Methamphetamine Labs Dismantled in 2005 by Size 

Value of Clandestine Methamphetamine Laboratories 

Dismantled by Size for 2005 at Gulf Coast HIDTA 

Meth Cost Per 

Ounce $1,000 

Lab Size ID/Targeted Dismantled 

Value of 

Labs 

Dismantled 

A. Less 2 

Oz 0 245 $490,000 

B. 2 - 8 Oz 0 0 $ 

C. 9 Oz - 1 

Lb 0 0 $ 

D. 2 - 9 Lbs 0 0 $ 

E. 10 - 20 

Lbs 0 0 $0 

F. Over 20 

Lb 0 0 $0 

Total 0 245 $490,000 

Table 11- Clandestine Laboratory Activities, 2005 

HIDTA Clandestine Laboratory Activities for 2005 at Gulf Coast HIDTA 

Baseline # 

Targeted 

# 

Identified 

% 

Identified 

Actual 

Change 

from 

Baseline 

Laboratory Dump Sites 

Seized 0 

Chemical/Glassware 

Equipment Seizures 188 0 

Children Affected 0 

*This data was not collected in CY 2004. 

First year for collection was 2005 

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B. Performance Measures for Goal 2 

Table 12 – GC HIDTA Training Efficiency by Year and Type of Training 

Gulf Coast HIDTA Training Efficiency by Type of Training for 2005 

Type of 

Training 

# Students Expected 

for Training 

# Students 

Actually 

Trained 

Hou

Actu

Prov

# Trai

rs 

ally 

ided 

ning 

Total Training 

Cost Training Cost per Hour 

2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 

% 

Change 

2004-

2005 

Analytical/ 

Computer 250 250 214 153 44 52 $5,200 $1,320 $118.18 $25.38 -79% 

Investigative/ 

Interdiction 700 700 904 1,023 568 474 $101,238 $60,444 $178.24 $127.52 -28% 

Management/ 

Administrative 50 50 179 61 72 96 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 0% 

Total 1,000 1,000 1,297 1,237 684 622 $106,438 $61,764 $155.61 $99.29 -36% 

Table 13 – Percentage of HIDTA Initiatives Using Event and Case Deconfliction Services, 2005 

Percentage of Gulf Coast HIDTA Initiatives Using 

Event and Case Deconfliction Services for Year 

Year 

Total 

HIDTA 

Initiatives 

# 

Initiatives 

Targeted 

to Use 

Services 

# 

Initiatives 

Using 

% 

Initiatives 

Using 

2004 20 20 16 80% 

2005 21 21 21 100% 

2006 

2007 

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Table 14 – Percentage of Event and Case Deconfliction Submitted, 2005 

Percentage of Event and Case Deconflictions Submitted for Year at Gulf Coast HIDTA 

Year 

Baseline # 

Deconflictions 

Submitted 

# Deconfliction 

Submissions 

Targeted 

# Event 

Deconflictions 

Submitted 

# Case/Subject 

Deconflictions 

Submitted 

Total 

Deconflictions 

Submitted 

% Deconflictions 

Submitted 

2004 2052 1109 943 1109 2052 100% 

2005 2052 2100 760 944 1704 81% 

2006 

2007 

Table 15 – Percentage of Investigations Provided Analytical Support, 2005 

Percentage of Cases Provided Analytical Support for Year at Gulf Coast HIDTA 

Year 

Baseline # 

Investigations 

Receiving 

Analytical 

Support 

# 

Investigations 

Targeted for 

Analytical 

Support 

# 

Investigations 

Provided 

Analytical 

Support 

% Targeted 

Investigations Supported 

2004 103 103 103 100% 

2005 103 103 484 469% 

2006 

2007 

Table 16 – Percentage of HIDTA Initiative Investigations Referred to Other HIDTAs and Other 

Agencies, 2005 

Percentage of HIDTA Initiative Cases Referred to Other HIDTAs and Other 

Agencies for Year at Gulf Coast HIDTA 

Year 

Total HIDTA 

Initiative 

Investigations 

# Initiative 

Investigations 

Targeted for 

Referral 

# HIDTA 

Initiative 

Investigations 

Referred to 

Other 

HIDTAs 

# HIDTA 

Initiative 

Investigations 

Referred to 

Other 

Agencies 

Total 

Initiative 

Investigations 

Referred 

% Targeted 

Initiative 

Investigations 

Referred 

2004 1905 178 141 154 295 166% 

2005 1170 50 15 11 26 52% 

2006 

2007 

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VI. Conclusion 

In, 2005, the Gulf Coast HIDTA scored major successes in 

the area of interoperability, communications, and 

intelligence sharing. Enhancements to SAFETNet, which 

included connectivity to the National Virtual Pointer 

System (NVPS), more efficient mapping capabilities, target 

entry refinements and additional HIDTAs implementation 

of the program are but a few examples. Agreements were 

reached with agencies in all three states to provide direct 

connectivity to agencies’ databases allowing instantaneous 

access of multiple databases through a single SAFETNet 

entry. 

The Gulf Coast HIDTA provided essential support to local 

law enforcement agencies participating in the program. 

In addition, local departments outside of the GC HIDTA 

designated counties and parishes were provided 

investigative expertise and intelligence to support their own 

drug interdiction efforts. 

The Gulf Coast HIDTA has gained a reputation within its 

three-state area and beyond as an effective drug law 

enforcement program. Based on an articulated strategy 

implemented by strictly defined and regimented initiatives, 

the Gulf Coast HIDTA has been able to promote an 

effective regional drug enforcement response to an everchanging drug threat. 

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VII. Appendices 

Appendix A. Table of Organization for the HIDTA 

Below is HIDTA’s organizational structure to provide you with an overview of the Gulf Coast 

HIDTA governing mechanisms. 

Gulf Coast HIDTA Management Staff 

Executive Board 

Alabama 

Dir. Of Operations (hf) 

Alabama Program 

Analyst (hf) 

Intelligence 

Coordinator (hf) 

Fiscal 

Officer (hf) 

Deputy 

Director (hf) * 

Management & Coordination 

Office Manager (hf) 

Louisiana * 

Dir. Of Operations (hf) 

Mississippi 

Dir. Of Operations (hf) 

Mississippi 

Program Analyst (hf) 

Louisiana 

Program Analyst 

Director (hf) 

(hf) HIDTA-Funded 

*Deputy Director acts as Louisiana Director of Operations. 

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GULF COAST HIDTA EXECUTIVE BOARD OVERSIGHT

ONDCP 

National HIDTA Program Office 

GC HIDTA Executive Board 

GC HIDTA Director 

Alabama State Committee 

AL Ops Center; 

Director of Operations, 

Major Investigations 

Team & Mobile 

Deployment Team, 

Montgomery. 

Jefferson County Drug 

TF, Birmingham. 

Madison/Morgan 

Counties TF, Huntsville. 

Mobile/Baldwin Drug TF, 

Mobile. 

Louisiana State Committee 

LA Ops Center; 

Director of Operations, 

Financial Investigations 

Team, Major 

Investigations Team 1, 

Major Investigations 

Team 2, and Mobile 

Deployment Team, 

Metairie. 

Caddo/Bossier Drug TF, 

Shreveport. 

Calcasieu Parish CAT, 

Lake Charles. 

Project STAR, Jefferson 

Parish. 

N.O. Gang TF, New

Orleans. 

Mid-LA MIT/FIT, Baton 

Rouge. 

Multi-Agency Safe

Neighborhood TF, 

Metairie. 

NW LA Violent Crimes 

TF, Shreveport. 

Greater NO Organized 

Crimes TF, New Orleans. 

Monroe/Metro Drug TF, 

West Monroe. 

Southwestern LA

MIT/FIT, Lafayette. 

Mississippi State Committee 

MS Ops Center;

Director of Operations, 

Major Investigations 

Team, Metro Drug

Enforcement Group, 

Pearl. 

GC HIDTA Training 

Program, Pearl (H-w). 

Tri-County Major 

Investigations Team, 

(MS Coastal Counties), 

Gulfport. 

Jackson County Major 

Investigation Team, 

Pascagoula. 

North MS Meth

Enforcement Team, 

Oxford. 

Management & 

Coordination

Intelligence Coordinator 

Intelligence 

Coordination Network 

(HIDTA-wide). 

LA – ICN (H-w), 

Metairie. 

Tech Group (H-w), 

Metairie. 

IST, Baton Rouge. 

AL - IST, Montgomery. 

MS – IST, Jackson. 

BLOC/Watch Center 

(H-w), Gulfport. 

PSAT, (H-w), Gulfport. 

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Appendix B – Gulf Coast HIDTA Executive Board 

Gulf Coast HIDTA Executive Board 

December 2005 

State Agency Executive Board Member Second 

Alabama Department of Public Safety Ken Hallford 

Alabama Attorney General’s Office Jack Brennan 

Harrison Co. Sheriff’s Office, MS George Payne 

Mississippi Department of Public Safety George Phillips (Chair) 

Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics Marshall Fisher 

Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, LA Newell Normand 

Louisiana State Police Henry Whitehorn 

New Orleans Police Department Warren Riley 

Mobile Police Department Sam Cochran 

John Mulligan 

John Thevenot 

Geoffrey Bordelon 

David Wilhelm 

Federal Agency Executive Board Member Second 

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Mark Chait (Vice Chair) 

Drug Enforcement Administration William Renton 

Federal Bureau of Investigation Carmen Adams 

Internal Revenue Service Mike Nelson 

U.S. Attorney’s Office, AL Leura G. Canary 

U.S. Attorney’s Office, LA David R. Dugas 

U.S. Attorney’s Office, MS Dunn Lampton 

U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement Mike Holt 

(Non-voting Member) 

U.S. Coast Guard Christopher Auston 

Robert Browning 

Patrick Warner 

John Cloud 

Kyle Barnett 

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Appendix C – Participating Agencies 

Federal 

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and 

Explosives 

Drug Enforcement Administration 

Federal Bureau of Investigation 

Internal Revenue Service 

United States Coast Guard 

Immigration & Customs Enforcement 

Alabama 

Alabama Air National Guard 

Alabama Army National Guard 

Alabama Attorney General’s Office 

Alabama Bureau of Investigation 

Alabama Department of Public Safety 

Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office 

Bessemer Police Department 

Birmingham Police Department 

Decatur Police Department 

Fairfield Police Department 

Fairhope Police Department 

Homewood Police Department 

Huntsville Police Department 

Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office 

Madison County District Attorney’s Office 

Millbrook Police Department 

Mobile Police Department 

Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office 

Montgomery Police Department 

Morgan County Sheriff’s Office 

Univ. of South Alabama Police Department 

Louisiana 

Louisiana Attorney General’s Office 

Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Department 

Ascension District Attorney’s Office 

Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office 

Baton Rouge Police Department 

Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office 

Bossier Police Department 

Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office 

Crowley Police Department 

East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office 

Gonzales Police Department 

Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office 

Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office 

Kenner Police Department 

Lafayette Police Department 

Louisiana Air National Guard 

Louisiana Army National Guard 

Louisiana Attorney General’s Office 

Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco 

Control 

Louisiana State Police 

Monroe Police Department 

New Orleans Police Department 

Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office 

Port Allen Police Department 

Shreveport Police Department 

St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office 

St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office 

St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office 

Webster Parish Sheriff’s Office 

West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office 

West Monroe Police Department 

Mississippi 

Bay St. Louis Police Department 

Biloxi Police Department 

Flowood Police Department 

Gautier Police Department 

Gulfport Police Department 

Harrison County Sheriff’s Office 

Hinds County Sheriff’s Office 

Jackson County Sheriff’s Office 

Jackson Police Department 

Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics 

Mississippi Highway Patrol 

Mississippi National Guard 

Moss Point Police Department 

Ocean Springs Police Department 

Oxford Police Department 

Panola County Sheriff’s Office 

Pascagoula Police Department 

Pearl Police Department 

Rankin County Sheriff’s Office 

Southaven Police Department 

Tupelo Police Department 

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Louisiana 

Bossier Parish 

Calcasieu Parish 

Caddo Parish 

East Baton Rouge Parish 

Jefferson Parish 

Lafayette Parish 

Orleans Parish 

Ouachita Parish 

Mississippi 

Hancock County 

Harrison County 

Hinds County 

Jackson County 

Lafayette County 

Madison County 

Rankin County 

Alabama 

Baldwin County 

Jefferson County 

Mobile County 

Morgan County 

Madison County 

Montgomery Count 

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Appendix D – Counties/Parishes Participating in Gulf Coast HIDTA 

Geographic Area of Responsibility: 21 Parishes/Counties in Louisiana, Mississippi, and 

Alabama. 

Appendix E – BLOC/HIDTA Watch Center Annual Report 

The BLOC/HIDTA Watch Center provides 

tactical interdiction intelligence to field agents 

and highway interdiction officers on a 24/7 

basis through cellular toll-free (#HIDTA) or 

(800-USA-BLOC) telephone numbers and 

direct connect through Southern Linc and 

NexTel. The BLOC HIDTA is also active in 

providing post seizure analysis to Federal, 

State and Local agents and officers. In the 

aftermath of the September 11th terrorist 

attacks, Watch Center personnel recorded an 

increase in the number of queries from 

enforcement agencies. The value of merging 

several agencies into Immigration and Customs 

Enforcement has greatly enhanced the 

information and intelligence available to the 

BLOC/HIDTA Watch Center. This was critical 

in light of the new challenges posed by terrorist 

threats. Currently, 687 state law enforcement 

offices and 3,380 officers are actively 

accessing BLOC/HIDTA Watch Center data 

systems. The BLOC/ HIDTA Watch Center 

coverage now spans from the Louisiana/Texas 

state line to the Atlantic Coastline. 

In 2005, the BLOC/HIDTA Watch Center 

received 11,332 requests for intelligence 

assistance from cross-designated law 

enforcement officers performing 

narcotics/currency highway interdictions. 

BLOC/HIDTA Certified State & 

Local Law Enforcement Officers 

State # Officers 

Alabama 785 

Arkansas 230 

Georgia 117 

Louisiana 799 

Mississippi 854 

North Carolina 111 

Tennessee 484 

Total Officers 3,380 

The requests resulted in 145,018 queries of 

general, state and local indices performed by 

intelligence analysts. There was an average 

of 944 intelligence assistance request calls 

per month, an increase of 13% over last 

year. In addition, the Watch Center Post 

Seizure Analysis Team produces daily 

intelligence summaries. These summaries 

are widely distributed to law enforcement 

agencies throughout the United States. As 

part of these summaries, the team describes 

various methods used in concealing 

contraband in vehicles and on persons. The 

BLOC/HIDTA Watch Center also issues 

officer safety bulletins and intelligence on 

new concealment methods. 

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BLOC/HIDTA 2005 Interdiction Stats 

Drugs removed from the marketplace in 2005 by law enforcement officers 

in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi as reported to the BLOC/HIDTA 

Watch Center. 

Drugs Seized (kg or du.) Amount Seized (kg/ du.) 

heroin kg 6 

cocaine HCL kg 1,363 

marijuana commercial grade kg 6,266 

methamphetamine kg 142 

ecstasy (MDMA) (D.U.s) 22,605 d.u. 

other: Dilaudid 630 d.u. 

other: Xanax 5,361 d.u. 

other: Lortab 1,000 d.u. 

Note: 

Weights are in Pounds HEROIN COCAINE MARIJ METH 

Alabama 0 361 1,138 117 

Arkansas 0 61 4,922 11 

Georgia 8.8 1,036 2,870 44 

Louisiana 11 695 7,714 54 

Mississippi 2.2 1,943 4,933 141 

North 

Carolina 0 121 0 0 

South 

Carolina .1 0 0 .2 

Tennessee 22.4 581 4,844 234 

Totals 44.5 4,798 26,421 601.2 

CURRENCY ARRESTS VEHICLES WEAPONS 

Alabama $5,783,807. 144 47 24 

Arkansas $3,626,838. 118 29 8 

Georgia $9,562,557. 133 61 20 

Louisiana $3,877,680. 337 63 33 

Mississippi $8,830,861. 228 97 16 

North 

Carolina $153,080. 5 1 0 

South 

Carolina $68,520. 5 0 3 

Tennessee $9,783,429. 300 130 32 

TOTALS $41,686,772. 1270 428 136 

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Appendix F – Crime Stats 

The GC HIDTA encompasses a three-state-area that includes: Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi. Crime statistics 

are addressed on a state-by-state basis. The following section discusses the 2005, FBI Uniform Crime Report 

(UCR) statistics for the three-state-area followed by the Index of Crimes from the Preliminary 2005UCR. 

The GC HIDTA reviews the drug related crime rates for each state including the violent crimes of homicide, 

robbery, aggravated assault and rape; and burglary. Overall, violent crimes in the GC HIDTA have decreased per 

capita in 2005 when compared with data from 2004. 

The following information was derived from FBI Preliminary 2005 Uniform Crime Report. 

Areas: HIDTA Region or 

Targeted Areas 

Violent 

Crimes Total Homicides Rape Robbery Aggravated Assault Burglary 

Area 1: Baton Rouge, LA 

Total # of each crime in 2005 1,323 25 37 485 776 1,977 

Total # of each crime in 2004 1,147 20 50 398 679 1,874 

Percent up or down +15.3 +25.0 -26.0 +21.9 +14.3 +5.5 

Crime rate based on population▲▼ ▲ ▲ ▼ ▲ ▲ ▲

Area 2: Birmingham, AL 

Total # of each crime in 2005 1,598 38 125 616 819 2,238 

Total # of each crime in 2004 1,492 24 138 557 773 2.362 

Percent up or down +7.1 +58.3 -9.4 +10.6 +5.9 -5.3 

Crime rate based on population▲▼ ▲ ▲ ▼ ▲ ▲ ▼

Area 3: Jackson, MS 

Total # of each crime in 2005 625 15 84 305 221 1,499 

Total # of each crime in 2004 655 25 68 357 205 1,582 

% up or down -4.6 -40.0 +25.4 -14.6 +7.8 -5.3 

Crime rate based on population▲▼ ▼ ▼ ▲ ▼ ▲ ▼

Area 4: Mobile, AL 

Total # of each crime in 2005 565 13 39 294 219 1,957 

Total # of each crime in 2004 627 16 64 373 174 1,852 

Percent up or down -9.9 -18.8 -39.1 -21.2 +28.9 +5.7 

Crime rate based on population▲▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▲ ▲

Area 5: Montgomery, AL 

Total # of each crime in 2005 720 13 49 352 304 1,564 

Total # of each crime in 2004 623 12 49 265 297 1,710 

Percent up or down +15.6 +25.0 0.0 +32.8 +2.4 -8.5 

Crime rate based on population▲▼ ▲ ▲ = ▲ ▲ ▼

Area 6: New Orleans, LA 

Total # of each crime in 2005 2,086 134 89 756 1,107 2,277 

Total # of each crime in 2004 2,127 125 101 837 1,064 2,622 

Percent up or down -1.9 +7.2 -11.9 -9.7 +4.0 -13.2 

Crime rate based on population▲▼ ▼ ▲ ▼ ▼ ▲ ▼

Area 7: Shreveport, LA 

Total # of each crime in 2005 1,103 21 80 279 723 1,409 

Total # of each crime in 2004 1,058 15 63 354 626 1,557 

Percent up or down +4.3 +40.0 +27.0 -21.2 +15.5 -9.5 

Crime rate based on population▲▼ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▼ ▲ ▼

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Appendix G – Statistical Summary 

STATISTICAL SUMMARY GULF COAST HIDTA 

1 Arrest Data 

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 +/- % 

(’04-'05) 

Total Arrests 1644 1601 1570 2868 5,723 6,723 5,362 -20.24% 

2 Drug 

Seizures 

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 +/- % 

(’04-’05) 

Cocaine (In 

Kilos) 

2594 6138 1148.98 529.6 1486.06 1537.02 1393.32 

-9.35% 

Heroin (In Kilos) 2 1.98 19.1503 11.17 29.92 13.64 17.57 28.81% 

Marijuana (In 

Kilos) 

929.2 1169.2 3658.41 4325.58 6181.13 8112.79 4318.73 

-46.77% 

Meth (In Kilos) 65 39.6 393.535 35.9 56.61 102.79 130.18 26.65% 

Club Drugs * 30.6073 529.4 2,077,532 19,098 2,443 -87.21% 

Prescription 

Drugs * 

3734.62 45.88 26,667 64,046 223,203 

248.50% 

Schedule IV * 123.996 14.76 5464 8844 5649 -36.13% 

Other * 1828.32 71.07 435,055 19,462 10,202 -47.58% 

* Effective 2003 measured in D.U. Dosage Units 

3 Asset 

Seizures 

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 +/- % 

(’04-’05) 

U.S. Currency (In 

Millions) 

$6.40 $4.94 $5.19 $9.52 $14.24 $16.59 $23.40 

41.05% 

Other: Property 

(In Millions) 

$4.00 $7.40 $5.78 $15.14 $3.18 $6.85 $9.59 

40.00% 

Other: Weapons 101 305 434 610 573 -6.07% 

Other: Vehicles 50 135 225 365 231 -36.71% 

Total Value 

Seized Assets: 

$10.40 $12.34 $10.97 $24.66 $17.42 $23.44 $32.99 

40.74% 

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Appendix H – Newspaper Articles 

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VIII. List of Tables and Charts 

Table 1 – Cost per DTO Disrupted or Dismantled, 2005. 

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

Table 3 – Percentage of Money Laundering Organizations Disrupted or Dismantled by Scope, 

2005 

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

Table 5 – Drugs Removed from the Marketplace, 2005 

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

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 Initiative, 2005 

Table 9 – Prosecution Initiative Cost Per Table of Organization for the HIDTA 

Table 10 – Value of Clandestine Methamphetamine Labs Dismantled in 2005 by Size 

Table 11 – Clandestine Laboratory Activities, 2005 

Table 12 – GC HIDTA Training Efficiency by Year and Type of Training 

Table 13 – Percentage of HIDTA Initiatives Using Event and Case Deconfliction Services, 2005 

Table 14 – Percentage of Event and Case Deconfliction Submitted, 2005 

Table 15 – Percentage of Investigations Provided Analytical Support, 2005 

Table 16 – Percentage of HIDTA Initiative Investigations Referred to Other HIDTAs and Other 

Agencies, 2005 

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