Full Description
It's a national epidemic and an international conspiracy. Drugs have infested our society with a vengeance, making the drug enforcement agent a central figure in the war on drugs. International training teams of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have traditionally taught the special skills required by all drug agents. Until now, there has never been a book for public consumption devoted strictly to this specialized field of criminal investigation.
Global Drug Enforcement: Practical Investigative Techniques provides basic and advanced methods for conducting modern drug investigations. With coverage of source countries, drug identification, conspiracy investigations, clandestine laboratories, drug intelligence, and money laundering, the book includes the topics that every detective assigned to a drug investigation unit must know. The chapter on drug identification discusses the drugs that all law enforcement officers are likely to encounter including heroin, marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, PCP, and the emerging club drugs of Ecstasy, GHB, and Ketamine. A glossary of common terms used in drug enforcement and chapters on the nexus between drugs and terrorism provide additional insight.
Based on the training and experiences of a recently retired Supervisory Special Agent of the DEA who was a former instructor for DEA's Office of Training at the FBI Academy, this book provides domestic and international agencies with a comprehensive reference on contemporary drug enforcement. It greatly expands on many of the topics that DEA employees receive in their training and covers the areas that investigators need to understand in order to conduct safe and effective drug operations.
Contents
THE FUNDAMENTALS: Introduction to Drug Law Enforcement. Source Countries. Drug Identification and User Recognition. Confidential Informants. Sources of Information. Surveillance and Counter-surveillance. Undercover Operations. "Flash Roll" Management. Evidence Collection and Preservation. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines for Drug Offenses. Raid Planning and Execution. COMPLEX DRUG INVESTIGATIONS: Conspiracy Investigations. Clandestine Laboratories. Transportation Hub Interdiction Operations. Smuggling and Smugglers. Controlled Deliveries. Drug Intelligence. Money Laundering & Financial Investigations. Shared Traits of Drug Traffickers & Terrorists.
