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Drug Control: Update on U.S. Interdiction Efforts in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific

NSIAD-98-30 Published: Oct 15, 1997. Publicly Released: Nov 14, 1997.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed drug trafficking lanes into the United States from the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and eastern Pacific Ocean, focusing on: (1) the nature of drug trafficking activities through the transit zone; (2) host nation efforts, capabilities, and impediments to an effective counternarcotics program; (3) U.S. agencies' capabilities, including funding, in interdicting drug trafficking activities in the region; and (4) the status of U.S. agencies' efforts to plan, coordinate, and implement U.S. interdiction activities.

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Drug traffickingFederal intelligence agenciesForeign governmentsInteragency relationsInternational agreementsInternational cooperationLaw enforcement agenciesNarcoticsSearch and seizureCocaine