Drug Enforcement Task Forces
As a leader in narcotics investigations and enforcement, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) participates in key task forces around the country. ICE is committed to strong investigative partnerships with federal, state and local law enforcement.
ICE brings to bear its investigative expertise in money laundering and bulk cash smuggling in the fight against drug trafficking. Knowing where criminals are consolidating cash and how they are transporting it, helps arm law enforcement with critical information needed to halt drug traffickers in their tracks.
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force
The High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force initiative brings law enforcement agency partners together to combat drug-trafficking crimes in designated areas around the country that have a high concentration of narcotic distribution, transportation, smuggling and other drug-related activities.
ICE participates in 30 of the 32 HIDTA programs around the country. The HIDTA task forces are administered by the U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy, which launched the program in 1990.
Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force
ICE participates in the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) program, which was established in 1982 to conduct comprehensive, multi-level attacks on major drug trafficking and money laundering organizations. The principal mission of the OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking and money laundering organizations and those primarily responsible for the nation’s drug supply.
Recent News
5/18/2012 Alexandria, VA 13 members of international khat trafficking ring convicted
5/16/2012 Gulfport, MS North Carolina man pleads guilty in weapons smuggling conspiracy
5/16/2012 San Jose, CA Investigators seize multiple weapons in bust of Bay Area heroin trafficking ring
5/15/2012 San Juan, PR San Juan BEST seizes 6 kilograms of cocaine, arrests 3
5/14/2012 Brownsville, TX Central Texas man sentenced to more than 12 years for drug trafficking
5/10/2012 New York, NY Former police officer sentenced to 25 years for robbery and corruption
