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Agency Budget Summary
Department of Justice
Interpol - U. S. National Central Bureau (USNCB)
I. Resource Summary
II. Methodology
- The USNCB has a single decision unit. The estimated drug expenses represent that portion of the total staff expended by the Drug Division office based on workload.
III. Program Summary
- The USNCB supports Goal 5, "Break foreign and domestic drug sources of supply", by promoting the exchange of drug-related law enforcement information with the member countries of INTERPOL. In the key drug source and transiting area in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean, the USNCB is supporting the development and maintenance of current technology telecommunications networks. Similar initiatives are in process in Eastern Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Oceania.
- The Drugs Program provides for daily communications on drugs investigative matters with federal, state, and local U.S. law enforcement agencies, INTERPOL General Secretariat and INTERPOL member countries. The INTERPOL channel is often the only means of communications to seek international assistance and cooperation on drug investigations.
IV. Budget Summary
1999 Program
- The USNCB's drug control program resources for FY 1999 totals $0.4 million and 4 FTEs. Funding will support various international narcotics control activities which complement the efforts of the United States. In addition, funding will aid in instituting programs where the United States has limited or no access.
2000 Request
- The FY 2000 drug control request includes $0.5 million and 6 FTEs, an increase of $0.1 million over the FY 1999 level. FY 2000 funding will maintain current services.
V. Program Accomplishments
- Enhanced the DEA fugitive program through the use of diffusions and red notices to initiate provisional arrests and to expedite coordination with OIA/Criminal Division for extradition. This is accomplished by training new DEA agent personnel at Quantico, briefing DEA foreign offices and distributing brochures detailing the capabilities of the INTERPOL communication channel.
- Increased the DEA Strategic Intelligence and Statistical Databases by obtaining information from various sources including the USNCB, the INTERPOL Secretariat General and other INTERPOL member countries to increase DEA's strategic knowledge of the worldwide drug situation. Strategic and statistical information is also requested by and provided to other federal law enforcement and drug agencies. The USNCB accomplishes this by distributing the Weekly Intelligence Message (WIM) and other INTERPOL publications and by responding to individual requests for information.
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