“Money
Trail Initiative”
Fact Sheet
Participating DEA Offices:
Domestic Offices:
| Detroit,
MI Phoenix, AZ Tucson, AZ Miami, FL Atlanta, GA; Colorado Springs, CO Chicago, IL Columbus, OH Cheyenne, WY Denver, CO New York, NY Los Angeles, CA |
Las
Vegas, NV Nogales, AZ Orlando, FL Riverside, CA San Jose, CA Albuquerque, NM El Paso, TX Greensboro, NC Knoxville, TN Houston, TX Kansas City, KS Salem, OR |
Newark,
NJ Philadelphia, PA Anchorage, AK Allentown, PA Billings, MT Wichita, KS Indianapolis, IN Los Cruces, NM Wilmington, DE |
Foreign Offices:
| Ciudad
Juarez, Mexico Guatemala City, Guatemala |
Guadalajara,
Mexico Bogota, Colombia |
Operational Statistics:
Operation Denali:
| 78
arrests 174 kilograms of cocaine seized 294 pounds of marijuana seized 21 Vehicles seized |
2
weapons 9 pounds of methamphetamine seized $2.813 million in U.S. currency seized |
Operation Choque:
| 95
arrests 1,407 kilograms of cocaine seized 523 pounds of marijuana seized 10 pounds of methamphetamine seized |
30
weapons seized $12 million in currency seized $8 million in other assets, i.e. real estate 144 vehicles seized |
Operation Falling Star:
| 27
search warrants 57 arrests 40 weapons seized 16 vehicles seized |
14
properties seized estimated at $10 million 36,238 pounds of marijuana seized $13.279 million in currency seized |
Totals:
| Arrests:
230 Cocaine Seized: 1,581 kilograms Marijuana Seized: 37,055 pounds Methamphetamine Seized: 19 pounds |
Bulk
Cash Seized: $28 million dollars Weapons Seized: 72 Vehicles Seized: 181 |
Dates of DEA Operations:
Operation Denali:
Initiated August 2003
Operation Choque: Initiated January 2003
Operation Falling Star: Initiated March 2004
| The mission of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is to enforce the controlled substances laws and regulations of the United States and bring to the criminal and civil justice system of the United States, or any other competent jurisdiction, those organizations and principal members of organizations, involved in the growing, manufacture, or distribution of controlled substances appearing in or destined for illicit traffic in the United States; and to recommend and support non-enforcement programs aimed at reducing the availability of illicit controlled substances on the domestic and international markets. |