About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

OSI-00-16R 1 (2000-07-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaalko0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I GAO Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States General Accounting Office Office of Special Investigations Washington, DC 20548 B-285932 July 31, 2000 The Honorable Charles E. Grassley Chairman Caucus on International Narcotics Control United States Senate Subject: Ireland Is Not a Major Transshipment Point for International Narcotics Traffickers Dear Mr. Chairman: As requested, enclosed with this letter is a copy of a briefing that GAO's Office of Special Investigations gave to William Olson, Staff Director, Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, on July 6, 2000. At that time, we presented the results of our work that focused on determining whether Ireland, which encompasses both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, is a major transshipment point for international narcotics traffickers. We inquired about the movement of cocaine from the Western Hemisphere through Ireland for eventual distribution in Europe. We also inquired about the movement through Ireland of heroin originating in Southwest Asia and the synthetic drug ecstasy originating in the Netherlands for eventual distribution in the United States. We interviewed knowledgeable officials of the U.S. government (Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Customs, U.S. Secret Service, and Immigration and Naturalization Service); Irish Customs and Excise; Garda Siochana (Irish National Police); Royal Ulster Constabulary; British Customs and Excise, United Nations Drug Control Program; and the European Police Office. We also reviewed records concerning recent seizures of cocaine, heroin, and ecstasy. We found no evidence to indicate that Ireland is a major transshipment point for international narcotics traffickers. In 1996 and 1998 Irish authorities made three significant multikilogram seizures of cocaine that was destined for ultimate distribution in the United Kingdom and Europe. However, the officials we interviewed did not believe that such large cocaine shipments are regularly transshipped through Ireland. In addition, the officials had no information concerning any reported seizures of heroin or ecstasy in Ireland that was destined for the United States. GAO/OSI-00-16R Ireland Not an International Drug Transshipment Point

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most