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05436 - [B0945855]
Drug Control in South America Haling Limited Success: Some
Progress But Problems Are Formidable. GGD-78-45; B-175425. March
29, 1978. 33 jp. + 3 appendices (4 pp.).
Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Stiats, Comptroller General.
Issue Area: Law Enforcement aLd Crime Prevention (500).
Contact: General Government Div.
Budget Function: Law Enforcement and Justice: -ederal Law
Enforcement and Prosecution (751).
Organization Concerned: Drug Enforcement AdministrEtion;
Department of State; Department of Justice; Central
Intelligence Agency; Agency for International Development.
Congressional Relevance: House Committee on the Judiciary;
Senate Committee on the Judiciary; Congress.
Authority: Foreign Assistance Act of 1973 (P.L. 93-189; 87 Stat.
71':). Foreign Assistance Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-559; 88 Stat.
1795).
Nearly all of the cocaine and most of the marihuana
entering the United States come from Scuth America. Peru and
Bolivia are the major producers of coca, frcm which cocainc is
made, and Colombia is the primary processing and transmitting
country for cocaine. Colombia has also surpassed Nerico in
marihuana production. Disrupting and intercepting the flow of
drugs into this country is a major U.S. law enforcement
objective and an important part of the worldwide U.S. 4rug
control program. In South America, this effozt is multifaceted
and involves several agencies, including the Drug Enforcement
Administrati(u, the Department of State, the Agency for
International Development, and the Central Intelligence Agency.
Findings/Conclusions: International drug control program
officials believe that the cocaine flow into the United States
is increasing and that the drug program in South America has had
a minimal effect on the flow of narcotics. One problem hampering
enforcement efforts is a paucity of systematically analyzed
intelligence. As a resailt, enforcement efforts to elimiLate
major trafficking networks may not have been as effective as
they cculd have been. U.S. officials felt that the real key to
program success is a stronger commitment by South American
governments. Such a possibility is limited by corruption within
many South Aerican countries, particularly Colombia, and a la:k
of host government resources committed to drug enforcement. Crop
substitution is one approach to reducing the flow of cocaine,
but pilot projects to identify adequate alternative crops have
so far been unsuccessful. From 1973 through 1977, the United
States provided $7.8 million worth of law enforcement equipment
to 10 South American countries. Legislation has placed
prohibitions against U.S. financial assistance tc foreign
police, but thest prohibitions do not generally apply to
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