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United States General Accounting Office                         Office of Special Investigations
Washington, DC 20548


         B-286317

         September 29, 2000

         The Honorable Charles E. Grassley
         Chairman
         Caucus on International Narcotics Control
         United States Senate
         Subject: No Information to Link Irish Terrorist Organizations to International

                  Narcotics Traffic king

         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 September 20, 2000. At that time, we presented
         the results of the work that you had requested: to determine, through the cognizant
         authorities, if Irish terrorist organizations are engaged in international narcotics
         trafficking.

         As background, Irish terrorist organizations are classified into two main groups:
         Loyalist (Protestant) and Republican (Catholic). The Loyalist terrorist organizations
         operate mainly in Northern Ireland (Ulster), while the Republican terrorists operate
         in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

         Irish and British law enforcement officials provided no information that Irish terrorist
         organizations are engaged in international narcotics trafficking. However, some
         Loyalist and Republican terrorist organizations are engaged in street-level narcotics,
         dealing in such drugs as heroin, cocaine, ecstasy, and cannabis (marijuana). Irish
         police officials believe that shootings of major drug dealers in Belfast and Dublin
         were related to in-country conflicts and not international narcotics trafficking.

         We interviewed knowledgeable officials of the U.S. government (Drug Enforcement
         Administration and U.S. Customs Service), Irish Customs and Excise, Garda Siochana
         (Irish National Police), Royal Ulster Constabulary, British Customs and Excise,
         United Nations Drug Control Program, and European Police Office.


GAO/OSI-00-18R Irish Terrorists Not Linked to International Drug Trafficking

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