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Written testimony of USCG for a Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control for a hearing titled “Adapting U.S. Counternarcotics Efforts in Colombia”

U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Deputy Commandant for Operations Vice Admiral Charles Ray addresses Coast Guard’s role in combating Transnational Criminal Organizations and how Coast Guard addresses the drug smuggling methods of these networks.

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Written testimony of CBP for a House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security hearing titled “A Dangerous and Sophisticated Adversary: The Threat to the Homeland Posed by Cartel Operations”

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Paul Beeson, Director of DHS Joint Task Force – West addresses the evolving drug smuggling tactics and techniques used by transnational criminal organizations and how CBP is working to meet this threat and secure the Nation’s borders.

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Smuggling Cases

For as long as there have been illegal goods, there have been those trying to sneak them past authorities. Explore how DHS detects and systematically dismantles vast smuggling empires.

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Global MOTR Coordination Center (GMCC)

The Global Maritime Operational Threat Response Coordination Center supports the inter-agency response to maritime threats involving U.S. interests worldwide.