Bermuda Seed

Through BJA, the DOJ provides seed money for drug court planning, along with limited funding for implementation and enhancement. Federal funding for drug courts is available from several sources, including drug court discretionary grants available through the cooperation of BJA and the Office of National Drug Control Policy, under the auspices of the Executive Office of the President; the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant program; the Edward Byrne Memorial grants; the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment; and The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, but most drug courts operate on a combination of federal, state, and local funds. Some drug courts charge participants a fee and some receive financial assistance from tax-exempt organizations founded to support the programs (many of these are started by steering committees). To be successful, however, drug courts must also look to existing local resources, and organize those resources to avoid duplication of services. [Read More]

D) U.S. Government Assistance

3The totals do not include FSA and SEED Act funding transfers from USAID, nor PKO funding allocated by State PM. The total for FY 2001 includes a rescission of $ 0.715 million. ...

4The totals do not include FSA and SEED Act funding transfers from USAID, nor PKO funding allocated by State PM. The total for FY 2001 includes a rescission of $ 0.715 million. The INL Programs total minus the ACI subtotal equals the INCLE total. ... [Read More]

M) Money Laundering and Financial Crimes

The following are summaries of the most significant priority issues:Refocus Efforts of High Intensity Financial Crime Areas (HIFCAs). HIFCAs are special, high-risk areas or sectors where law enforcement will concentrate its resources and energy to combat money laundering. The 2001 Strategy mandated that the HIFCA task forces become operational and conduct investigations designed to result in indictments, convictions, and seizures, rather than focus primarily on intelligence gathering. Each of the six HIFCA Task Forces is now actively working cases. HIFCA Task Forces are composed of, and draw upon, all relevant federal, state, and local agencies. The Departments of Treasury and Justice jointly supervise the HIFCA Task Forces, and the 2001 Strategy primarily tasks the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) and Justice’s Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section to develop an advanced money laundering training program to enhance the HIFCA Task Forces’ abili ... [Read More]

Money Laundering and Financial Crimes

(1) As DEA also points out, "In some cases, the agent (business) may represent a variety of remittance companies. When this is the case, the agent may suggest dividing the deposit, sending a portion with each of the represented businesses (companies). Thus, detection is increasingly challenging."Federal authorities at the conference also highlighted the recent growth of smaller independent remitters (beyond the more established Western Union and MoneyGram systems), particularly of those providing service to and from Mexico. DEA reported that although these remitters provide important legitimate services to migrant worker populations, the location of these businesses, "do not necessarily parallel the employment centers for these laborers. Rather, it appears that the agent locations are primarily located in states without regulations governing the money services industry." ... [Read More]