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The mission of NDIC is to provide strategic drug-related intelligence, document and computer exploitation support, and training assistance

to the drug control, public health, law enforcement, and intelligence communities of the United States

in order to reduce the adverse effects of drug trafficking, drug abuse, and other drug-related criminal activity.

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New At NDIC

Announcements

Job Vacancies Announcements Amended

The NDIC job vacancies announcements for Vacancy #282-ND-08--Supervisory Information Technology Specialist (DEL Director) and Vacancy #283-ND-08--Information Technology Specialist have been amended. The closing date for each announcement is now October 6, 2008. Applicants who already applied to this announcement do not need to reapply to be considered.

See our Job Vacancy Announcements page for further information.

New Reports added

Indian Country Drug Threat Assessment 2008
This report is a comprehensive, strategic assessment of the threat posed to Native American communities by drug trafficking organizations (DTOs), criminal groups, and gangs and the illicit drugs they distribute on reservations throughout the United States. This report examines the operations, capabilities, and vulnerabilities of drug traffickers who exploit Indian Country and the difficulties faced by federal, state, and tribal law enforcement officials in combating drug trafficking in Native American communities. It also identifies drug abuse patterns and trends most common to Indian Country, highlighting the illicit drugs posing the greatest threat to Native Americans in the United States. This assessment provides a national-level perspective of the drug-related problems facing reservations throughout the country. It also provides a more particularized regional perspective of the drug-related issues that law enforcement, public health, and tribal officials confront in Native American communities.
June 2008
Product No. 2008-R0958-002 html pdf (16,904 KB)

Money Laundering in Digital Currencies
This assessment describes digital currencies and the digital currency system and how they are used to launder and move funds.
June 3, 2008
Product No. 2008-R0709-003 html pdf (485 KB)

2008 Drug Market Analyses released

NDIC's Drug Market Analyses examine the market dynamics and the trafficking, distribution, and abuse patterns associated with cocaine, heroin, marijuana, MDMA, methamphetamine, and other dangerous drugs within United States High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTAS).

2008 editions now available are:

Appalachia HIDTA June 2008 2008-R0813-001 html   pdf (5,218 KB)
Arizona HIDTA June 2008 2008-R0813-002 html pdf (4,745 KB)
Atlanta HIDTA June 2008 2008-R0813-003 html pdf (4,320 KB)
California Border Alliance Group May 2008 2008-R0813-005 html   pdf (4,042 KB)
*Central Valley California HIDTA June 2008 2008-R0813-007 html   pdf (3,758 KB)
Chicago HIDTA April 2008 2008-R0813-008 html   pdf (3,130 KB)
Hawaii HIDTA  June 2008 2008-R0813-010 html   pdf (4,096 KB)
Houston HIDTA May 2008   2008-R0813-011 html   pdf (4,818 KB)
Lake County HIDTA May 2008 2008-R0813-012 html   pdf (3,149 KB)
Los Angeles HIDTA June 2008 2008-R0813-013 html   pdf (6,373 KB)
Michigan HIDTA April 2008 2008-R0813-014 html   pdf (4,010 KB)
Midwest HIDTA May 2008 2008-R0813-015 html   pdf (5,173 KB)
Milwaukee HIDTA May 2008 2008-R0813-016 html   pdf (4,513 KB)
*Nevada HIDTA June 2008 2008-R0813-017 html   pdf (3,827 KB)
*New England HIDTA June 2008 2008-R0813-018 html   pdf (4,445 KB)
New York/New Jersey HIDTA June 2008 2008-R0813-024 html pdf (5,140 KB)
*North Florida HIDTA June 2008 2008-R0813-020 html   pdf (4,166 KB)
*North Texas HIDTA June 2008 2008-R0813-021 html   pdf (4,607 KB)
*Northern California HIDTA June 2008 2008-R0813-022 html   pdf (4,736 KB)
*Northwest HIDTA June 2008 2008-R0813-023 html   pdf (3,230 KB)
Ohio HIDTA May 2008 2008-R0813-025 html   pdf (3,727 KB)
*Oregon HIDTA June 2008 2008-R0813-026 html   pdf (4,067 KB)
Philadelphia/Camden HIDTA April 2008 2008-R0813-027 html   pdf (6,417 KB)
Puerto Rico/U.S. Virgin Islands HIDTA June 2008 2008-R0813-028 html   pdf (3,419 KB)
Rocky Mountain HIDTA June 2008 2008-R0813-029 html   pdf (4,248 KB)
*South Florida HIDTA June 2008 2008-R0813-030 html   pdf (3,800 KB)
South Texas HIDTA April 2008 2008-R0813-031 html   pdf (4,181 KB)
Washington/Baltimore HIDTA June 2008 2008-R0813-004 html  pdf (4,961 KB)
West Texas HIDTA May 2008 2008-R0813-032 html   pdf (4,032 KB)

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RAID training now available

The Real-time Analytical Intelligence Database (RAID) is a National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC)-designed tool used in support of criminal prosecution. It is also used by several law enforcement agencies for organizing and sharing case information. The software helps analysts catalog and analyze valuable information collected from seized evidence or law enforcement intelligence.

In this 5-day course, users will be trained on the RAID software so that evidentiary and investigatory information can be effectively retrieved to assist organizations with their investigations. No prior experience with RAID 3 or any previous versions of RAID are needed.

The course is open to law enforcement personnel, and personnel in the intelligence and investigative fields.

For more information, see our RAID Training page.

Featured Publications

SENTRY

SENTRY is an Internet-based system designed to collect and disseminate synthetic drug-related data in order to identify new trends at an early stage, evaluate their likely importance, and track their development.

SENTRY focuses on synthetic drugs that are primarily produced via a chemical process, such as LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide), MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, also known as ecstasy), and methamphetamine. To be truly effective as an early warning system, however, the system also monitors prescription drugs, over-the-counter medications, botanical substances and extracts, and chemicals and products involved in the manufacturing of synthetic drugs.

Enter the Sentry Web Site

Dynamic Mapping Initiative

Dynamic Mapping Initiative - Select information collected by the National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC) in the course of producing domestic drug intelligence products is presented on this web site through dynamic and static maps. Interactive maps depicting city and county responses to selected questions from NDIC’s annual National Drug Threat Survey in 2006 and 2007 are currently available.

Addresses

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319 Washington Street, 5th Floor
Johnstown, PA 15901-1622
Telephone: 814-532-4601
FAX: 814-532-4690

Washington D.C.:

Office of Policy and Interagency Affairs
United States Department of Justice
Robert F. Kennedy Building (Room 1335)
950 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20530
Telephone: (202) 532-4040