History
 IDEC
was established in 1983 in an effort to bring together high-level
drug law enforcement officials from throughout the Western
Hemisphere. The principal purpose of the conference is to share
drug-related information and to develop a coordinated approach
to law enforcement efforts against international drug traffickers.
Since its inception, IDEC has grown from a regional to a global
forum, with 84 countries in attendance at IDEC XXV.
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 The
majority of the IDEC agenda is devoted to working group sessions
where senior-level drug law enforcement officials identify common
targets based on intelligence and coordinate regional and global
attacks on these targets.
At
each year’s IDEC, participants establish productive working
relationships with their counterparts. Participants each year
comment that IDEC is the most useful conference on drug-related
matters, since it deals with implementation of coordinated
and practical strategies. The goal is to destroy the command
and control aspects of international drug trafficking and money
laundering organizations.
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IDEC
I: (1983) Panama City, Panama
IDEC II: (1984) Brasilia, Brazil
IDEC III: (1985) Santiago, Chile
IDEC IV: (1986) Buenos Aires, Argentina
IDEC V: (1987) Brasilia, Brazil
IDEC VI: (1988) Guatemala City, Guatemala
IDEC VII: (1989) Miami, Florida
IDEC VIII: (1990) Mexico City, Mexico
IDEC IX: (1991) Cartagena, Colombia - Control of Chemicals
and Money Laundering
IDEC X: (1992) Santa Cruz, Bolivia
- General Aviation and its Use by Traffickers
IDEC XI: (1993) Bariloche, Argentina -
Targeting Cocaine
IDEC XII: (1994) Quito, Ecuador - Targeting Cocaine
Organizations, Building on IDEC XI
IDEC XIII: (1995) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Coordinated Operations Targeting Major Traffickers
IDEC XIV: (1996) Mexico City Mexico -Targeting Emerging
Drug Trafficking Organizations
IDEC XV: (1997) Nassau, The Bahamas -Targeting the Command
and Control of Major DrugTrafficking Organizations
IDEC XVI: (1998) San Jose, Costa Rica -Targeting Major
Traffickers and their Organizations
IDEC XVII: (1999) Washington, D.C. USA - Identifying
and Attacking Major Trafficking Organizations
IDEC XVIII: (2000) Buenos Aires, Argentina - Multi-Regional
Investigations and Operations Targeting Major Traffickers
IDEC XIX: (2001) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic – Multi-Regional
Investigations and Operations Targeting Major Traffickers and Their Organizations
IDEC XX: (2002) Santa Cruz, Bolivia – Combating
Major International Drug Trafficking Organizations through Global Cooperation
and Partnership
IDEC XXI: (2003) Panama City, Panama - International Counter
Narcotics and Terrorism
IDEC XXII: (2004) Lima, Peru – Combating International
Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering
IDEC XXIII: (2005) Santiago, Chile - Expanding Global
Partnerships to Destroy Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Organizations
IDEC XXIV: (2006) Montreal, Canada - Targeting Drug
Trafficking Money Laundering, and Diversion of Chemicals on a Global Level
IDEC XXV: (2007) Madrid, Spain – Celebrating 25 Years of Cooperation
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Presidency
/Co-Presidency: The President is elected
annually and presides over the next conference. The
country in which the conference convenes is determined
by the President of the conference. The Administrator
of DEA is the permanent Co-President of the conference.
