Counter Narco-Terrorism and Drug Interdiction

Counter Narco-Terrorism and Drug Interdiction will focus on the technology and capability requirements needed by the US government to expose and eliminate the main sources of terrorist financing. There is a direct correlation between the poppy seed fields in Afghanistan and the Taliban, The National Liberation Army and the coca plant manufacturing in Columbia, and the various Mexican Drug Cartels through marijuana and cocaine shipping. Though many times the consumers are actually Americans, it is in the best interest of the American government to end this steady stream of revenue for terrorist organizations in order to protect assets and civilians at home and abroad.

The US government has reacted accordingly to this threat by empowering several departments, organizations, and offices to deal with Counter Narco-Terrorism and Drug Interdiction. The Department of Homeland Security, the Drug Enforcement Agency and parts of the FBI and CIA have been tasked to this increasingly problematic issue.