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 over 100 countries in attendance.
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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. |
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
IDEC XXVI: (2008) Istanbul, Turkey - Drug Law Enforcement in a Changing World
IDEC XXVII : (2010) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Targeting the Facilitators
IDEC XXVIII : (2011) Cancun, Mexico – United Front Against Organized Crime
IDEC XXIX: (2012) Denpasar, Indonesia – Enhancing the Spirit of International Partnership to Achieve the Greatest Success on Fighting Drug Crimes
IDEC XXX: (2013) Russia – Agenda TBD
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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.
