ASAC James V. Allen

Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) Jim Allen spent approximately 10 years as a local police officer in Clayton, Missouri before becoming a DEA Special Agent (SA) in 1991. After graduation from the DEA Academy, SA Allen was assigned to the Milwaukee Resident Office (RO) where he specialized in undercover work as well as multi-jurisdictional wire tap investigations.

In 1994, SA Allen was transferred to the Bombay, India RO where he developed an expertise working international narcotics investigations, predominantly involving precursor chemicals. SA Allen conducted several successful international precursor chemical investigations that had a direct nexus to illicit U.S. drug markets. In 1996, SA Allen was transferred to the New Delhi Country Office where he continued to investigate large scale illicit precursor chemical organizations as well as international heroin and hashish trafficking groups. In cooperation with international counterparts, SA Allen worked a variety of undercover assignments targeting both Afghani and Pakistani heroin trafficking organizations operating throughout the sub-continent.

In 1998 SA Allen was transferred to the Special Operations Division (SOD) in Newington, Virginia. While at SOD, SA Allen worked in the Special Projects Section targeting the most prolific cocaine and heroin trafficking organizations operating in South and Central America. In 1999, SA Allen was promoted to a GS-14 and was subsequently transferred to DEA HQS where he was assigned to the Office of Diversion Control (OD), International Chemical Section. While working in OD, SA Allen coordinated several international precursor chemical cases, particularly investigations involving Acetic Anhydride (a precursor for heroin) and ephedrine (a precursor for methamphetamine). In 2000, SA Allen was transferred to the DEA HQ Office of Domestic Operations where he served as a Staff Coordinator in the then newly formed Dangerous Drugs and Chemicals Section.

SA Allen was transferred to the Istanbul, Turkey RO in 2002 where he served as Resident Agent in Charge (RAC). As the RAC of the Istanbul RO, SA Allen maintained an outstanding working relationship with Turkish counterparts while directing office operations to target the most significant heroin trafficking organizations operating throughout the region. In 2004 SA Allen was promoted to Assistant Regional Director (ARD) of the Ankara Region and was transferred from Istanbul to the Ankara, Turkey Regional Office. During this time, SA Allen was instrumental assisting the Regional Director in formulating the administrative functions of the newly formed Ankara Regional Office. SA Allen was also responsible for the day to day second line managerial oversight of four DEA Country Offices within the Ankara Region.

In 2006, SA Allen was named as the Regional Director of the Ankara Region.

In this position, SA Allen had Executive managerial oversight of thirteen foreign DEA Country and Resident Offices which cover a total of forty three countries, spanning from Eastern Europe throughout Southwest Asia. Under SA Allen’s supervision, DEA mission critical programs, such as the Foreign Deployed Advisory and Support Team (FAST) in Afghanistan, continued to develop and proactively target major international terrorist and narcotics trafficking organizations.

In August of 2007, SA Allen was transferred from the Ankara Regional Office to the Detroit Divisional Office where he currently serves as an ASAC. SA Allen is married and has two college age daughters and a high school age son.