Press Release - November 30, 2007
| For Immediate Release November 30, 2007
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Contact: Mr. Steven Frank
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National Drug Intelligence Center to support newly opened National
Gang Intelligence Center facility
Today the National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC) announced
that it will provide analytic support regarding drug-related gang
activity to the recently opened National Gang Intelligence Center
of the Department of Justice (DOJ), located in Arlington, Virginia.
The National Gang Intelligence Center will serve as a central location
for interagency cooperation and collaboration to attack the problems
caused by gangs and gang-related violence. NDIC's efforts in assisting
the gang center include information collection, strategic analysis,
and the production of joint national strategic intelligence products.
DOJ's goal for the gang center is to achieve maximum impact at the
national level against the most violent gangs in this country.
During the opening ceremony of the National Gang Intelligence
Center facility on November 28, 2007, Attorney General Michael B.
Mukasey stated, "The threat of violent crime in general, and gangs
specifically, is near the top of any list of concerns of parents
and police chiefs alike" and "Whether they are national, transnational,
or regional, these gangs often share common characteristics, and
the intelligence we gather on them can prove invaluable to our efforts
to stop them."
In announcing her decision to support the National Gang Intelligence
Center, NDIC Acting Director Irene Hernandez said, "Street gangs,
outlaw motorcycle gangs, and prison gangs are the primary distributors
of illegal drugs on the streets of the United States. NDIC's intelligence
has provided overwhelming evidence that gangs use proceeds from
illegal drug trafficking to fund their activities, including violent
criminal acts."
NDIC will assist the National Gang Intelligence Center in providing
strategic gang intelligence involving drug activity, which will
aid law enforcement organizations in dedicating resources to attack
the problems caused by gangs and gang-related violence nationally.
NDIC's efforts will also assist the National Gang Targeting, Enforcement
and Coordination Center. NDIC has dedicated a cell of senior Intelligence
Analysts at its Pennsylvania headquarters facility in addition to
assigning a Supervisory Liaison Intelligence Analyst in Washington,
D.C., to support the National Gang Intelligence Center.
Other participating agencies at the National Gang Intelligence
Center include the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); the Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF); the Drug Enforcement
Administration (DEA); the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS); the Bureau
of Prisons (BOP), and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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