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Illegal Narcotic Dealers From Mexico And The United States

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Prior to September 11, 2001 security in the United States, physical, technical, have not had any major changes, the changes that were done were subtle. The number one threat were illegal narcotic dealers, which included international and national violators. The US was fighting a war against cocaine dealers originating from Mexico and other Spanish dominated countries. This war caused major threats to law enforcement agencies across the country because these drug dealers were ruthless and carried high-powered weapons. This fight against these dealers prompted police agencies to arm their officers with better weaponry. This armament of the police was not a cheap transition for these state and local police agencies, so the government had to step in with funding for new weapons and equipment. Another problem the police faced were how to stop these dealers, during the early years the police had to attempt to use wiretap techniques to record their conversations, there were no cell phones and during the time when cell phones were used, there were phones that were pre-paid with a street name of a “burner”. The cell phone classified as burners were used to conduct illegal transactions, then they were destroyed and discarded, this made it difficult for the police to track. In addition to the drug dealers there were the threat of the Mafia that were using illegal money to attempt to open legitimate business. Thus the government had to combat these homegrown threats and formed the RICO

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