DEA Caught Concealing Illegal Activities and Money Laundering Operations 2014-2017
This is YUGE! Going on during Obama and shut down by POTUS. Wonder how involved Bruce Ohr is.
"Through AGEOs, the DEA is authorized to participate in
undercover financial transactions that transfer illegal
drug proceeds from the point of sale to the point of
origin. These operations allow the DEA to build criminal
investigative evidence against DTOs and MLOs.
Through this authorized investigative technique, the
DEA may also earn income that it can use to support
the associated investigation.
Our audit covers DEA AGEOs active between fiscal
years (FY) 2015 through 2017, through which the DEA
facilitated undercover financial transactions totaling
tens of millions of dollars each year. According to the
DEA and Department, these AGEOs have resulted in
some of DOJ’s most successful money and drug-related
seizures, arrests, and prosecutions. Notwithstanding
these successes, it is important to recognize that these
operations also pose significant risks to the U.S.
government. We found that the DEA did not
appropriately mitigate AGEO risks because it did not
consistently implement or follow effective controls,
requirements, and safeguards. In 2018, the DEA
updated its policies to improve its management of
AGEOs. However, these updates do not remedy all of
the concerns identified in this report."
https://oig.justice.gov/reports/2020/a20071.pdf