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DE RUEHKA #6662/01 3230048
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R 190048Z NOV 06
FM AMEMBASSY DHAKA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 2635
INFO RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI 9480
RUEABND/DEA HQS WASHDC

UNCLAS DHAKA 006662 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT PLEASE PASS TO INL FOR ANTHONY GRESKO; DELHI FOR DEA 
(BACON AND KHAN). 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: SNAR PGOV BG
SUBJECT: DEA BASIC DRUG ENFORCEMENT TRAINING PROPOSAL AND 
BUDGET 
 
REF: GRESKO/WILBUR EMAIL 16 OCT 06. 
 
¶1.  SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST.  Pursuant to a 2002 Bilateral 
Letter of Agreement on Law Enforcement and Narcotics Control, 
Post Econ officer and regional DEA representatives in New 
Delhi propose to conduct a two week course April 2-13, 2007 
designed to provide GOB participants basic training in the 
techniques necessary to conduct counter narcotics 
investigations and operations.  Action request see Paragraph 
¶6.  End Summary. 
 
¶2.  Background.  Bangladesh is described as an ideal transit 
route for illicit drugs due to the country's largely porous 
borders.  Officers who have little, if any, training in 
counter-narcotics work are responsible for guarding the air, 
sea, and land ports and borders.  GOB officials have admitted 
that personnel lack basic law enforcement skills required to 
perform basic counter narcotics work, such as identifying 
controlled substances, and conducting effective searches of 
vehicles, containers, boats and aircraft.  Previously, DEA 
conducted training of GOB officers in 2004 but these officers 
have since moved on to non-narcotics related duties. 
 
¶3.  Project Description.  The proposed training would be the 
Basic Drug Enforcement Seminar, to be conducted in Dhaka, 
Bangladesh by DEA Instructors April 2 - 13, 2007.  Currently 
there are no USG agencies other than DEA capable of 
delivering this type of curriculum in Bangladesh.  The Basic 
Drug Enforcement Seminar is a two week course designed to 
provide participants basic training and techniques necessary 
to conduct drug investigations.  The Basic Drug Enforcement 
Seminar will cover at least the following topics: Case 
Initiation, Undercover Operations, Confidential Source 
Management, Interview and Interrogation, Surveillance, Report 
Writing, Drug Identification and Testing, and Officer Safety 
and Survival.  The course provides the skills necessary to 
manage, plan, organize, operate, and control a wide variety 
of investigative and enforcement activities, with the 
ultimate goal being to develop a drug investigative skill set 
in each of the participants.  A secondary effect of the 
course is that the training affords the attendees the 
opportunity to establish professional and personal 
relationships with not only DEA and other USG 
representatives, but also with other GOB law enforcement 
officials.  While investigating the illicit drug trade is a 
unique skill that takes years to master, the Basic Drug 
Enforcement Seminar is the initial step in establishing an 
effective drug investigation program.  Follow up training is 
also available in the future. 
 
¶4.  Goals/Performance Measures.  The short term goal of this 
training is to produce a core group of Bangladeshi officers 
similarly trained and competent in counter-drug 
investigations.  The long term goal is eventually to be able 
to form an effective drug task force-type unit that can 
assist USG agents in Bangladesh.  Effective drug enforcement 
would also increase the safety and security of Bangladesh's 
borders.  The goal of having drug investigators trained by 
the DEA is in line with both the Government of Bangladesh's 
stated goals and the USG strategic plan for the region.  A 
quantitative measure of the program's success will be the 
eventual arrests and seizures that will be effected by those 
officers who receive the training.  A qualitative measure 
will be to evaluate the intelligence that can be gathered by 
a group of similarly trained officers doing counter-narcotics 
work. 
 
¶5.  Budget and Funding.  Funding is provided by the following 
fiscal data:  $79,400.00-1911-X10220002-0409241002-0-4121. 
 
Advance party: 
   Travel                                   $ 9,000.00 
   Per Diem (1 Instructor x $212/day)       $ 1,484.00 
   Other                                    $   500.00 
  Total                                     $10,984.00 
 
Instruction 
   Travel (4 Instructors x $9,000)          $36,000.00 
   Per Diem (4 Instructors x $212/day)      $14,416.00 
   Other ($500 x 4)                         $ 2,000.00 
  Total                                     $52,416.00 
 
   Conference Room                          $ 8,000.00 
        (if a suitable law enforcement facility is not 
available) 
   Training Materials                       $ 4,500.00 
   Equipment/supplies/shipping              $ 2,000.00 
   Miscellaneous                            $ 1,500.00 
 
  Total                                     $16,000.00 
 
 Grand Total                                $79,400.00 
 
¶6.  Action Request.  Please proceed with the Interagency 
Agreement with DEA as discussed to facilitate this training. 
BUTENIS