Anti-Drug Efforts
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Anti-Drug Efforts
On July 30, Federal agents charged twelve Delta Air Lines employees of smuggling drugs into the
United States. Nine Delta Airlines workers were arrested and three others are sought as suspects in
a scheme that brought 10 tons of Colombian cocaine into the U.S. via Delta flights from Puerto
Rico. Over a three to four year period, employees stashed cocaine in suitcases and packed the drug
into cargo containers which were then transported primarily to New York from San Juan's Munóz
Marin International Airport, agents said (Christopher Wren, Nine at Delta Are Seized in Smuggling
of Cocaine, New York Times, July 31, 1997, p. A23; Delta workers indicted on cocaine
smuggling charges, USA Today, July 31, 1997, p. 3A; Airline Workers Held in Drug Ring,
Washington Post, July 31, 1997, p. A16).
In a separate investigation, agents in Miami arrested six American Airlines employees on July 31
who allegedly imported heroin and cocaine from Bogota, Colombia. The drugs were stashed behind
walls in the airplane galleys. Since November the employees allegedly smuggled 1,100 pounds of
cocaine and up to 22 pounds of heroin. The drugs were placed on the plane in Bogota, but not
unloaded until after the plane had landed in Miami and then made one domestic round trip flight to
avoid surveillance at Miami International. The scheme required not only a mechanic's or a cargo
handler's knowledge but an operations man's knowledge of where a flight is coming from, whether
it's going to go and where it's going to go if it is, said Art Kosatka, security specialist for Counter
Technology Inc. (Richard Willing, Airline drug smugglers getting ever more sophisticated,
USA Today, August 1, 1997, p. 4A).
The Gangster Disciples operate a sophisticated retail drug network worth $100 million a year that
stretches into 35 states according to a special report on the Gangster Disciples (GD) in the
Christian Science Monitor (Ann Scott Tyson, How Nation's Largest Gang Runs its Drug
Enterprise, Christian Science Monitor, July 15, 1996, p. 1).
The Gangster Disciples are one of if not the largest and most successful gang in the history of the
United States, claims James Morgan, special agent in charge of the DEA in Chicago (emphasis in
the original). The 30,000-strong gang is incredibly well-disciplined and trained, he said. US
Attorney James Burns told President Clinton during a May briefing that the GD have a very
sophisticated battle plan and a very sophisticated organization.
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