Anti-Drug Unit Officially Shut Down by Doj
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The DOJ has officially shut down its anti-drug unit, transferring its responsibilities to Homeland Security Task Forces, which commenters see as a positive step towards tackling broader organized crime issues.
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Good. If this structure is good at taking down drug kingpins it will be good at tackling human trafficking and other types of organized crime (as well as the cartels' favorite trade items, illegal drugs).
Sounds like a positive change.
It was already doing that, though. From this same article:
>> The Reagan-era unit, which comprises hundreds of prosecutors and thousands of intelligence and law enforcement personnel from across the federal government, has long been responsible for dismantling major transnational organized crime networks, drug cartels and human trafficking rings.
> Sounds like a positive change.
What's actually changed is not that it's doing what it used to do (which was not a change because it was already doing it...), it's that it's now being directed towards immigration enforcement as well. To complete the quote after your "...":
>> the group’s remit will be broadened beyond targeting drug cartels to also include immigration enforcement
Taking a proven effective organization and opening it up to attack crimes above and beyond the War on Some Drugs is a fantastic idea.
They already went after human trafficking and organized crime. That's not the change being discussed in the article and your use of the quote was deliberately misleading. Which, I guess, was the point. You're trolling, not trying to understand but trying to mislead.
> Taking a proven effective organization and opening it up to attack crimes above and beyond the War on Some Drugs is a fantastic idea.
It was already doing that, though. But your intent is clearly to troll and mislead, so good job I guess?
https://assets.bwbx.io/documents/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/rYIq0qRa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Organized_Crime_...
(Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces, OCDETF)