U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: Combating Bulk Cash Smuggling

• NCJ Number: 230638
• Journal: THE POLICE CHIEF Volume: 77 Issue: 3 Dated: March 2010 Pages: 28,29,31,33
• Author(s): Andrew M. Tammaro
• Date Published: March 2010
• Length: 5 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Issue Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This article describes the scope of the bulk cash smuggling problem and efforts to combat the problem through the Bulk Cash Smuggling Center (BCSC) created by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Abstract

In responding to highly adaptive criminal networks that have developed into complex social systems, law enforcement jurisdictions need to recognize the interdependence among groups, structures, and processes that enables an organization or multi-organizational criminal system to function. The bulk cash smuggling deterrent efforts, as implemented under the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement through the Bulk Cash Smuggling Center in Vermont focus on combating the methodology currently popular among Columbian and Mexican drug trafficking organizations. This article examines the scope of bulk cash movements through the Mexican cartels and how organizations such as the BCSC can achieve greater effectiveness in their efforts to combat bulk cash smuggling. 19 notes