Global Drug Enforcement: Practical Investigative Techniques (Practical Aspects of Criminal & Forensic Investigation) (Hardcover)

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"A unique opportunity to gain mightily from one of our nation's top investigators in the global war on drugs." -- Stanley L. Sniff, Jr., Chief Deputy, Riverside County Sheriff's Department

"Any educator or law enforcement officer who wants to learn from an expert should read this book." -- Denny C. Powers, Criminal Justice Department Chair (Ret.), Central Carolina Technical College

"Greg Lee has written THE book on drug enforcement operations." -- Gary Edgington, Special Agent Supervisor, California Department of Justice, and former California Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement Agent

"It is a must read for police and prosecutors alike." -- Enrique Romero, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge (Ret.)

"This text is a credible and valuable primer for introduction to this specialized area of crime and enforcement." -- Mary A. Turner, Chief, DEA International Training (Ret.)

- Gary Edgington, Special Agent Supervisor, California Department of Justice, and Former CA Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement Agent

- Stanley L. Sniff, Jr., Chief Deputy, Riverside County (CA) Sheriff's Department; Commander of Western Riverside County Field Operations

- Stanley L. Sniff, Jr., Chief Deputy, Riverside County (CA) Sheriffs Department; Commander of Western Riverside County Field Operations

Drawing on 30 years of experience in law enforcement, Gregory Lee has written a definitive work on criminal drug investigations. … Documentation is airtight. … Citation to other works is solid as well. … This well-presented book … would be an ideal text for students, aspiring investigators, and trainees.
- Security Management Magazine

Drawing on 30 years of experience in law enforcement, Gregory Lee has written a definitive work on criminal drug investigations. … Documentation is airtight. … Citation to other works is solid as well. … This well-presented book … would be an ideal text for students, aspiring investigators, and trainees.
- Security Management Magazine

Greg Lee has produced the textbook on drug enforcement operations. The book's style is easy to read, and the author's real world experience should put it on the top shelf in every narcotics unit's library. I strongly recommend this book to anyone involved in the field of narcotics enforcement, be they agent, detective, or supervisor.

Greg Lee has produced the textbook on drug enforcement operations. The books style is easy to read, and the authors real world experience should put it on the top shelf in every narcotics units library. I strongly recommend this book to anyone involved in the field of narcotics enforcement, be they agent, detective, or supervisor.

This book is groundbreaking and brings to both the law enforcement officer and the student a single-source text that deals with this topic in the most complete fashion we've seen to date.

This book is groundbreaking and brings to both the law enforcement officer and the student a single-source text that deals with this topic in the most complete fashion weve seen to date.

Universal in scope, straight-forward in approach, written in terms easily comprehended by both novices and those experienced in police work, domestic or foreign; this text is a credible and valuable primer for introduction to this specialized area of crime and enforcement.

Product Description

It's a national epidemic and an international conspiracy. Drugs have infested our society with a vengeance, making the drug enforcement agent a central figure in the war on drugs. International training teams of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have traditionally taught the special skills required by all drug agents. Until now, there has never been a book for public consumption devoted strictly to this specialized field of criminal investigation.Global Drug Enforcement: Practical Investigative Techniques provides basic and advanced methods for conducting modern drug investigations. With coverage of source countries, drug identification, conspiracy investigations, clandestine laboratories, drug intelligence, and money laundering, the book includes the topics that every detective assigned to a drug investigation unit must know. The chapter on drug identification discusses the drugs that all law enforcement officers are likely to encounter including heroin, marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, PCP, and the emerging club drugs of Ecstasy, GHB, and Ketamine. A glossary of common terms used in drug enforcement and chapters on the nexus between drugs and terrorism provide additional insight. Based on the training and experiences of a recently retired Supervisory Special Agent of the DEA who was a former instructor for DEA's Office of Training at the FBI Academy, this book provides domestic and international agencies with a comprehensive reference on contemporary drug enforcement. It greatly expands on many of the topics that DEA employees receive in their training and covers the areas that investigators need to understand in order to conduct safe and effective drug operations.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 440 pages
• Publisher: CRC; 1 edition (October 27, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0849316294
• ISBN-13: 978-0849316296
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,198,706 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This Book trains the criminal !!!, June 12, 2008

By	James G. Mercado (Winnemucca, Nv. USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Gregory D. Lee may have had a distinguished career with the DEA, and this book may be well written but I can't help but notice that Mr. Lee discusses tactics and procedures that ultimately assist in training criminals to outmanuever the very law enforcement officers who are still on the job attempting to make an impact on the war on drugs. Why is he publishing operational information that can benefit the drug cartels?? Its about selling books, and making profits, not protecting tactics that law enforcement officers still use. Shame on you Greg :(

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Global Drug Enforcement: Practical Investigative Techniques, March 10, 2009

By	Anonymous "A Concerned Cop" (Whitestone, NY USA) - See all my reviews

Good book, lots of information I just don't believe it should be available to non-law enforcement personnel. I couldn't help thinking that in the wrong hands some of this informantion can put officers in danger!

0 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Global Drug Enforcement (Practical Aspects of Criminal & Forensic Investigation), February 10, 2007

By	Anthony Hollinger - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Great book for Criminal justice Student, and Law Enforcement as well