WHEREAS, the many successes associated with the seizure of personal assets from local trafficking groups, while vitally important, have not been able to significantly deter the flow of drugs into the United States and other countries; and

WHEREAS, the predominant form of “money laundering” today in the United States and other countries is the movement of “bulk” currency; and

WHEREAS, numerous projects have shown that investigations focused on following the path of bulk currency from illegal drug sales back to the sources of drug supply, result in the identification and arrest of all levels of a drug organization, and significantly higher seizures of drug proceeds, thus depriving these drug trafficking organizations of funds to support ongoing drug operations; and

WHEREAS, the seizure of drug proceeds flowing back to sources of drug supply will have the most significant impact on their ability to produce more drugs for import into the United States; and

WHEREAS, following the investigative technique of exploiting and investigating intelligence from bulk cash interdictions offers significant potential for dramatically reducing the availability of illegal drugs; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, that the International Association of Chiefs of Police strongly encourages all law enforcement agencies to:

• Expand the traditional enforcement approach of "immediate currency seizures" to also include the collection, exploitation and investigation of intelligence on the movement of illegal drug proceeds from local drug trafficking organizations through all levels of the drug supply chain;
• Partner and collaborate with others to maximize the investigative potential of intelligence derived from the interdiction of drug proceeds flowing back to sources of drug supply;
• Coordinate with prosecutors to fully develop the investigative potential of this intelligence by allowing the continuation of investigative efforts across jurisdictional boundaries;
• Ensure that drug investigations are focused on fully exposing the entire drug organization; and
• Identify, develop and foster participation in training of this bulk currency investigative initiative.