Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs

Photos from left to right: Men work in poppy field . Poppies contain opium, the key ingredient in heroin [© AP Image]; Lebanese Internal Security Forces cadets show off INL-provided civil disorder management equipment [U.S. Embassy Beirut Image]; President Obama greets a Mexican training program participant accompanied by Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada (middle, behind) and President Felipe Calderon of Mexico (right, behind) [© AP Image]
"The United States recognizes that the problems of drug and drug-related violence require a comprehensive solution. Democratic institutions in drug-producing regions must become stronger, more responsive, more inclusive, and more transparent."
--Assistant Secretary Johnson

The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), headed by Assistant Secretary David T. Johnson, advises the President, Secretary of State, other bureaus in the Department of State, and other departments and agencies within the U.S. Government on the development of policies and programs to combat international narcotics and crime. INL programs support two of the Department's strategic goals: (1) to reduce the entry of illegal drugs into the United States; and (2) to minimize the impact of international crime on the United States and its citizens. Counternarcotics and anticrime programs also complement counterterrorism efforts, both directly and indirectly, by promoting modernization of and supporting operations by foreign criminal justice systems and law enforcement agencies charged with the counter-terrorism mission.

Major INL Publications

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  • Date: 2010 Description: The INL Beat, Fall 2010 - State Dept ImageThe State Department Responds to Pakistan Flooding
  • Petraeus Visit to Kandahar
  • INL Hosts a Delegation from Jordan in New York City to Address Domestic Violence
  • INL Visit to the Baghdad Police College
  • Bolivia and the United States Work Together to Fight Trafficking
  • INL Funds TV Broadcast to Afghanistan
  • Merida Funded Canine Training Program Shows Early Success
  • United States Selected to Participate in the First Year of the UN Anti-Corruption Review Mechanism
  • Afghanistan’s Good Performer’s Initiative: Paving the Way for Economic and Social Change
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Date: 05/01/2009 Description: State Magazine article: Justice Reform--Partnership Promotes Rule of Law in Afghanistan State Dept PhotoState Magazine Features the Public-Private Partnership
Launched in December 2007, the Department’s Public-Private Partnership for Justice Reform in Afghanistan is an innovative initiative of the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, which leads U.S. justice-sector reform efforts in Afghanistan...The partnership is a nonpartisan initiative that seeks to involve American judges, lawyers and representatives of business and academia in U.S. efforts to develop the rule of law in Afghanistan. Full Text»


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