Updated and Bumped: BZ to Congress
The interagency counter-drug effort finished 2008 and started 2009 with the remarkable interdictions of three self-propelled semi-submersibles in just 8 days. In each case, the smugglers scuttled their vessels and contraband, but thanks to the new legislation passed by Congress and signed by the President, that may not matter.
CNN.com story: Smugglers sink 'drug subs,' but not feds' case
I am scheduled to do a live interview at 5:30 this evening on CNN.com
Video Statement (CGDN Users Click Here)
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Originally posted Sept. 30, 2008: BZ to Congress for passing Senate bill 3598 and identical House bill 7099.
Back in July I described the increasing threat of the SPSS in the DHS Leadership Journal. Then, two weeks ago we had the interdiction of two separate vessels, carrying approximately 15-tons of cocaine. Just yesterday, CDR Naron participated in the DoD Bloggers Roundtable to discuss this topic.
This new legislation enhances our enforcement options in dealing with the increasingly significant threat posed by self-propelled semi-submersibles (SPSS). Rather than having to collect evidence in order to prosecute, a particularly dangerous and daunting requirement when dealing with SPSS vessels, now it is illegal to operate one of these crafts if it is not registered or documented with a nation. The potential penalty is 15 years in prison and $1 million.
This is a great step forward and the entire counter-drug community is committed to keeping the pressure on the smugglers.
Related Posts: Presidential Meeting on Reduced Drug Use in the United States
CNN.com story: Smugglers sink 'drug subs,' but not feds' case
I am scheduled to do a live interview at 5:30 this evening on CNN.com
Video Statement (CGDN Users Click Here)
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Originally posted Sept. 30, 2008: BZ to Congress for passing Senate bill 3598 and identical House bill 7099.
Back in July I described the increasing threat of the SPSS in the DHS Leadership Journal. Then, two weeks ago we had the interdiction of two separate vessels, carrying approximately 15-tons of cocaine. Just yesterday, CDR Naron participated in the DoD Bloggers Roundtable to discuss this topic.
This new legislation enhances our enforcement options in dealing with the increasingly significant threat posed by self-propelled semi-submersibles (SPSS). Rather than having to collect evidence in order to prosecute, a particularly dangerous and daunting requirement when dealing with SPSS vessels, now it is illegal to operate one of these crafts if it is not registered or documented with a nation. The potential penalty is 15 years in prison and $1 million.
This is a great step forward and the entire counter-drug community is committed to keeping the pressure on the smugglers.
Related Posts: Presidential Meeting on Reduced Drug Use in the United States
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4:20 PM
2 Comments:
While this may seem small, it really does help our boys out on the high seas to get a prosecution. Nice job by our legal-eagles in DC. I don't forsee any problems with the legislation until recreational submarines get to be the rage...
Chief Wardwell,
I agree with you that the legislation is key for our operators, but would note that it helps ALL of our Guardians out on the high seas, not just "the boys"...
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