Assignment:
Instruction: Using PowerPoint, make a presentation based on the crime scene investigation of a controlled drug trafficking delivery, below. To complete the task, ensure that you:
(i) Give details of methods which investigators would use in performing this operation.
(ii) Illustrate each step with diagrams, pictures and/or sketches.
(iii) Illustrate the type of equipment and tools necessary for undercover investigation.
(iv) Include what investigative response would be necessary to carry out undercover operation.
(v) Complete the presentation between 15-25 minutes.
(vi) Your video should be on when making your presentation.
(vii) Avoid continuous reading from the screen, engage in discussion when answering each question.
Scenario:
On 13 June 2011, the French authorities requested the help of the Moroccan Direction Générale de la Sûreté Nationale - the countries' national security agency - to organize a controlled delivery. This operation sought to dismantle a criminal organization specialized in drug trafficking between Morocco and the Paris region, in France. The investigation established that the head of the criminal organization had appointed a French national to supervise the transport of an unknown number of controlled drugs. The drug was concealed in an oil cargo, in an "Iveco" van. On 18 June 2011, the police forces of the Tanger-Med seaport eased the transit of the van. Once it reached Séte, in Southern France, the van was closely monitored until reaching the location of the cargo's unloading. As a result of this controlled delivery, 11 people were apprehended in several cities in France and a large quantity of cannabis resin was seized.
Significant feature
A successful controlled delivery operation in a drug trafficking case
Questions to consider:
1. What are the opportunities and risks of the application of controlled delivery method in investigation of drug trafficking networks?
2. What factors led to a successful controlled delivery investigation? Identify the evidence in the case and any additional evidence.
3. What conditions must be met by the law enforcement before the implementation of a controlled delivery technique? Can this be classified as entrapment?
4. What are the forensic implications on evidence for a drug related crime?
5. Consider the laws of search, arrest, and seizure on how law enforcement was able to apprehend 11 people.