Immigration and Customs Enforcement

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATF) are both federal law enforcement agencies under the US Department of Justice.

The Drug Enforcement Administration was established in July 1973, with the telephone number 1. It was formed by the merger of the Bureau of Drugs and Dangerous Drugs (BNDD), the Office of Drug Abuse Enforcement (ODALE) and other federal agencies. Responsible for enforcing the drug control law, cracking down on domestic drug smuggling and use, jointly enforcing the law with the FBI and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Bureau, and coordinating overseas drug investigations. There are administrative, operational, intelligence, finance, security, inspection and 2 1 field departments. Employees 10784 (in 2009) and agents: 4,890.

The history of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives can be traced back to the Internal Revenue Service of the Ministry of Finance in 1886, and then it was transferred between the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Justice, and it was also part of the FBI for a while. 1933 after the prohibition was passed, it was transferred back to the Ministry of Finance and became the wine tax section of the State Taxation Bureau. 1942, the federal gun law came into effect. In the early 1950s, the domestic taxation bureau was renamed the State Taxation Bureau, and the liquor tax section began to be responsible for tobacco tax, and was renamed the tobacco and alcohol tax section. 1968 implemented gun control and changed its name to the department of alcohol, tobacco and firearms. 1 972 July1Became an independent tobacco, alcohol and firearms administration, which was attached to the Ministry of Finance. In 2002, according to the Homeland Security Law, it was placed under the Ministry of Justice and renamed as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, but the abbreviation remained unchanged. There are 510/0 employees in 20 12 years. There are 25 domestic and foreign logistics departments and 6 foreign field departments (managed by Miami).

ATF is responsible for investigating federal crimes, such as illegal use, manufacture and possession of guns or explosives, arson, explosion and illegal trade in tobacco and alcohol. At the same time, it regulates the trading, possession and interstate transfer of firearms and explosives through licenses. ATF also often cooperates with state and local law enforcement agencies.