Fleecing of America takes aim at Morocco
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U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS) is embarking upon a project to offer training in the Kingdom of Morocco in advanced intelligence-analysis techniques, and intends to outsource that training to a private contractor. The aim of this DHS initiative, which the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) Office of International Affairs will oversee, is to reverse Morocco’s position as “the third largest producer of cannabis” and as “the major transit country for transnational criminal organizations moving South American cocaine through Northwest Africa to Europe.”
According to a updated solicitation released late today (April 19) that U.S. Trade & Aid Monitor (USTRAM) located via database research, DHS is calling companies who can deploy instructors with have law enforcement experience in major cities, preferably with an emphasis on organized crime investigation. Vendors also must have significant experience working in conjunction with federal law enforcement agencies as well as a demonstrable record conducting instruction in foreign settings. Ideally, the contractor will already have on hand suitable training materials “ready for CBP to translate into French.”
The selected contractor will travel to Morocco to train that nation’s customs agents in basic intelligence gathering, inferential and critical thinking strategies, and analysis of trends, patterns and relationships, and financial records. DHS will provide air travel, but the contractor “is required to purchase Emergency Evacuation Insurance coverage prior to departure for its instructors,” the solicitation document says.
DHS did not disclose the estimated cost of the endeavor.
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