United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office National Security and International Affairs Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1993-10-05 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:T-NSIAD-94-53 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-NSIAD-94-53 P0b002ee1803a52f2 f:tns94053 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-T-NSIAD-94-53 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-T-NSIAD-94-53 T-NSIAD-94-53 Drug trafficking Narcotics Law enforcement International relations Federal aid for criminal justice Federal aid to foreign countries International cooperation Foreign governments Foreign policies Law enforcement agencies Colombia Andean Drug Strategy Bolivia Peru DOD Foreign Military Financing Program Dept. of State International Narcotics Control Program Testimony NSIAD In the three years since the Andean Strategy was announced, Colombia has actively thrown its support behind U.S. counternarcotics objectives. It has applied pressure against drug-traffickers through police and military operations, and drug trafficking by the Medellin cartel has been disrupted. The overall effectiveness of Colombia's efforts and U.S. programs is unclear, however, because U.S. officials lack the data needed to make such an assessment. Various obstacles have hindered the effectiveness of U.S. efforts in Colombia, including the limited ability of some Colombian agencies to mount effective programs, increased insurgency and narcoterrorism, expansion of the cartels into heroin, corruption in the Colombian government, and the lack of effective antidrug programs in other countries. Various U.S. management problems have also helped to hamstring antidrug programs in Colombia, ranging from State Department cuts in funding for military and law enforcement programs to poor coordination among U.S. agencies to inventory and financial weaknesses. U.S. officials cannot guarantee that U.S. policies on aid uses and human rights are being met. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-NSIAD-94-53/html/GAOREPORTS-T-NSIAD-94-53.htm GAO/T-NSIAD-94-53 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-NSIAD-94-53 Testimony GAO/T-NSIAD-94-53; The Drug War: Colombia Is Implementing Antidrug Efforts, but Impact Is Uncertain; Drug trafficking Narcotics Law enforcement International relations Federal aid for criminal justice Federal aid to foreign countries International cooperation Foreign governments Foreign policies Law enforcement agencies Colombia Andean Drug Strategy Bolivia Peru DOD Foreign Military Financing Program Dept. of State International Narcotics Control Program