Afghan Threat Finance Cell

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The Afghan Threat Finance Cell is a multi-agency intelligence organization, in Afghanistan.[1][2] The organization was created in 2008. The United States' Drug Enforcement Administration is the lead agency in the organization. The co-deputy agencies are the United States Treasury and the United States Department of Defense. Other participating agencies include the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation, the United States Department of Homeland Security, and the United States Internal Revenue Service.

Tracking illicit and above board financial transactions led to 27 approved targets to be named on the "Joint Prioritized Effects List".[1] The Joint Prioritized Effects List is colloquially called the "kill or capture list". Once an individual is named on this list, special forces are authorized to covertly target and raid that individual's home or workplace.

In February 2012 the Afghan Threat Finance Cell was awarded the Department of Defense's Joint Meritorious Unit Award.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "DEA Afghanistan Unit Receives Prestigious Joint Chiefs of Staff Award". KETK NBC. 2012-02-08. http://www.ketknbc.com/news/dea-afghanistan-unit-receives-prestigious-joint-chiefs-of-staff-award. Retrieved 2012-02-10. "The ATFC began operations in mid-2009 and is a multi-agency organization led by DEA with the Treasury Department and Department of Defense as co-deputies. Additional personnel staff ATFC from the Department of Defense's CENTCOM, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Internal Revenue Service. In the past, the FBI and Royal Canadian Mounted Police also were members. The ATFC’s purpose is to attack insurgence funding and financing networks by providing threat finance expertise and actionable intelligence to U.S. civilian and military leaders."  mirror
  2. "US Officials Say Taliban Funding May Be Impossible to Dry Up". AFIO Weekly Intelligence Notes. 2009-10-06. http://www.afio.com/sections/wins/2009/2009-37.htm#funding. Retrieved 2012-02-10. "The US government has now created a special investigative unit called the Afghan Threat Finance Cell that gathers financial information about the Taliban. The cell has about two-dozen members drawn from the Drug Enforcement Administration, US Central Command, the Treasury Department and the CIA. The FBI is expected to join soon."  mirror