The Drug Enforcement Administration's International Operations (Redacted)

Audit Report 07-19
February 2007
Office of the Inspector General


Appendix IV
Timeline of DEA Foreign Office Establishment
U.S. Government Foreign Anti-Drug Offices
Inherited by the DEA at its Inception in 1973
Foreign Office Openings   Foreign Office Closures
City Country Year City Country

Rome

Italy

1951

   

Beirut

Lebanon

1954

   
   

1958

Beirut

Lebanon

Paris

France

1959

   

Beirut

Lebanon

     

Marseilles

France

1961

   

Istanbul

Turkey

     

Hong Kong

China

1963

   

Mexico City

Mexico

     

Monterrey

Mexico

     

Singapore

Singapore

     

Bangkok

Thailand

     

Lima

Peru

1966

   

Seoul

South Korea

     

Montreal

Canada

1969

   

Guadalajara

Mexico

     

Saigon

Vietnam

     

Buenos Aires

Argentina

1970

   

Santiago

Chile

     

London

England

     

Frankfurt

West Germany

     

Tokyo

Japan

     

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

     

Madrid

Spain

     
     

Singapore

Singapore

     

Seoul

South Korea

Kabul

Afghanistan

1971

   

Brasília

Brazil

     

Milan

Italy

     

Hermosillo

Mexico

     

Panama City

Panama

     

Asunción

Paraguay

     

Manila

Philippines

     

Singapore

Singapore

     

Barcelona

Spain

     

Chiang Mai

Thailand

     

Ankara

Turkey

     

Izmir

Turkey

     

Caracas

Venezuela

     

Munich

West Germany

     

Brussels

Belgium

1972

   

La Paz

Bolivia

     

Vancouver

Canada

     

Bogotá

Colombia

     

Quito

Ecuador

     

Bonn

West Germany

     

New Delhi

India

     

Tehran

Iran

     

Okinawa (Naha)

Japan

     

Rabat

Morocco

     

Islamabad

Pakistan

     

Peshawar

Pakistan

     
 
DEA Foreign Offices Opened and Closed Since 1973

Foreign Office Openings

 

Foreign Office Closures

City

Country

Year

City

Country

   

1973

Rabat

Morocco

Ottawa

Canada

     

Mazatlán

Mexico

     

Seoul

South Korea

     

Montevideo

Uruguay

     

Hamburg

West Germany

     

Vienna

Austria

1974

   

Toronto

Canada

     

San José

Costa Rica

     

Guayaquil

Ecuador

     

Genoa

Italy

     

Kingston

Jamaica

     

The Hague

Netherlands

     

Karachi

Pakistan

     

Songkhla

Thailand

     
   

1975

Saigon

Vietnam

Rio de Janeiro

Brazil

     

Sáo Paulo

Brazil

     

Copenhagen

Denmark

     

Nice

France

     

Guatemala City

Guatemala

     

Jakarta

Indonesia

     

Rabat

Morocco

     

Taipei

Taiwan

     
   

1976

Okinawa (Naha)

Japan

     

Beirut

Lebanon

Mérida

Mexico

     
   

1977

Rio de Janeiro

Brazil

     

Genoa

Italy

     

Barcelona

Spain

Cairo

Egypt

     

Lahore

Pakistan

     
   

1978

Brasília

Brazil

     

Vancouver

Canada

     

Nice

France

     

Taipei

Taiwan

     

Izmir

Turkey

   

1979

Kabul

Afghanistan

     

Toronto

Canada

     

Tehran

Iran

Nassau

Bahamas

     
   

1980

Sáo Paulo

Brazil

Brasília

Brazil

     
   

1981

Asunción

Paraguay

     

Ankara

Turkey

Cali

Colombia

     

Medellin

Colombia

     

Athens

Greece

     

Tegucigalpa

Honduras

     
   

1982

Hamburg

West Germany

     

Munich

West Germany

Barranquilla

Colombia

     

Nicosia

Cyprus

     

Santo
Domingo

Dominican Republic

     

Curaçao

Netherlands Antilles

     
   

1983

Tegucigalpa

Honduras

   

1984

Cali

Colombia

     

Medellin

Colombia

Santa Cruz

Bolivia

     

Bern

Switzerland

     

No offices opened

1985

No offices closed

   

1986

Jakarta

Indonesia

Cochabamba

Bolivia

     

Bombay

India

     

Canberra

Australia

1987

   

Port-au-Prince

Haiti

     

Lagos

Nigeria

     

Asunción

Paraguay

     

Ankara

Turkey

     

Tegucigalpa

Honduras

1988

 

 

No offices opened

1989

No offices closed

Freeport

Bahamas

1990

   

Rangoon

Burma

     

Udorn

Thailand

     

No offices opened

1991

No offices closed

Belize City

Belize

1992

   

San Salvador

El Salvador

     

Maracaibo

Venezuela

     
   

1993

Marseilles

France

     

Maracaibo

Venezuela

No offices opened

1994

No offices closed

   

1995

Montreal

Canada

     

Rabat

Morocco

     

Montevideo

Uruguay

   

1996

Bombay

India

Sáo Paulo

Brazil

1997

   

Vientiane

Laos

     

Managua

Nicaragua

     

Moscow

Russia

     

Pretoria

South Africa

     
   

1998

Bonn

Germany

Bridgetown

Barbados

     

Trinidad

Bolivia

     

Beijing

China

     

Berlin

Germany

     

Ciudad Juárez

Mexico

     

Tijuana

Mexico

     

Port-of-Spain

Trinidad

     
   

1999

Karachi

Pakistan

     

Lahore

Pakistan

Hanoi

Vietnam

2000

   

Tashkent

Uzbekistan

2001

   
   

2002

Barranquilla

Colombia

Kabul

Afghanistan

     

Cartagena

Colombia

     

Vancouver

Canada

2003

   

No offices opened

2004

No offices closed

   

2005

Songkhla

Thailand

   

2006

Berlin

Germany

Warsaw

Poland

   

 

Paramaribo

Suriname

   

 

Dubai

United Arab Emirates

2007

Opening Soon

 

Dushanbe

Tajikistan

 

Opening Soon

 

Matamoros

Mexico

 

Pending Approval from Mexico

Nogales

Mexico

 

Pending Approval from Mexico

Nuevo Laredo

Mexico

 

Pending Approval from Mexico

Bishkek

Kyrgystan

Opening date to be determined



« Previous Table of Contents Next »