ANTIGUA-DRUGS-Criminals adopting new strategies in illegal drugs and money laundering activities

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC - The Office of National Drug and Money Laundering Control Policy (ONDCP) is warning criminals it will continue to pursue its mandate obligations to the country even as they adopt new strategies to carry out their illegal activities in Antigua and Barbuda. “The counterdrug efforts remain consistent but increasingly challenging as the criminals are learning from our successes against them and altering or innovating their techniques to evade detection,” said ONDCP director Lieutenant Colonel Edward Croft. “Our successes however have continued, and have resulted in almost every known major drug trafficker being charged, convicted or awaiting trial,” he said.