# Drug Enforcement Administration **Aliases:** DEA **Entity class:** Federal law-enforcement agency ## Definition The **Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)** is the Department of Justice agency responsible for enforcing federal controlled-substances laws and investigating major drug-trafficking organizations and related transnational networks. ## Relationships - **leads:** [[wiki/El Paso Intelligence Center|EPIC]]. - **belongs to:** United States Department of Justice. - **interagency partners include:** [[wiki/Joint Interagency Task Force South|JIATF-S]] and [[wiki/Joint Interagency Task Force-Counter Cartel|JIATF-CC]]. - **mission overlap:** counterdrug, cartel, financial, border, and [[wiki/Counterterrorism|counterterrorism]] intelligence. ## Sources / Provenance - [DEA — Mission](https://www.dea.gov/mission)