What are the responsibilities of the CIA's Counternarcotics Office?

What are the responsibilities of the CIA's Counternarcotics Office?

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The Counternarcotics Office helps other countries stamp out, for example, Cocaine in South America. And they will use very sophisticated means. For example, they will intercept financial banking transactions that are transmitted by satellite to uncover where some of these big drug lords are. They'll help other countries with various technical devices to try to uncover where these drug lords are and, generally, just try to stamp out drugs.