US Drug Agency Spent $237million Paying Sources For Free-To-Obtain Data – DOJ

‘The US Drug Enforcement Agency paid its sources, from couriers to TSA agents, nearly $250 million over five years, a recent review revealed. However, the secrecy surrounding the internal data makes it impossible to say whether the money was even worth it.
According to a Department of Justice audit released this week, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) had a network of 18,726 informants between 2010 and 2015, who the agency praised as the “bread and butter” of the organization. The DEA paid its sources awards of up to $500,000 for “original information.”
During the period examined, the DEA doled out more than $237 million to 9,540 of its paid confidential sources, which on average comes up to just under $25,000 per person.’
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