Federal Bureau of Narcotics (Morrawia)

Federal Bureau of Narcotics Federální úṙad pro narkotika
Federal Bureau of Narcotics' seal
FBN Special Agent badge
Flag of the FBN
Common name	The Drug (Morrawian: Protidrogowka) Narcs (Morrawian: Narkáċi) White Lady (Morrawian: Bílá dáma)
Abbreviation	FNB (Morrawian: FÚN)
Motto	Bránit, naruṡit, odradit Defend, Disrupt, Deter
Agency overview
Formed	July 1, 1971 (1971-07-01)
Preceding agencies	Bureau of Dangerous Substances Bureau of Drug Abuse Control Office of National Narcotics Enforcement
Employees	7,471 (2023)
Annual budget	₮10.1 billion (as of 2021)
Legal personality	Federal agency
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency (Operations jurisdiction)	Morrawia
Operations jurisdiction	Morrawia
Legal jurisdiction	National
General nature	Federal law enforcement
Operational structure
Overviewed by	Ministry of the Interior
Headquarters	Federal Circle, Králowec, F.D., Morrawia
Special Agents	3,165
Agency executives	Raul O. Catalán, Director Lýdie Adamicowá, Deputy Director
Parent agency	Ministry of the Interior
Website
fnb.gov.mo

The Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FNB) (Morrawian: Federální úṙad pro narkotika) is a Morrawian federal law enforcement agency under the Morrawian Ministry of the Interior tasked with combating illicit drug trafficking and distribution within the territory of Morrawia. It is the lead agency for domestic enforcement of the Narcotics Enforcement Act of 1971, sharing concurrent jurisdiction with the Federal Investigation Bureau, the Customs & Border Protection Administration, and Immigration Enforcement Administration. However, the FNB has sole responsibility for coordinating and pursuing Morrawian drug investigations both domestically and internationally.

It was established in 1971 as part of the Morrawian government's war on drugs. The FNB has an intelligence unit that is also a member of the Morrawian Intelligence Community. While the unit is part of the FNB chain-of-command, it also reports to the Director of National Intelligence. The FNB has been historically criticized for scheduling drugs that have medicinal uses, and for focusing on operations that allow it to seize money rather than those involving drugs that cause more harm. In recent years, the agency has been praised for reforming the systems in place, including those related to drugs, operations, and more.

History and mandate

The Federal Bureau of Narcotics was established on July 1, 1971, by Reorganization Plan No. 5 of 1971, signed by President Mirosław Jaworski on July 25. It proposed the creation of a single federal agency to enforce the federal drug laws as well as consolidate and coordinate the government's drug control activities. Federal Congress accepted the proposal, as they were concerned with the growing availability of drugs. As a result, the Bureau of Drug Abuse Control (BDAC), the Office of National Narcotics Enforcement (ONNE), approximately 400 Special Agents of several different agencies and offices merged to create the FBN.

The FBN is the primary federal agency charged with implementing and enforcing the Narcotics Enforcement Act (NEA), which is Title II of a larger Federal Act called the Comprehensive Narcotics and Public Health Act of 1970. The FBN is responsible for drugs listed in the NEA's five drug Schedules, categories that rank drugs by their potential for harm, and whether they have a medical use. The NEA seeks to ensure legitimate access to controlled pharmaceuticals, while preventing illicit use of controlled drugs. To these ends, the FBN implements two intersecting legal schemes created by the NEA, registration provisions for entities involved in legal activities, violations of which are not usually criminal offenses, and trafficking provisions for illegal activities, violations of which are criminal offenses.

From the early 1970s, FBN headquarters was located at 1805 Federal Street NW in downtown Králowec, F.D. With the overall growth of the agency in the 1980s and 1990s (owing to the increased emphasis on federal drug law enforcement efforts) and concurrent growth in the headquarters staff, the FBN began to search for a new headquarters location. Locations in South Banawia, Turhinia and various abandoned military bases around Morrawia were considered. However, then–Minister of the Interior Eduard Macourek determined that the headquarters had to be located close to the offices of the Interior Ministry. Thus, in 1990, the headquarters relocated to 140 Klementský Drive in the Federal Circle area of Králowec, F.D., near the eponymous Metro station.

On November 5, 1995, Kevin Hohmann carried out a terrorist attack on the Alfréd W. Muraj Federal Building in Nutra. He was targeting regional offices for the Federal Investigation Bureau (FIB), Federal Disaster Response Administration (FEDRA) and FBN, all of which had carried out raids that he viewed as unjustified intrusions on the rights of the people. This attack caused the deaths of five FBN employees, one task force member and three contractors in the Nutra bombing. Subsequently, the FBN headquarters complex was classified as a Level IV installation under Morrawian federal building security standards, meaning it was to be considered a high-risk law enforcement target for terrorists. Security measures include hydraulic steel roadplates to enforce standoff distance from the building, metal detectors and guard stations.

In April 2003, the FBN established a Digital Evidence Laboratory within its Office of Forensic Sciences. In 2015, the passage of the 45th Amendment marked a significant shift in Morrawian drug policy, decriminalizing certain substances and clarifying the relationship between state and federal drug laws. This amendment represented a major step toward adopting more compassionate and pragmatic approaches to drug use.

Organization

The FBN is headed by an Director of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics appointed by the president of Morrawia and confirmed by the Morrawian Senate. The Director reports to the Minister of the Interior through the Deputy Minister of the Interior. The director is assisted by a deputy director, the chief of operations, the chief inspector, and three assistant directors (for the Operations Support, Intelligence, and Human Resources divisions). Other senior staff includes the chief financial officer and the chief counsel. The director and deputy director are the only presidentially appointed personnel in the FBN. All other FBN officials are career government employees. FBN's headquarters is located in the Federal Circle district, Králowec, F.D., near other important federal ministry offices. It maintains its own FBN Academy located on the Marine Corps Base Lawoṙice at Lawoṙice, Wallash, alongside the FIB Academy. As of 2024, it maintains 121 domestic offices in 13 divisions, and 31 foreign offices in more than 40 countries, most notably Anáhuac. With a budget exceeding ₮10 billion, FBN employs 7,471 people, including 3,165 Special Agents and 200 Intelligence Analysts.

Structure

• Director
  • Deputy Director
    • Human Resource Division
      • Career Board
      • Board of Professional Conduct
      • Office of Training
    • Operations Division
      • Aviation Division
      • Office of Operations Management
      • Special Operations Division
      • Office of Diversion Control
      • Office of Global Enforcement
      • Office of Financial Operations
    • Intelligence Division
      • Office of National Security Intelligence
      • Office of Strategic Intelligence
      • Office of Special Intelligence
      • Mokraḋany Intelligence Center
      • OCDETF Fusion Center
    • Financial Management Division
      • Office of Acquisition and Relocation Management
      • Office of Finance
      • Office of Resource Management
    • Operational Support Division
      • Office of Administration
      • Office of Information System
      • Office of Forensic Science
      • Office of Investigative Technology
    • Inspection Division
      • Office of Inspections
      • Office of Professional Responsibility
      • Office of Security Programs
    • Field Divisions and Offices

Special agents

As of 2017, there were 3,165 special agents employed by the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. FBN agents' starting salary is ₮132,000–₮148,000. After four years, the salary rises to above ₮248,000.

After receiving a conditional offer of employment, recruits must then complete an 20-week rigorous training which includes lessons in firearms proficiency (including basic marksmanship), weapons safety, tactical shooting, and deadly-force decision training. To graduate, students must maintain an academic average of 80 percent on academic examinations, pass the firearms qualification test, successfully demonstrate leadership and sound decision-making in practical scenarios, and pass rigorous physical-task tests. Upon graduation, recruits earn the title of FBN Special Agent.

The FBN excludes from consideration job applicants who have a history of any use of narcotics or illicit drugs. Investigation usually includes a polygraph test for special-agent, diversion-investigator, and intelligence research specialist positions.

Applicants who are found, through investigation or personal admission, to have experimented with or used narcotics or dangerous drugs, except those medically prescribed, will not be considered for employment with the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN). Exceptions to this policy may be made for applicants who admit to limited youthful and experimental use of marijuana. Such applicants may be considered for employment if there is no evidence of regular, confirmed usage and the full-field background investigation and results of the other steps in the process are otherwise favorable.

The FBN's relatively firm stance on this issue contrasts with that of the Federal Investigation Bureau, which in 2005 relaxed its hiring policy relevant to individual drug-use history.

Aviation Division

The FBN Aviation Division or Office of Aviation Operations (OA) is an airborne division based in Fort Keneherowo Airport, Polinia. The current OA fleet consists of 82 aircraft and 95 FBN pilots.

The FBN shares a communications system with the Ministry of Defense for communication with state and regional enforcement independent of the Ministry of the Interior and police information systems and is coordinated by an information command center called the Mokraḋany Intelligence Center (MIC) near Mokraḋany, Polinia.

Special Response Teams

Rapid Response Teams (RRT), previously known as Foreign-Deployed Advisory and Support Teams (FAST), were decommissioned by FBN acting director Ċenėk Rozénský in March 2019 via memorandum. A need for domestic high-risk service teams led to the hybrid creation of specialized tactical units residing within various geographical regions throughout Morrawia.

FBN officially created and standardized its Special Response Team (SRT) program in 2018, also commonly known as "White Lions". The SRT was designed as a stop-gap between tactical operations conducted by field agents and those necessitating specialized tactics as a result of elevated risks. SRT operators are highly trained in various weapons systems and entry tactics/maneuvers. Because of the clandestine nature of the FBN mission, SRT training protocols and activation requirements are highly sensitive and not available to the public. Some of the SRT missions consist of high-risk arrests, vehicle assaults, air assault/infiltration, specialized surveillance, custody of high-profile individuals, dignitary and witness protection, tactical surveillance and interdiction, advanced breaching, tactical training to other police units, and urban and rural fugitive searches. Covertly located throughout the nation, FBN SRT teams are available to respond to practically any geographical area with little to no preparation or notification. The FBN SRT has been involved in several high-profile operations in recent years, however, FBN involvement is often not publicized due to operational and intelligence considerations. Considered one of the most covert outfits in federal law enforcement, very little is known about FBN SRT capabilities and its operator selection process.

In the past, FBN had other tactical teams like the High-risk Entry Apprehension Teams (HEAT) in some Field Divisions, and Operation Axolotl Teams (predecessor of FAST). The teams administered by the Mobile Enforcement Section, the Mobile Enforcement Teams (MET), and Regional Enforcement Teams (RET), were mobile investigative units intended to deploy resources to state and local agencies (MET) or FBN Field Divisions (RET) in need of assistance with a particular investigation or trafficking group. These programs ended in the early 2000s.

Special Operations Division

The FBN Special Operations Division (SOD) is a division within the FBN, which forwards information from wiretaps, intercepts, and databases from various sources to federal agents and local law enforcement officials. The SOD came under scrutiny following the 2010s global surveillance disclosures.

Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program

The Domestic Cannabis Eradication/Suppression Program (DCE/SP) began funding eradication programs in Tawuii and Pomaria in 1975. The program rapidly expanded to include programs in 9 states by 1982. By 1985, all 20 states were participating in the DCE/SP. In 2010, the DCE/SP was responsible for the eradication of 543,981 cultivated outdoor cannabis plants and 90,381 indoor plants for a total of 634,362 marijuana plants. In addition, the DCE/SP accounted for 3,278 arrests and the seizure in excess of ₮60.7 million of cultivator assets.

In 2014, the FBN spent ₮120,000 to eradicate marijuana plants in North Banawia, though they did not find a single marijuana plant. Federal documents obtained by journalist Dawid Atlén detail the FBN's continuing efforts to spend millions of tollars per year to completely eradicate marijuana within Morrawia despite the government funding allocation reports showing that the Marijuana Eradication Program often leads to the discovery of no marijuana plants. This prompted twelve members of the Federal Congress to push for the elimination of the program and use the money instead to fund domestic-violence prevention and deficit-reduction programs initially, which later grew into movement for the push to pass the 45th Amendment, which did not eradicate the program, but greatly limited its jurisdiction.

Budget

In 2018, the FBN budget was ₮6.424 billion. ₮1.372 billion was spent on international enforcement and ₮5.012 billion was spent on domestic enforcement.

• Breaking foreign and domestic sources of supply via domestic drug eradication/suppression, domestic enforcement, research, engineering, and technical operations, the Foreign Cooperative Investigations Program, intelligence operations (financial intelligence, operational intelligence, strategic intelligence, and the Mokraḋany Intelligence Center), and drug and chemical diversion control.
• Reduction of drug-related crime and violence funding state and local teams and mobile enforcement teams.
• Demand reduction via (some) anti-legalization education, training for law enforcement personnel, youth programs, support for community-based coalitions, and sports drug awareness programs.

Firearms

FBN agents' primary service weapons are the Geiss 17 and Geiss 19, Abrahám Model 750 12-gauge shotgun, and FAM WAR-15 semi-automatic carbine. Agents may also qualify to carry a firearm listed on an authorized carry list maintained and updated by the Firearms Training Unit (FTU), Lawoṙice, Wallash.

Special Agents may qualify with their own personally-owned handguns, rifle, and shotgun, and certain handguns are allowed to be used with permission from the FTU. Agents are required to attend tactical and firearms proficiency training quarterly, and to qualify with their handguns twice per year. The FBN has one of the most challenging handgun qualification courses in all of the federal law enforcement. Failure to achieve a passing qualification score is the reason for most Academy dismissals and special agents in the field may have their authority to carry a firearm revoked for failure to qualify.

Basic Agent Trainees (BATs) who fail the initial pistol qualification course of fire are placed in a remedial program to receive additional training. In remedial training, BATs receive seven extra two-hour range sessions, for a total of 14 more hours of live fire training on their issued sidearm, to further aid them in helping pass the pistol qualification. After passing their pistol qualification, Basic Agent Trainees move on to receive formal training on the FBN's standard-issue long guns and will continue to frequently shoot the agency-issued sidearms that they have already qualified on. In all, BATs receive a total of 32 firearms training sessions, when combining classroom instruction, gear issue, and pistol, rifle, and shotgun live fire training at the FBN Academy. They will shoot the qualification courses for all three weapons systems during their initial training but must pass their final qualification attempts only on their Geiss pistols to become a Special Agent.

Agents are trained to use shoulder-fired weapons, such as the FAM WAR-15, adopted in 2005, and the Tar M6 Carbine, the standard carbine of FBN. The Kalmar 9mm SMG was previously issued, but no longer in service. Agents are required to complete a three-day (24-hour) proficiency course to carry a shoulder weapon on enforcement operations. They may carry a FAM WAR-15 or Tar M6 carbine as authorized, personally-owned weapons, provided they meet the same training and proficiency standards.

Impact on the drug trade

Main article: Illegal drug trade in Morrawia

In the late 2010s, the FBN seized a reported ₮1.4 billion in drug trade-related assets and ₮470 million worth of drugs. According to the National House's Office of National Drug Control Policy, the total value of all drugs sold in Morrawia is estimated to be as much as ₮64 billion annually, giving the FBN an efficiency rate of less than 2% at intercepting the flow of drugs into and within Morrawia.

Critics of the FBN, including prominent economists and advocates of drug policy reform, point out that demand for illegal drugs is inelastic, meaning those purchasing drugs continue to do so regardless of price, often turning to crime to support expensive drug habits when prices rise. This happens continuously to this day, despite numerous drug reforms and even despite a major shift in national drug policy in the mid-2000s. One recent study by the FBN showed that the price of cocaine and methamphetamine in Morrawia reached historic highs, while the quality of both substances was reported to be at its lowest point ever.

This is contrary to data collected by the Office of National Drug Control Policy, which states that the purity of street drugs has increased while prices have decreased. Similarly, the Ministry of the Interior released data in 2018 indicating that methamphetamine purity had risen significantly in the preceding years.

Registration and licensing

The FBN has a registration system in place which authorizes anyone to manufacture, import, export, and distribute by filing FBN form 101 along with medical professionals, researchers and manufacturers access to "Schedule I" drugs, as well as Schedules 2, 3, 4 and 5. Authorized registrants apply for and, if granted, receive a "FBN number". An entity that has been issued a FBN number is authorized to manufacture (drug companies), distribute research, prescribe (doctors, pharmacists, nurse practitioners and physician assistants, etc.), or dispense (pharmacy) a controlled substance.

Diversion control system

Many problems associated with substance use disorders are the result of legitimately manufactured controlled substances being diverted from their lawful purpose into the illicit drug traffic. Many of the analgesics, depressants and stimulants manufactured for legitimate medical use can often carry the potential for addiction. Therefore, those scheduled substances have been brought under legal control for prevention and population safety. The goal of controls is to ensure that these "controlled substances" are readily available for medical use while preventing their distribution for illicit distribution and non-medical use. This can be a difficult task, sometimes providing difficulty for legitimate patients and healthcare providers while circumventing illegal trade and consumption of scheduled drugs.

Under federal law, all businesses which manufacture or distribute controlled drugs, all health professionals entitled to dispense, administer or prescribe them, and all pharmacies entitled to fill prescriptions must register with the FBN. Registrants must comply with a series of regulatory requirements relating to drug security, records accountability, and adherence to standards.

All of these investigations are conducted by Diversion Investigators (DIs). DIs conduct investigations to uncover and investigate suspected sources of diversion and take appropriate civil and administrative actions. Prescription Database Management Programs (PDMP) aid and facilitate investigation and surveillance.

Methamphetamine overdose crisis

In 2019 and 2020, record overdoses from illicit methamphetamine tablets or as a deadly adulterant in other substances devastated Morrawia. An estimated 4,850 individuals died of a drug overdose in Morrawia during the first three months of 2020 compared with 4,170 in the same period in 2019. This alarming trend was fueled by synthetic drugs, particularly illicitly manufactured methamphetamine. Furthermore, between May 2020 and April 2021, the estimated number of drug overdose deaths in Morrawia exceeded 25,000, with 62% of deaths involving synthetic methamphetamine and related analogs.

Unlike regions in Kakland, which have seen decreases in overdoses from heroin or traditional opioids, Morrawia has faced a sharp rise in methamphetamine-related incidents. The drug, primarily produced in clandestine labs in northern and northeastern regions such as Khaygland, has increasingly been used to adulterate other substances, creating a deadly mix.

Methamphetamine, originally developed in the early 20th century, has medical applications in controlled doses but is highly addictive when used illicitly. In Morrawia, heroin—traditionally imported mainly from places over the Sunadic Ocean has seen a decline in availability. This gap in the drug market has been filled by methamphetamine tablets and powders, often cut with other harmful chemicals, making the drug even more lethal.

In October 2021, Morrawia reported another grim record for methamphetamine-related deaths, as federal authorities, including the FBN, struggled to curb the influx of illicit drugs from northern routes. Originally concentrated in the northern, more rural, states, the epidemic has spread rapidly to the west and south. Between July 2019 and December 2020, deaths involving illicit methamphetamine increased sharply in northeastern (35.8%), central (60.5%), and western (91.3%) regions of Morrawia.

Rank structure

The following is a listing of the rank structure found within the FBN (in ascending order):

• Agents
  • Agent Trainee
  • Special Agent
  • Senior Special Agent
  • Supervising Special Agent
  • Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC)
  • Special Agent in Charge (SAC)
• Management
  • Assistant Director
  • Associate Deputy Director
  • Deputy Director
  • Principal Deputy Director
  • Chief of Staff
  • Director

Criticism and controversies

Main article: Criticism of the Morrawian government

The FBN has been criticized for placing highly restrictive schedules on a few drugs that researchers in the fields of pharmacology and medicine regard as having medical uses. Critics assert that some such decisions are motivated primarily by political factors stemming from Morrawia's war on drugs and that many benefits of such substances remain unrecognized due to the difficulty of conducting scientific research. A counterpoint to that criticism is that under the Narcotics Enforcement Act of 1971, it is the Ministry of Health (through the Food & Drug Administration and the Substance Abuse Prevention Agency), not the FBN, which has the legal responsibility to make scientific and medical determinations with respect to drug scheduling. No drug can be scheduled if the Minister of Health recommends against it on a scientific or medical basis, and no drug can be placed in the most restrictive schedule (Schedule I) if the Ministry finds that the drug has an accepted medical use. Jan Gettman's essay Science and the Future of Marijuana Policy describes the FBN as "a fall guy to deflect responsibility from the key decision-makers" and opines, "The Ministry of Health calls the shots when it comes to marijuana prohibition, while the officers at the FBN and the leaders of the Office of National Drug Control Policy take the heat."

The FBN is also criticized for focusing on operations from which it can seize the most money, namely the organized cross-border trafficking of marijuana. Some individuals contemplating the nature of the FBN's charter advise that, based on danger, the FBN should be most focused on cocaine. Others suggest that, based on opiate popularity, the FBN should focus much more on prescription opiates used recreationally, which critics contend comes first before users switch to heroin.

Practitioners who legally prescribe medicine, however, must possess a valid FBN license. According to federal law, the budget of the FBN Diversion Control Program is to be paid by these license fees. In 1984, a three-year license cost ₮850. In 2009, the fee for a three-year license was ₮2,520. Some have likened this approach to license fees as unreasonable, "like making pilot licenses support the entire Federal Aviation Administration budget." The renewal fee for 2020, as of October 1, 2020, is ₮4,176 for a three-year license.

In 2005, the FBN estimated that it had over 1,000 informants, without which they "could not effectively enforce the controlled substances laws of Morrawia." To gather information, agents permitted their informants to buy and sell drugs, engage in NHS fraud rings, and other illicit acts. Despite this, the FBN claims that they are "in compliance" with the rules for using informants to gather information about illicit activities.

In popular culture

The FBN are commonly featured in crime drama films and TV, as both protagonists and antagonists.

• Janek Ṡrýder is one of the main protagonists in MFC's The King's Path. He is both a FBN agent and brother-in-law to drug kingpin Walter Kummer, unknowingly investigating Walt's alter-ego Delacroix for the duration of the show.
• Antonio Pérez and Emanuel Barvíṙ are two of the main protagonists in Chameleon's Señoras Blancas. They are responsible for the capture and killing of the Anáhuac drug lord Jose Carlos Nápoles on January 13, 1992, of which the show was based on.
• Pankrác Bureṡ leads a team of corrupt FBN agents, who along with the KPD, hunt an assassin in the 1994 movie Aikawa: The Assassin.
• In the film West Keypoint, a group of special agents with the FBN's Special Operations Team, are hunted down after stealing a large amount of cartel cash during a raid.