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| Title: | 24+ Years of Law Enforcement and Management Experience |
| Posted by: | Peter M Balonon |
| Location: | Concord, United States |
| Date: | July 31, 2004 |
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Details: RESUME – Peter M. Balonon Work Experience: Department of the Treasury, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Washington, D.C. Deputy Assistant Director (GS-15), International Research Division; 8/1992-12/1/1995; $110,485 PA. Supervisor: Director Stanley Morris I was responsible for the collection, analysis and dissemination of intelligence relevant to a wide range of domestic and international issues and other related factors which impact upon both law enforcement and bank regulatory efforts against the financial infrastructures of organized crime. I provided overall program oversight and direction in tracking the status of money laundering trends, legislative actions, related issues and threat assessments of money laundering both nationally and internationally. I represented both the Treasury and FinCEN at the Linear Approach Committee of the Central Intelligence Agency, whose work is “classified” and which is a multi-agency group composed of drug enforcement agencies and the Intelligence Community (IC). I was also FinCEN’s representative to the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) Working Group, which provided the Administration with a classified report on the International drug threat and related issues. I taught foreign law enforcement services in Brazil, Bolivia, Venezuela, Panama, Germany and others as well as international bodies like INTERPOL in Lyon, France, financial investigative techniques to detect criminal activity. Reason for Leaving: Reached minimum retirement age (50 Yrs old), left to care for mother w/Alzheimer. Department of the Treasury, US Customs Service (USCS), Washington, D.C. Supervisory Criminal Investigator (GS-15), 3/1974-8/1992; $105,884 PA. I began my career with US Customs Service as a GS-7 ($12,461 PA), Criminal Investigator (Special Agent), in Miami, FL. Conducted extensive, long term “undercover” operations/investigations in narcotic smuggling, money laundering and fraud. Targets of these investigations were both domestic and foreign organized crime figures. Utilized innovative techniques which were later incorporated in the curriculum at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC). I have conducted criminal investigations in foreign countries (Panama, Colombia, Costa Rica, Venezuela and others) regarding money laundering, “high-technology” transfers and commercial fraud. I have been personally responsible for the seizure and forfeiture of tens of millions of dollars, a Saberliner Jet Airplane and the arrest and conviction of several hundred criminals. For five years, I was assigned to the Office of Internal Affairs, investigating misconduct/criminal activity of other Treasury agents. During my tenure with USCS, I held the positions of Senior Special Agent (GS-13); Customs Attaché (GS-14) for South America; Director (GS-15) Special Investigations; Director (GS-15) Smuggling Investigations and have been detailed to the White House as Deputy Director, National Narcotic Border Interdiction System (NNBIS) and Senior Policy Analyst, Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). Reason for Leaving Customs: To accept a position with FinCEN. A synopsis of the major positions I held with US Customs are high-lighted below: Deputy Assistant Regional Commissioner (GS-15), US Customs Service, SE Region, Miami, FL., 9/1990-12/1991, Supervisor: George Corcoran, Regional Commissioner I occupied a position in direct supervisory line over five Special-Agent-In-Charge Offices comprising one-third the Special Agent/Enforcement personnel of the US Customs Service, located in four states and the Caribbean. I had immediate supervision of the Enforcement Programs Division, Regional Intelligence Division and Regional “Sector” Communications which served as a centralized dispatch center. Reason for Leaving: Reorganization centralizing line authority from the Regions to Washington. Regional Director for the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) GS-15, Southeast Regional Office, Miami, FL. 11/1989-9/1990, Supervisor: William Bennett I represented the Director, at both “supply” and “Demand” reduction meetings held by Federal, state and local agencies involved in the war on drugs. I identified and reported on successful supply/reduction programs, particularly those susceptible to replication in other areas of the country or by other agencies. I also served as ONDCP “Ombudsman” for identification within the Region of policy issues and concerns to Federal, state and local agencies, and report those concerns to Washington. Reason for Leaving: Abolishment of the Regional Offices. Deputy Director (NNBIS) and Senior Policy Analyst (ONDCP) GS-15 (Detailed from USCS), Executive Office of the President, 12/1987-11/1989 Supervisors Respectively: Geo H. Bush/Wm. Bennett As Special Assistant to the Vice President (Geo. H. Bush) and Deputy Director of the National Narcotic Border Interdiction System (NNBIS), I participated in policy development and program oversight at the national and international level regarding the use of Department of Defense (DOD) and Intelligence Community assets in drug interdiction efforts. I represented the Office of the Vice President at the National Drug Policy Board and chaired numerous “classified” interagency meetings. I have prepared written material for the President, Vice President and Administration related to national drug strategies and reviewed Departments’ and Agencies’ proposed testimony to Congress for consistency with Administration policy. April 1989, through an act of Congress, NNBIS was incorporated into the newly created Office of National Drug Control Policy and elevated to the Executive Office of the President. I was detailed to ONDCP as a Senior Policy Analyst, where I provided ONDCP briefings and position papers that resulted in many of the US Customs Services’ concerns being incorporated into the National Drug Strategy. These briefings and papers contributed to the “cross-designation” of Customs Special Agent with Title#21 authority. I also reviewed for OMB and ONDCP, amendments to 19 C.F.R. and 21 C.F.R. as they affect the Treasury, US Customs and DEA for consistency with Administration policy. Reason for Leaving: To fill ONDCP Regional Director position Director (GS-15), Smuggling Investigations Division, US Customs Service, 4/1987-12/1987, Supervisor: Assistant Commissioner William Rosenblatt As Director of the Smuggling Investigations Division, which is an integration of the Tactical (Marine) Interdiction; Narcotics Investigations; Financial Investigations and Child Pornography Smuggling Prevention functions, I developed, planned, organized and integrated national policy issues for implementation by Customs field entities. I maintained daily close contact with the Office of Chief Counsel; Inspection & Control, Intelligence and Aviation Operations, as well as the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (enforcement); Department of State; Department of Justice; IRS and others. This constant communication effort includes problem resolution response to queries on operational issues and acting as a conduit for information and advice. This constant communication enabled me to advise the field of new changes of procedure; the latest court rulings and other areas of impact could be immediately disseminated to the field. I have testified before Congressional Committees and have provided briefings for Congressional staff members on a number of occasions dealing with organized crime, money laundering, Panama, high technology transfers and Cuban embargo violations. I also assisted Alan B. Wade in writing “A Banker’s Guide to the Money Laundering Laws”. I recommended as circumstances dictated, to augment or reduce, continue, transfer or discontinue law enforcement programs as directed by program review. Reason for Leaving: Selected to represent US Customs to the White House (NNBIS) as Deputy Director Director (GS-15), Special Investigations Division, US Customs Service, 2/1986-4/1987, Supervisor: Assistant Commissioner William Rosenblatt. As Director, Special Investigations Division, I developed agency policy and guidelines for “Undercover Customs Operatives”, and developed and formed the first “Undercover Branch” and “Undercover School” in the history of the US Customs Service. I thoroughly reviewed and scrutinized policy, procedure and planning as they pertained to the mission of this Division (and subsequent Office/Divisions I’ve supervised), and its responsibilities to the field. As a result, I established credibility with the field as a provider of active support, current and point-on guidance and legal interface with Chief Counsel and the Departments of the Treasury and Justice. Policy and programs were devised through a management by objectives process with milestones set, relative to long and short-term goals. In the short-term, a quarterly bulletin, which transmitted proposed legislation, judicial decisions, investigative techniques and current policy, was sent to Special Agents in Headquarters, domestic and foreign offices. I should mention that 13 Customs Attaché Offices located with various U.S. Embassies, also reported to me. On a long-term basis, I mandated a continuing review process of existing policy bringing procedural loopholes to light and in coordinating with Chief Counsel, and issuing new instructions to the field. In excess of 60 national Customs enforcement programs were either initiated or managed by me as the Director, Special/Smuggling Division. Reason for Leaving: Selected to direct the largest Enforcement Division (Smuggling) in the U.S. Customs Service. Customs Attaché (GS-14), Regional Office for South America, c/o American Embassy, Panama, Republic of Panama. 4/1984-2/1986, Supervisor: Director, Special Investigations (do not recall name) On April 1, 1984, I arrived at the American Embassy, Panama to establish a Regional Attaché Office for South America. As Attaché, I was responsible for all operational (enforcement) and administrative activities of this office. I initiated procedures to monitor activity and regulate efforts expended in programs either underway or in the planning stage for application throughout the region. Utilizing untapped US resources, I was able to identify companies and individuals involved in “high-tech” theft; circumvention of embargoes; neutrality violations and money laundering. This developed in excess of 40 strategic investigations involving more than 100 Panamanian and US companies involved in transshipping US Computers to Panama, then to Cuba and on to the Soviet Union. I was also able to document shipments of “ether” (precursor for cocaine manufacture) going to Nicaragua and Colombia, and money laundering and weapon shipments between Panama and Nicaragua. Several programs initiated by this writer stopped the loss of high-technology, and resulted in the seizure of millions of dollars of sensitive technology. During the two years I was in Panama, more than 70 couriers were identified transporting money from the US to Panama, which resulted in the seizure of millions of US dollars and the forfeiture of a Saberliner Jet. Numerous Fraud investigations were also opened by this writer at the Colon Free Trade Zone. Reason for Leaving: Promotion to Director (GS-15), Special Investigations Division. Investigator (GS5/7), Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Miami, FL, 2/1972-3/1974, Supervisor: Group Supervisor Tony Acri. Began my Civil Service career as an Investigator (GS-5, $5319 PA), for the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (BNDD), which was later reorganized into the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on 7/1/1973. My duties involved the investigation/audit of drug manufacturers, methadone clinics and medical practitioners to ascertain if controlled substances were being properly dispensed and accounted. My investigations resulted in the arrest and conviction of several doctors and pharmacists, and the reorganization of a major drug manufacturer in South Carolina. Reason for Leaving: Offered a better position with the Department of Treasury Captain, US Army, Stationed at various locations including the Republic of South Vietnam, 4/1967-3/1971, $11,000 PA Entered the US Army as a Private (E-1), advanced through the NCO Academy, Ft. McClellan, AL to Officer Candidate School (OCS), Ft. Benning, GA. Graduated as a 2nd Lt. in Military Intelligence, specializing in Russian Cryptology. Sent to Viet Nam on 10/1967 and assigned to the 4th Infantry Division. I was a Mechanized Infantry (2/8) Platoon Leader and later selected as a (1/12) Battalion’s Recon Platoon Leader. I returned from Vietnam as a Captain with five decorations for valor including the Purple Heart and Bronze Star. Reason for Leaving: Completion of Military Obligation |
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