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44th Annual International Drug Conference Ft. Lauderdale, Florida / USA, October 19 - 25, 2003

International Narcotic Enforcement Officers Association (INEOA) organised its 44th Annual International Drug Conference between 19 - 25 October 2003 in Ft. Lauderdale / Florida at the Wyndham Bonaventure Resort, which was again a very successful and high-level event.

As usual, there was a special awards ceremony to honour those drug enforcement officers having performed outstanding service during drug investigations. In addition, $1,000 scholarship grants was presented to the children of officers killed in the line of duty involving drug investigations. Last year awards were presented to 644 drug enforcement officers from throughout the United States and countries from around the world.

The following special training programs were presented

• DEA presented a program covering domestic and international trends in drug trafficking and dealing with the problem of narcoterrorism.
• National Drug Intelligence Center presented a program on International Document and Computer Exploitation, Statement Analysis and Effective Interpersonal Communication Related to Drug Enforcement.
• Prospero Ellis - internationally renowned, recently retired U.S. Customs Supervisory Inspector - held lectures on Observation, Behavior, Analysis on Deception, Detection and Concealment Techniques (Rovertech).
• Interagency Civil-Military Institute presented a program on National and International Aspects of Counter Drug Intelligence.
• Pharmaceutical Industry Seminar presented a special conference on Controlled Substances and Regulated Chemicals designed for representatives of the Pharmaceutical Industry.

As a result of the fruitful cooperation between the International Bodyguard and Security Services Association (IBSSA) and the International Narcotic Enforcement Officers Association (INEOA) more and more active IBSSA leaders become members of INEOA and attend the yearly conference.

The following IBSSA officials were present at the event

• Prof. George POPPER (HUN) - Executive President of IBSSA
• Dr. Marko NICOVIC (YUG) - Vice President of IBSSA
• Dr. Oliver L. RÓZSA (USA) - IBSSA Instructor
• Mr. Liviu Ioan GORGONETU (ROM) - Regional Representative of IBSSA for South Romania

C-NIS delegation was represented by

• Mr. Géza HALASKA (HUN) - CEO of H and J Ltd. Bodyguarding, Building and Object Protection

It is a great honour and high recognition for IBSSA, that Dr. Marko NICOVIC, Knight of Malta (YUG) - Vice President of IBSSA and Chief counsellor of the Yugoslav Head of State became elected President of INEOA by the Congress.

7th November 2003, Budapest
IBSSA HQ