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In examining US efforts to deal with drug-related corruption in foreign governments, this analysis contributes to two areas of public policy studies that rarely intersect: corruption reform and foreign policy. (5)

One of the most successful measures employed by DEA has been the creation of elite drug enforcement units composed of local police. (11)

3.The DEA agent's ability to threaten directly, and to carry through on the threat, depends also upon the rank and connec-tions of the corrupt official. (15)

4.In virtually all of the countries where DEA and the State Department have assisted in the creation of such units, drug-related corruption has extended to the very highest levels of government, up to and including the interior and defense mini-sters, top military and police officials, and their aides. (13)

5.One option available to the DEA agent, although it may entail risks to his relationship, involves deceiving the local agent. For in-stance, the DEA agent may persuade the local agent to arrest a trafficker who, unknown to the local agent, has high-level protec-tion from someone superior to the local agent or outside his juris-diction. (22)