Location: Stan M. Adams Training Center, 2832 Big Woods Rd, Chapel Hill, NC

Fee: There is no fee for this training.

Date/Length: August 19, 2026. 8 Hours

Meals / Lodging: Responsibility of the participants agency

Instructor: Juliana Vukonic-Herring (Criminal Investigator – SOIU)

Prerequisites: Students must be sworn law enforcement officers or currently serving in a law enforcement capacity as a member of the United States Armed Forces. Priority of registration is given to NC state and local civilian law enforcement officers.

Course Overview/Objectives:

• Review and discuss what defines a Transnational Criminal Organization (TCO).
• Give an overview of TCO’s and the different types of TCO’s along with their most common identifiers.
• History of some of the most notorious Transnational Criminal Organizations to include but not limited to:
  • “Tren de Aragua” and their current operations across Latin America and in the United States.
  • “Sinaloa Cartel (CDS)” not only in Mexico but in cities around the United States.
  • “Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG)”, not only in Mexico but in cities around the United States.
• Review of U.S. TCO operations for the past couple of years:
  • Violence
  • Recruiting
  • Expansion into new territories
• Lucrative activities:
  • Money laundering
  • Drug trafficking
  • Arms trafficking
  • Human trafficking/Kidnapping
  • Breaking and entering
  • and more….

MANTA training is provided free of charge to Law Enforcement Officers through the NC National Guard Counterdrug Program.

For more information or to receive help in registering for a class, contact us at:

manta@nccounterdrug.com

984-664-6045/ 919-539-8255