About Us
The mission of the Association of Former Federal Narcotics Agents (AFFNA) is: To develop, promote and preserve goodwill and friendship among former federal narcotics agents and other DEA personnel; To provide mutual assistance to the membership and to assist the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in its mission of drug law enforcement.
REGULAR MEMBERSHIP in AFFNA is open exclusively to men and women of good moral character who formerly served honorably for a minimum of two years (continuously) as Special Agents in the DEA or its predecessor agencies: the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN), the Bureau of Drug Abuse Control (BDAC) and the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (BNDD).
ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP in AFFNA is open to men and women of good moral character, who formerly served honorably for a minimum of two years (continuously) as an employee of DEA or its predecessor agencies. Additionally, ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP is also open to all active duty DEA employees who have served honorably for a minimum of two consecutive years.
In furtherance of its mission, AFFNA hosts a national conferences for its members each year in various cities in the US. We also provide support to the DEA Museum and the DEA Office of Training, all in an effort to preserve the history of drug law enforcement. AFFNA hosts a trade show every year in conjunction with the International Drug Enforcement Conference (I.D.E.C.). DEA hosts the I.D.E.C. and AFFNA provides a venue where vendors and the heads of over 80 countries' narcotic bureaus can meet.
AFFNA also provides support to the Enrique Camarena Foundation, Red Ribbon Day and the DEA Survivors Benefit Fund as well as other worthwhile charities.
AFFNA maintains a job vacancy registry for those who have retired from DEA but wish to remain in the work force. Our members have a broad variety of skills that are in high demand in today's work place. Besides the expected skill sets (investigative work, security consulting) we have members that are expert in many other areas: forensic science, intelligence analysis, linguistic support, due diligence counseling, polygraph examinations, pharmaceutical drug manufacturing and distribution counseling and aircraft operation to name but a few. AFFNA provides assitance and counseling to those members who are looking to take their DEA skills into private industry.
If all this sounds like an organization that you would like to join, click on the Join Us link here.
If your company has a job opening that an experienced, well trained member of the DEA family could fill or if you would like to offer your support to our organization's mission, click on the Contact Us link here.