Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes defended a controversial surveillance program that tracks wire transfers at a press conference in Tempe on Thursday.
Narcotics seized in an investigation targeting the Sinaloa Cartel are shown during a news conference at the Tempe Police Department on Feb. 23, 2023.Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes defended a controversial surveillance program that tracks wire transfers at a press conference in Tempe on Thursday afternoon after lauding fellow law enforcement agencies for seizing numerous narcotics as part of a three-year drug bust operation.
During the news conference, Mayes did not specify if or how the surveillance program, known as TRAC, was used in this operation but defended its use. in amounts above $500 that were sent to and from the states of Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas. In a meeting with The Arizona Republic's editorial board in February, Gary Gaitano, U.S. Attorney for Arizona, also defended the program and described it as a necessary tool to trace drug money but acknowledged it needed to be used"fairly."
“It's really pretty staggering how large and extensive and illegal this program has become,” Wessler said last month. “Thousands of law enforcement officers from more than 700 police agencies and other law enforcement officers around the country have been given free login access to that system without any judicial supervision.”
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