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LANGUAGE:
 Spanish (bilingual)
EXPERIENCE:
1990 - Present Expert Witness - Trial Consultant

Since 1990, as a civilian, I have been retained as an Expert Witness and Trial Consultant on more than 130 occasions, most of which resulted in out-of-court resolutions.

I have testified as an Expert Witness either directly and/or by affidavit, in 23 civil and criminal proceedings.
1990 - Present Law Enforcement Instructor
Since my retirement from the Drug Enforcement Administration in 1990, I have lectured on a contractual basis for many local enforcement agencies on Human Intelligence, Undercover / Covert Operations, Narcotics Investigations, International Operations and more.  I have served as a regular instructor of Undercover Tactics and Informant Handling for Ontario Provincial Police Academy for the past 7 years.
As a Lecturer / Consultant on the subject of International Narcotic Enforcement, I have appeared before a wide variety of audiences , from the United Nations and World Presidents Organization to the New York City Council, and The Cato Institute.

I lecture frequently at colleges and universities across the U.S. and Canada.  IN 1993, he was voted the Canadian College Speaker of the Year.  I have also been invited as a lecturer / consultant to international drug conferences sponsored by the French, Spanish and Dutch governments.  Most recently, I was an invited speaker at New York University's forum on the Intelligence Failures Leading to 9/11.
1993 - 1994 Named as member of the Mayoral and City Council Automated Teller Machine (ATM) Task Force at the special request of Mayor David Dinkins.  The work of this task force resulted in new laws increasing security at the 25,000 automated teller machines in the City of New York.
1992 - 1993 Drug Bureau Chief , Barnstable County, Mass. (Cape Cod) Sheriffs Department.
1973 - 1990 Drug Enforcement Administration
During this period, I was considered one of DEA's top Undercover / Deep Cover and international narcotic trafficking specialists. I was charged with design and orchestration of some of the government's most significant national and international Deep Cover and conspiracy investigations, many of which were directly related to narco-terrorist organizations and corrupt foreign governments.

Highlights
Some of my international RICO and Conspiracy investigations were considered the most significant in drug war history (see publications) and were recently featured on the History Channel's "Twentieth Century."

DEA Positions Held:
- Country Attaché, Argentina and Uruguay.  1979-1982 I was the senior US law enforcement officer in the Southern Cone;

-Special Operations Officer, worldwide

-Inspector of DEA Field Operations, worldwide

-Desk Officer, Cocaine Desk and Heroin Desk, DEA Headquarters, Washington, DC

-Miami Airport Supervisor, Vice President's South Florida Task Force;

-Instructor / Lecturer, Public Affairs and Training Office.  As part of my duties I lectured federal and local law enforcement agencies on Human Intelligence (Informant Handling), Undercover & Deep Cover Tactics, Narcotic Investigations, Conspiracy and more.

-Group Supervisor, New York City Field Division

-Group Supervisor, New York City Joint Federal State Task Force;

-Acting Group Supervisor, International Group, New York City Field Division

-Assistant Group Supervisor FBI/DEA Task Force

-Acting ASAC (Division Leader), New York Field Division

-Liaison Officer with government of Israel.

Expert Witness
During my career as a DEA officer, I qualified as an Expert Witness testifying as to Undercover Tactics, Narcotic trafficking, Organized Crime, Conspiracy and other matters directly and/or peripherally related to violations of US Narcotic laws, on more than 170 occasions.

 
1970 - 1973 Assistant Group Supervisor
Hard Narcotics Smuggling Division, US Customs.  Also held positions of Special Agent and Special Agent / Sky Marshall.
Highlights:
Deep Cover investigation in South East Asia during Vietnam conflict resulting in Special Act US Treasury Award, for taking down one of the most significant international heroin smuggling organizations of the time.

Expert Witness
During my career as a Customs officer, I qualified as an Expert Witness testifying as to Narcotic trafficking, Organized Crime, Conspiracy and other matters directly and/or peripherally related to violations of US Customs laws, on more than 25 occasions.

 
1966 - 1970 Special Agent, Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco & Firearms (BATF).

Expert Witness
During my career as a BATF officer, I qualifed as an Expert Witness testifying as to all matters related to weapons, narcotics trafficking, Organized Crime, Conspiracy and other matters directly and / or peripherally related to violations of laws enforced by BATF on  more than 35 occasions.

 
1965-1966 Special Agent, Intelligence Division of the Internal Revenue Service, OCD (Organized Crime Division)

 
EDUCATION:
BBA degree in Accounting with a minor in Economics, June 1965.
Hofstra University.

 
OTHER SIGNIFICANT TRAINING AND BACKGROUND RELATED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT:
1958-1961 US Air Force Military Police School
Sentry Dog Handling School
IRS Intelligence Schools Special Agent School
(Tax Fraud Investigations)
Tax Law School
US Treasury Schools
 Treasury Law Enforcement Academy
BATF Schools ATF Investigator School
Bomb Investigation and Weapon Schools
Executive Protection School
US Customs Schools Customs Special Agent Academy
(Enforcement of all US Customs laws).
Conspiracy Investigations Seminar.
Sky Marshall Training Course.
DEA Schools Senior and Mid Level
Management Schools
Police Instructor School
Intelligence Gathering Principles, (given by CIA).
Internal Security Inspectors School
Executive Protection (given by Secret Service)
State Department Schools while in DEA:
Foreign Service Institute (foreign Diplomacy and diplomatic Spanish)
(Multiple Seminars given by various US Attorneys offices and DEA - Conspiracy / RICO)


MILITARY SERVICE:
1958 - 1961		 US Air Force - served as military police officer and sentry dog handler.  Stategic Air Command - Base Security Division of Air Police.

 
AWARDS I was considered one of the most decorated agents in the Drug Enforcement Administration.  My awards include the Octavio Gonzalez Award, given by the International Narcotic Enforcement Officer's, for the undercover penetration of Roberto Suarez, Bolivian cocaine cartel; the, then, biggest case in drug war history, along with more than twenty other Justice and Treasury Department awards, and awards from foreign police agencies. A complete list available upon request.

 
PUBLICATIONS
  • I was the subject of a biography, Undercover,  by British author, Donald Goddard (Random House/Times Books, October, 1988).
  • Deep Cover,  nonfiction, New York Times  bestseller, (Delacorte Publishers, March, 1990).
  • Fight Back  (Dell, October, 1991).  Recommended reading by the Clinton Administration Drug Policy Office.
  • The Big White Lie, (Thunder's Mouth Press), nonfiction, co-written by my wife, LAURA KAVANAU was published October, 1993.
  • The Triangle of Death, also co-written with Laura Kavanau, published August, 1996 (Delacorte).
  • I was a contributing writer in the Cato Institute Book After Prohibition  (April 2000).
  • I contributed a chapter to Into the Buzzsaw,   Edited by Kristina Borjesson. (Prometheus, March, 2002).
ARTICLES I have had articles and interviews published by numerous publications including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Esquire, USA Today  and others.  A complete list available upon request.

 
MEDIA CONSULTANT & GUEST / EXPERT APPEARANCES:

I have appeared as a guest / expert on the following nationally televised shows:  Rivera Live, 60 Minutes, Donahue, Geraldo Rivera (both Daytime show and Rivera Live), Inside Edition Good Morning America (3 times), NBC Morning Show, CBS Morning Show, MacNeil Lehrer News Hour (interviewed by Charlene Hunter Gault), Dick Cavett (2 times), 9 Broadcast Plaza, Bill Moyers (2 times), Like It is (Gil Noble, 2 times), Dan Rather News (several times), 20/20 (ABC), CBS Eye on America, Night Watch, Crier Report (Fox News Net), Crossfire, HBO documentary on undercover work; Arts and Entertainment Movie Undercover, and more.  Most recently can be seen on the History Channel in the Mike Wallace's 20th Century Special "Losing the Drug War."

Currently I have been retained by Spelling Productions as technical consultant in a new television series "Kingpin" based on Mexican drug trafficking and government corruption.

I have appeared as an expert on various law enforcement related topics on numerous local television shows around the country including Miami, New York, Connecticut, Westchester County, Dallas, San Diego, San Francisco, Chicago, Detroit, Tampa, Houston, Seattle, Lost Angeles, New Orleans, Boston, Cape Cod, Portland, Washington DC, Baltimore, Maryland, Atlanta and more.  I have also made guest appearances on hundreds of local and national radio shows around the country.

 
ASSOCIATIONS: - Association of Former Federal Narcotic Agents.
- Association of Former Intelligence Officers.
- International Narcotic Officers Association.
- Geopolitical Drug Watch (Paris based organization dedicated to maintaining a watch over the flow of the world drug economy)-
-COPS (Concerns of Police Survivors), an organization of families of police officers killed in the line of duty.
- Survivors of the Shield, an organization of families of New York City police officers killed in the line of duty.

 

Michael Levine, Investigator & Consultant 
NY PI License 11000084000
Post Office Box 533
Stone Ridge, New York 12484

Phone:  845-687-9642
Fax:  845-687-4916
Pager:  845-334-6040
E-mail:  Expert53@aol.com