Oficina Nacional Antidrogas

The National Anti-Drug Office or ONA (in Spanish: Oficina Nacional Antidrogas) is a Venezuelan law enforcement agency of executive authority responsible for drafting state policy, legal regulation, control and monitoring in combating trafficking drugs, psychotropic substances, and their precursors. The ONA is specially authorized to address and solve problems relating to traffic in narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, and their precursors.

National Anti-Drug Office
Oficina Nacional Antidrogas
ONA
Agency overview
FormedJanuary 23, 2006 (2006-01-23)
JurisdictionVenezuela
HeadquartersCaracas, Venezuela
Minister responsible
  • Vice-President of Venezuela
Agency executive
  • Ramón Castillo García, Brigade General[1]
Parent agencyMinistry of Popular Power for Interior, Justice and Peace
Child agency
  • National Anti-Drugs Fund (FONA)
Websitewww.ona.gob.ve

Froom an organizational point of view, the O.N.A. is a decentralized body with functional autonomy, administrative and financial, established by Decree No. 4220, from January 23, 2006. the National Drugs Fund (FONA) is external service under the Office of National Drug Control (ONA), established by Decree No. 6778, from June 26, 2009.

See also

References
  1. "Informó el titular de la ONA|Incautados 122 kilogramos de cocaína en Maiquetía". Correo del Orinoco (in European Spanish). January 31, 2017. Retrieved March 22, 2018.


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