1990 - Present
Expert Witness - Trial Consultant
Since his retirement from the Department of Justice in 1990, Michael Levine has been retained in more than 200 criminal and civil matters - resulting in 90% out-of-court resolution.

Security Consultant to Internet Pharmaceutical Industry
Retained by North American Pharmaceuticals.

Law Enforcement Instructor
Since his retirement from the Drug Enforcement Administration in 1990, to date, Mr. Levine has lectured on a contractual basis for many local enforcement agencies on Human Intelligence, Undercover/Covert Operations, Narcotics Investigations [from street level to international], International Operations and more (details on request). He served as a regular instructor of Undercover Tactics and Informant Handling for Ontario Provincial Police Academy for 7 years.

Lecturer/Consultant
As a lecturer/consultant, on the subject of International Narcotic Enforcement and related subjects, he has appeared before a wide variety of audiences, from the United Nations and the World Presidents Organization to the New York City Council, and The Cato Institute. He lectures frequently at colleges and universities across the US and Canada. In 1993 he was voted the Canadian College Speaker of the Year. He has also been invited as a lecturer/consultant to international drug conferences sponsored by the French, Spanish and Dutch governments. (complete list available on request).

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, Michael Levine was considered one of DEA’s top Undercover/Deep Cover and international narcotic trafficking specialists. He was charged with design and orchestration of some of the government’s most significant national and international Deep Cover and conspiracy investigations.

Highlights:
Some of Mr. Levine's international RICO and Conspiracy investigations were considered among 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
Senior US law enforcement officer in the Southern Cone;
Special Operations Officer, worldwide
Inspector of DEA field Operations, worldwide
Office of Professional Responsibility;
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 his duties Mr. Levine 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 his career as a DEA officer, Micheal Levine qualified as an Expert Witness testifying as to Undercover Tactics, Controlled Delivery operations, Narcotic trafficking, Informant Handling, Organized Crime, Conspiracy, Use of Force, investigative procedures and other matters directly and/or peripherally related to violations of US Narcotic and conspiracy 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 Marshal.

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 his career as a Customs officer, he qualified as an Expert Witness testifying as to Narcotic trafficking, Informant Handling, Controlled Delivery Operations, Organized Crime, Conspiracy and other matters directly and/or peripherally related to violations of US Customs laws, informant handling and other enforcement investigative procedures on more than 25 occasions.

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

Expert Witness
As a BATF officer, he qualified 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, including but not limited to informant handling.

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

1958 - 1961
US Air Force - Strategic Air Command - Base Security Division of Air Police

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.
Seminars on Crime Scene Investigation.
Seminars on Gun Crimes.

US Customs Schools Customs Special Agent Academy (Enforcement of all US Custom laws).- Conspiracy Investigations Seminar.
Sky Marshal Training Course.

DEA Schools Senior and Mid Level Management Schools, Police Instructor School
(Multiple Seminars given by various US Attorneys offices and DEA - Conspiracy/RICO).
Two seminars on money laundering investigations.
Numerous seminars on Title III investigations given by U.S Attorneys offices, as well as DEA Training Division.
Drug Related Homicide seminar.
Drug Related Death Seminar (Dr. Michael Baden).
Methamphetamine investigations seminars.
Seminars on Crime Scene investigations given by NYPD
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)

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

AWARDS
Considered one of the most decorated agents in the Drug Enforcement Administration. His awards include the Octavio Gonzalez Award, given by the International Narcotic Enforcement Officer's, for the undercover penetration of the 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 is available on request).

PUBLICATIONS
Deep Cover, nonfiction, New York Times bestseller, (Delacorte Publishers, March 1990, since republished by special arrangement between the Author’s Guild and iuniverse-numerous foreign translations).
Fight Back , How to Take Your own neighborhood Back From the Drug Dealers (Dell Publications). Recommend reading by the Clinton Administration Drug Policy Office for communities with drug problems.
The Big White Lie, (Thunder's Mouth Press), nonfiction, co-written by my wife, LAURA KAVANAU was published October, 1993 (Numerous foreign translations).
The Triangle of Death, also co-written with Laura Kavanau, published August, 1996 (Delacorte).
Undercover by Donald Goddard, Random House/Times Books, 1988.
Contributing writer in the Cato Institute Book After Prohibition (April 2000.
Contributed a chapter to Into The Buzzsaw, Edited by Kristina Borjesson. (Prometheus, March, 2002).

ARTICLES
The following is a list of publications and articles from 1993 to 2003:
“King Rat” by Michael Levine, article on Informant Entrapment, based on documented cases taken from the author’s experience. Published by Utne Reader, and many other venues.
“Going Bad” by Michael Levine, article on corruption in the war on drugs, based on cases taken from the author’s experience, Spin magazine and republished in numerous other venues.
“A Time Warner Executive Executes Cops” opinion piece published in New York Newsday, The NARC Officer, and other venues, concerning the murder of law enforcement officers inspired by certain rap music pieces irresponsibly released by music company executives.
“The Expert Witness” published by Texas Lawyer Magazine.
“That Nightmare Moment” (use of deadly force), published by the Los Angeles Times.
“Blind Mules - Fiction or Fact” (Now being considered by various publications-available on request).

MEDIA CONSULTANT & GUEST/EXPERT APPEARANCES:
Michael Levine has 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.”
He has also been retained by Spelling Productions as technical consultant in a television series “Kingpin” based on Mexican drug trafficking and government corruption.

He has also 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, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Boston, Cape Cod, Portland, Washington, DC, Baltimore, Maryland, Atlanta and more. He has made guest appearances on hundreds of local and national radio shows around the country.

ASSOCIATIONS:
COPS (Concerns of Police Survivors), an organization of families of police officers killed in he line of duty.
Survivors of the Shield, an organization of families of New York City police officers killed in the line of duty.
New York State Shields (Lifetime membership).
National Organization of Police Concerns.
American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers.
Association of Former Intelligence Officers.
Association of Former Federal Narcotic Agents.
Geopolitical Drug Watch.
International Association of Narcotic Enforcement Officers.
Police One - Internet association of serving and retired law enforcement officers

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