Brian Shanahan DEA

Congers, NY United States

Supervisory Special Agent

Government / Military

Brian Shanahan joined the United States Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in 1998 and commenced working as a case agent in 1999. He commenced working in DEA's New York Division office and completed narcotics and money laundering field training in the organization’s Miami, Florida Division. He then participated in ongoing investigations in the organization’s West Palm Beach Resident Office. Brian Shanahan’s DEA superiors subsequently selected him for an overseas assignment in Ankara, Turkey, placing him in charge of joint investigations with Turkish law enforcement officials and establishing partnerships with the newly formed Republic of Georgia.