Operation STING was a law enforcement operation conducted by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in the late 1980s. The operation was designed to target drug traffickers in the United States and abroad, and involved the use of undercover agents and informants to set up 'STING' operations. The term 'TRAP' is used to describe the process of setting up a situation in which a criminal suspect is lured into committing a crime, and then arrested. Operation STING was successful in apprehending many drug traffickers and disrupting their operations.