CHICAGO, IL. - A longtime high-ranking member of the Gangster Disciples street gang, Victor Thompson, was sentenced to more than 28 years in federal prison for distributing staggering quantities of crack cocaine, heroin and marijuana in low-income neighborhoods throughout the city over the course of a decade before he was...

TAMPA, FL - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O'Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced that the Honorable Elizabeth E. Kovachevich, United States District Judge sentenced Jabulani Bendar Seay to a term of 210 months...

VERO BEACH, FL - Seven doctors and seven clinic owners, which included two firemen were charged on state racketeering violations spanning across Florida. This morning’s operation dubbed “Operation Pill Street Blues” was announced by Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Miami Field Division; Pam...

MIAMI, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, announce the extradition of Mario Ponce Rodriguez from Honduras. Ponce Rodriguez, a Guatemalan national, has been held in custody since his...

MIAMI, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, announce the December 12, 2011 extradition from Colombia to the United States of defendant Ramon Quintero Sanclemente, a Colombian national, on...

CHICAGO, IL. - The owners of a northwest suburban Pizzeria and several other individuals have been charged with participating in a major narcotics trafficking operation responsible for importing kilogram quantities of heroin and other drugs into Cook County following a joint investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the...

CHICAGO, IL. - Two Chicago lawyers are among four defendants who were found guilty yesterday of participating in a $9.2 million mortgage fraud scheme by a federal jury after a nine-week trial. All four defendants were convicted of multiple counts of mail and wire fraud, and three of them on...

Seventeen San Antonio-based members of the Texas (TS) have been charged by federal grand jury indictment with conspiring to violate the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt (RICO) statute. The announcement was made today by United States Attorney Robert Pitman, DEA Special Agent in Charge Javier Pena, U.S. Marshal Robert Almonte, ATF Special...

HAMMOND, IN. - Fifteen alleged members or associates of the Latin Kings have been indicted for their alleged roles in a racketeering conspiracy in Hammond, Ind., and elsewhere, announced U.S. Attorney David Capp of the Northern District of Indiana and Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s...

CHICAGO, IL. - Twenty defendants are facing federal narcotics charges here, including five alleged members of a Chicago-based cell of the Zetas Mexican drug cartel who were responsible for transporting millions of dollars in drug proceeds between Chicago and Mexico, federal law enforcement officials announced today. A joint investigation led...