United States Drug Enforcement Administration

SAN DIEGO, CA - April 10-16, 2011 is National Crime Victims’ Rights Week - a time for law enforcement, prosecutorial agencies, victim advocates and community members to come together and support victims of crime. Enforcing victim’s rights protects victims, enhances public safety and fosters public confidence in our criminal justice...

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Department of Homeland (DHS) law enforcement officers arrested two suspected Dominican smugglers Thursday, seizing 155 pounds of cocaine with a street value of approximately $1.6 million and a 20-foot (vola) following a multi-agency at-sea interdiction in the Mona Passage. The crew...

ATLANTA, GA. - The United States Attorney’s Office, along with the David G. Wilhelm Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task (OCDETF) Strike Force and the Henry County Police Department announce today that 10 individuals have been indicted for alleged drug trafficking and firearms-related crimes stemming from their operation of marijuana grow...

NEW HAVEN, CT. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, New England Field Division and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and announced that 13 individuals were arrested today for their alleged involvement in a New Haven-area prescription narcotics...

BOSTON, MA. - A federal grand jury today indicted a Boston attorney, charging him with money laundering. Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Boston Field Division; United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; and William Offord, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service’s...

CANCUN - Administrator Michele M. Leonhart is leading a delegation of DEA personnel attending the 28 th International Drug Enforcement Conference in Cancun, Mexico, April 4-7. IDEC, which was first held in 1983 with nations of the Americas and Caribbean in attendance, has today become a global forum that provides...

FRESNO, CA -- - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams announced today that Shirley Wong, aka Ngoc Li Vuong, 43, of San Jose, was sentenced to 21 months in prison for conspiring to commit mail fraud in connection...

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Christopher Vassalluzzo, D.O., 47, of New Hope, PA, pleaded guilty today to participating in a conspiracy to operate an office that was, in fact, a “pill mill” that distributed millions of prescription controlled substance diet drugs outside a professional practice. Vassalluzzo’s office, where he had others operate...

NEWARK, N.J. - John G. McCabe, Jr., Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced that Frederick Sellers was sentenced today to 188 months in prison following his...

LOS ANGELES, CA - The Drug Enforcement Administration and its community partners throughout Nevada will give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous prescription drugs. On Saturday, April 30th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, DEA and its...