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Largest Online Male Escort Service Raided

August 25, 2015
… Largest Online Male Escort Service Raided August 25, 2015 New York …
August 25, 2015
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Five Argentine men charged with illegally operating online pharmacies and importing and distributing oxycodone

March 13, 2019
… Five Argentine men charged with illegally operating online pharmacies and importing and distributing oxycodone … District of Wisconsin for operating numerous illegal online pharmacies and conspiring to import and distribute … determined to keep the American public safe from illegal on-line ‘pharmacies,’” said Inspector in Charge Craig …
March 13, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Seven Involved With Online Pharmacy Based In Florida Indicted For Internet Pharmacy And Money Laundering Conspiracy

May 29, 2014
… Seven Involved With Online Pharmacy Based In Florida Indicted For Internet … Cedar Park, Texas, set up the websites and servers for the online pharmacy, and attempted to hide the conspiracies …
May 29, 2014
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DEA One Pill Can Kill Social Media Campaign

October 09, 2024
… Learn more at www.dea.gov/onepill #DYK that you cannot buy a legitimate pharmaceutical drug on social media?  Not … use. Parental Resources Fake Pills: What You Need to Know Buying Drugs Online: What You Should Know Wyatt’s Story Drug Overdoses …
October 09, 2024
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Ross Ulbricht, The Creator And Owner Of The “Silk Road” Website, Found Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court On All Counts

February 05, 2015
… Silk Road was used by more than 100,000 users to buy and sell hundreds of kilograms of illegal drugs and … Silk Road, a hidden website designed to enable its users to buy and sell illegal drugs and other unlawful goods and … a clear message to anyone else attempting to operate an online criminal enterprise.  The supposed anonymity of the …
February 05, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Recognizes 2025 National Fentanyl Awareness Day with Debut of Faces of Fentanyl Online Exhibit

April 25, 2025
… Fentanyl Awareness Day with Debut of Faces of Fentanyl Online Exhibit April 25, 2025 Headquarters Contact Info … physical exhibit with the creation of a new, interactive online exhibit that can be accessed at …
April 25, 2025
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Ross Ulbricht, A/k/a “Dread Pirate Roberts,” Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To Life In Prison

May 29, 2015
… the “silk road" website, used by more than 100,000 users to buy and sell more than $200 million worth of illegal drugs … Silk Road, a hidden website designed to enable its users to buy and sell illegal drugs and other unlawful goods and …     Ulbricht deliberately operated Silk Road as an online criminal marketplace intended to enable its users to …
May 29, 2015
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Online drug dealer sentenced to 15 years for distributing counterfeit pills containing fentanyl that caused overdose death

October 16, 2019
… Online drug dealer sentenced to 15 years for distributing … resulting in death. In his plea, he admitted that he posted online advertisements for the illegal sale of prescription …
October 16, 2019
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DEA Recognizes 2025 National Fentanyl Awareness Day with Debut of Faces of Fentanyl Online Exhibit

April 25, 2025
… Fentanyl Awareness Day with Debut of Faces of Fentanyl Online Exhibit April 25, 2025 Atlanta Contact Info Contact … physical exhibit with the creation of a new, interactive online exhibit that can be accessed at  …
April 25, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Member Of “Los Piojos” Cocaine Trafficking Family, Responsible For Importing Tons Of Cocaine Into US Convicted Millions Used To Buy Over 50 Racing Horses: Over 280 Kilos Of Cocaine, $15-20 Million In Assets Seized

June 15, 2017
… Tons Of Cocaine Into US Convicted Millions Used To Buy Over 50 Racing Horses: Over 280 Kilos Of Cocaine, $15-20 … derived from the importation, receiving, concealment, buying, and/or selling cocaine; and (2) Transport or …
June 15, 2017
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Three Fentanyl Traffickers Sentenced to Federal Prison

January 09, 2023
… fentanyl and a controlled purchase was set up by the DEA to buy an additional half kilogram of fentanyl. Rosa Cotto … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
January 09, 2023
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Pharmacist Pleads Guilty To Illegally Selling Millions Of Prescription Pills On The Internet

September 06, 2017
… customers ordered Butalbital pills by filling out online medical questionnaires that typically posed a series … of the investigation, undercover agents made numerous online purchases of Butalbital that were fulfilled by the … bottles that were received as a result of the undercover buys did not bear the name of any doctor who had prescribed …
September 06, 2017
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New Jersey Real Estate Investor and Online Influencer Charged with Multimillion-Dollar Investment Fraud Scheme

October 19, 2023
… New Jersey Real Estate Investor and Online Influencer Charged with Multimillion-Dollar …
October 19, 2023
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Seizure Of Additional $28 Million Worth Of Bitcoins Belonging To Ross William Ulbricht, Alleged Owner And Operator Of “Silk Road” Website

October 25, 2013
… Road,” a hidden website designed to enable its users to buy and sell illegal drugs and other unlawful goods and … unlawful goods and services to well over a hundred thousand buyers, and to launder hundreds of millions of dollars … was seized. ULBRICHT deliberately operated Silk Road as an online criminal marketplace designed to enable its users to …
October 25, 2013
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Three Admit Selling Anabolic Steroids

December 05, 2024
… sell anabolic steroids through a Facebook page called “SP Online,” also known as “SP Pharma.” Moore and Swanson … Customers ordered from a “menu” posted on the SP Online page and typically paid by mailing cash. Moore and … purchases of anabolic steroids from Moore. During one buy, Moore told the undercover officer he purchased …
December 05, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Enforcement Administration Encourages Open Conversations on Dangers of Drugs and Social Media as Students Return to School

August 11, 2025
… are encouraged to emphasize the dangers associated with buying pills online. In Nebraska, DEA has seized fentanyl pills made to … on the tough topics including the use of social media for buying and selling drugs. One pill can kill. Let’s raise …
August 11, 2025
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Senior Citizens

December 23, 2024
… by drug traffickers to trick unsuspecting Americans into buying and using counterfeit pills that look identical to … Story Prescription Opioids DEA Issues Warning About Illegal Online Pharmacies The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration …
December 23, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Issues Letter to E-Commerce Companies on the Sale of Pill Presses Used to Make Fentanyl Pills

February 26, 2024
… This means that they must collect information on the buyer and seller and provide notice to the DEA of any sale, … and domain registrars about the sale of pill presses online and related regulatory requirements.  In response to … to buy the tools they need, like pill presses and stamps, online,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram.  “E-commerce …
February 26, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

J-CODE announces 61 arrests in its second coordinated law enforcement operation targeting opioid trafficking on the Darknet

March 26, 2019
… J-CODE is the global tip of the spear in the fight against online opioid trafficking,” said FBI Director Christopher … safe.”   “The Darkweb is not as dark as you think. When you buy or sell illegal goods online, you are not hidden from law enforcement and you are …
March 26, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Treasury Designates Columbian Narcotics Trafficker

February 19, 2014
… alprazolam, and Diazapam, to others by way of a large on-line pharmaceutical operation.  A federal indictment was … communities here in North Texas of the sweeping epidemic of on-line prescription drug fraud and abuse,” said Daniel R. … and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Stevan Buys. On …
February 19, 2014
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Cocaine Dealer In St. Mary’s County Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison

July 15, 2014
… Holt gave his girlfriend around $20,000, more or less, to buy a 2012 Jeep. In December 2012, Holt also delivered … located at 4338 Glenmore Avenue in Baltimore, in order to buy the property.  The monies Holt provided in these …
July 15, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Owner Of Silver Spring Nightclub Pleads Guilty To Drug Trafficking

April 17, 2015
… at his Laurel restaurant, and used drug proceeds to buy an upscale restaurant/nightclub in Silver Spring … 2010 to 2012, Miskiri gave money to the Mullings DTO to buy marijuana in California and Arizona, which was shipped …
April 17, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Brevard County Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Offense

April 21, 2023
… From March through September 2022, during undercover drug buys and pursuant to a search warrant at Keel’s home. law … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
April 21, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

DEA issues warning over counterfeit pills

August 05, 2019
… Field Division, warns that a current investigation into on-line drug sales has turned up a batch of counterfeit … Evans said.   Counterfeit medicine that U.S. consumers can buy online poses a serious hazard to consumers’ health, …
August 05, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Delaware Doctor Charged With Illegally Selling Controlled Substances On The Silk Road Drug Marketplace

November 21, 2013
… Internet marketplace.  Silk Road was utilized as an online criminal marketplace designed to enable its users to buy and sell drugs and other illegal goods and services … platform for vendors and buyers to conduct transactions online. Between June 13, 2013, and August 20, 2013, DEA …
November 21, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Senior advisor of the “Silk Road” website pleads guilty in Manhattan Federal Court

January 30, 2020
… senior adviser to the owner and operator of the “Silk Road” online illicit black market. During its operation from 2011 … and other illicit goods and services to more than 100,000 buyers, and to launder hundreds of millions of dollars … Judge William H. Pauley III.  “Silk Road was a secret online marketplace for illegal drugs, hacking services, and …
January 30, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Three More Synthetic Drugs Become Illegal For At Least Two Years

November 15, 2013
… (CSA) for the next two years.  These drugs are marketed online and through illicit channels as illicit hallucinogens … themselves of their current stocks and to cease making or buying more.  During the next two years, DEA will work with …
November 15, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Three members of Lockport fentanyl ring arrested

February 13, 2019
… officers, in June 2017, conducted two controlled buys of half a bundle of heroin from White. During each of … law enforcement officers made three additional controlled buys of heroin and fentanyl from Haney.   On Oct. 09, 2018, … 24, 2019, the Niagara County Drug Task Force received an online complaint that Haney was out on bail and was again …
February 13, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

International law enforcement operation targeting opioid traffickers on the Darknet results in over 170 arrests worldwide and the seizure of weapons, drugs and over $6.5 million

September 22, 2020
… coordinated law enforcement , one of the largest illegal online markets on the dark web.. Following the Wall Street … Operation DisrupTor was used to significantly disrupt the online opioid trade and send a strong message that criminals … announcement sends a strong message to criminals selling or buying illicit goods on the dark web: the hidden internet is …
September 22, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Brevard County Man Sentenced to More Than 16 Years for Fentanyl Distribution

March 29, 2024
… the Drug Enforcement Administration. From these controlled buys, Flewellen was responsible for distributing 27.96 grams … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
March 29, 2024

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