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Father and Son indicted for Providing Material Support to Mexican Cartel Engaged in Terrorism

… involving an alleged complex criminal operation generating millions of dollars from crude oil – the largest funding … large-scale operation that allegedly attempted to move millions in illicit crude oil and launder the proceeds. HSI …
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Pawankumar Jain Pleads Guilty To Unlawfully Dispensing Prescription Painkillers And Health Care Fraud

… he knew M.E.B. was insured by Medicare and that claims to cover the costs of the medication he prescribed for her would … drug abuse is a leading cause of heroin addiction and overdose deaths in the United States which has taken over 44,000 lives in the past year.  Physicians are …
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

… 2020.  As of Dec. 1, 2025, DEA has seized more than 45 million fentanyl pills, and more than 9,320 pounds of fentanyl powder, removing an estimated 347 million potentially deadly doses of fentanyl from our …
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DEA and Partners Hold National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on October 27

… Milwaukee - (414) 336-7300 DEA aims to dispose of 10 million pounds of unused pills After collecting a total of more than 9.9 million pounds (nearly 5,000 tons) of expired, unused and … unwanted prescription medications during 15 previous events over the past eight years, the Drug Enforcement …
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Leader Of New Castle Drug Distribution Ring Convicted By Federal Jury

… Madison - (608) 210-4300 Milwaukee - (414) 336-7300 Millions of dollars in marijuana transported from Arizona to … of Harmon’s co-conspirator, Bradford Raines. Officers discovered additional quantities of marijuana and approximately …
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Major Mexican Heroin Trafficking Organization Targeted

… and our partners in the DEA and the Mexican government are committed to exposing, disrupting, and … heroin from Sinaloa, Mexico to the United States for well over two decades, as well as moving laundered drug proceeds … Kingpin Act range from civil penalties of up to $1,437,153 million per violation to more severe criminal penalties.  …
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Wife Of Former Mexican Official Convicted In Bank Fraud Conspiracy

… approximately five hours of deliberation. At trial, the government presented evidence that included several extremely … fictitious U.S. and Mexican companies and more than $40 million in laundered funds. The jury heard that … to J.P. Morgan Chase Bank official in an effort to move $2 million to an offshore account in Bermuda. Perez-Ceballos …
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Los Gueros Mexican Drug Trafficking Organization Targeted

… trafficking in relation to a 2006 Mexican Navy seizure of over five tons of cocaine.  Esteban and Luis Rodriguez … the Kingpin Act range from civil penalties of up to $1.075 million per violation to more severe criminal penalties.  … may include up to 30 years in prison and fines of up to $5 million.  Criminal fines for corporations may reach $10 …
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Alleged Drug Trafficker Extradited From Mexico To Eastern District Of California

… of narcotics. According to court documents, the government alleges that Rios-Madrid regularly exported large … cocaine totaled, on average, between $500,000 and $1.3 million every month. Operatives in the United States … agencies seized large quantities of cocaine and over $1 million in cash. This case is the product of an …
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10 Tons Of Medication Collected On Take Back Day

… in 731,269 pounds-almost 366 tons-of unused medicine.  Over the life of the program, 7.1 million (more than 3,500 tons) of prescription drugs have … with painkillers.  Almost 30,000 people-78 a day-died from overdosing on these painkillers or heroin in 2014, according …
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California Supplier Of Methamphetamine To Hawaii Sentenced To 14 Years

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … that transported methamphetamine from California to Hawaii over a period of several months.  Ramirez sold methamphetamine during several transactions to undercover officers of the Drug Enforcement (DEA). Ramirez’s last …
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Dominican National Charged With Distributing Hundreds Of Fentanyl Pills

… to a lifetime of supervised release and a fine of up to $1 million. The defendant is subject to deportation upon …
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DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

… every U.S. state in unprecedented quantities. More than 9.5 million counterfeit pills were seized so far this year, …
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Lee’s Summit Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Conspiracy to Distribute More Than 2,000 Kilos of Cocaine

… in federal court for his leadership role in a multi-million dollar conspiracy that distributed more than 2,000 …
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Major financial sanctions announced against Mexico’s largest drug cartel investigated by DEA Los Angeles

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … Narcotics Rewards Program issued a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to the arrest and/or … (+1-213-237-9990), through Twitter (@DEALosAngeles) and by email (MENCHOTIPS@usdoj.gov).                         # # # …
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Indictments against 11 high level Mexican drug cartel members unsealed

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … contact the DEA Los Angeles by calling +1-213-237-9990, via email at MENCHOTIPS@usdoj.gov , or via Twitter, …
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Red Ribbon Motorcycle Ride Raises Drug Education Awareness

… by drug traffickers he was investigating in Mexico. Today, millions of people recognize Red Ribbon Week by wearing … two drugs seized by DEA in 2024. To date, approximately 3.5 million lethal doses of fentanyl have been removed from the …
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Drug Enforcement Administration Brings Together Families Who Lost Loved Ones to Fentanyl

… pills noted in 2021. To date, DEA has seized more than 179 million lethal doses of fentanyl, both in pill and powder … state DEA Omaha Division accounts for just less than one million lethal doses of fentanyl seized this year. To learn …
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Federal Authorities Arrest 12 People Involved In Operation Of Nine Illegal Marijuana Storefronts In Orange And Los Angeles Counties

… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Anthony Chrysanthis … revealed that the nine marijuana stores generated tens of millions of dollars in income, with the indictment alleging …
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Two MS-13 Leaders Convicted of Racketeering Conspiracy and Conspiring to Commit Multiple Murders

… a/k/a “Insolente” and “Trankilo,” age 24, of Landover, Maryland, and Miguel Angel Corea Diaz, a/k/a “Reaper,” … area had a dispute with a local high school student over marijuana. In response, Alvarado-Requeno and Corea-Diaz … of talking to the police. The boy’s remains were discovered eighteen months later in the woods outside of …
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Money Launderer and Wholesale Supplier of Narcotics to East Baltimore Monument Street Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison and Ordered to Forfeit $472,000

… Roundheart, utilizing confidential informants and undercover Baltimore Police Department (“BPD”) officers.  These undercover purchases also identified the drugs shops’ sources of … distributed a tramadol/fentanyl mixture to an undercover detective who believed he was purchasing heroin.  On …
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Monument Street Gang Supplier Sentenced and Co-Defendant Pleads Guilty

… Seized Kilo Quantities of Drugs, Loaded Guns, and over $535,781 in Drug Proceeds Baltimore, Md., – U.S. … at the Dallas Street residence owned by Crosby and recovered 677 grams of a fentanyl and heroin mixture, which … was executed on Crosby’s vehicle and law enforcement recovered a stolen .40 caliber semi-automatic pistol from a …
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Roanoke Drug Kingpin Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison

… possession of one or more firearms in furtherance of the overall drug conspiracy. “Fentanyl is responsible for … interdiction officers with the Virginia State Police discovered a secret compartment, or trap, underneath the … fentanyl inside the trap, wrapped in smell-proof bags, and covered in an oily masking agent designed to defeat the …
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Two Men Charged With Cocaine Trafficking

… Raleigh - (919) 790-3004 Wilmington - (910) 815-4513 Over Two Million Dollars Worth of Cocaine Seized in Monroe, N.C. …
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U.S. Attorney Announces Takedown Of Major Synthetic Drug Distribution Ring As Part Of Nationally Coordinated Action

… are charged with conspiring to structure more than $3 million in proceeds derived from their Internet-based drug … 12 search warrants in Bakersfield and the Los Angeles area. Over 1,000 pounds of synthetic drugs, nearly a half a … Project Synergy III continues to reveal the flow of millions of dollars in U.S. synthetic drug proceeds to …
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Second Canadian Marijuana Trafficker Receives Life Sentence

… a drug trafficking organization that made more than $10 million in profits in a single year. The announcement was … a six-day jury trial in July 2015, which was presided over by Senior United States District Judge Norman A. … entailed with the dismantlement of Mickey Woods’ multi-million dollar marijuana trafficking ring that operated on …
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Houston Man Guilty of Trafficking Drugs through the Eastern District of Texas

… in court, on Jan. 19, 2017, a known drug courier was pulled over after leaving Cerda’s home. Inside the vehicle, … Texas and is believed to have laundered at least $1.5 million in drug proceeds. Cerda was indicted by a federal …
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July 15, 2021
… on Tohono O'odham Nation November 18, 2010 A Seizure of Over $1.8 Million Dismantles a Drug Trafficking Organization November …
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Fall River Man Sentenced To Prison For Marijuana Conspiracy

… in connection with his role in a scheme to distribute over 1,000 kilograms of marijuana in the Fall River area. … that from 2012 to 2014, suppliers in California shipped over 1,500 kilograms of high-grade marijuana to Boyer who … back to the suppliers in California, totaling over $8 million, and used bank accounts to transfer the funds. At …
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Husband, Wife Behind Meth Trafficking in Missouri

… parole. The court also ordered Sims to forfeit to the government $480,000, which represents the proceeds of drug … Sims had distributed approximately 50 pounds of meth over the past five months. Under federal law, it is illegal …