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Former Mexican Secretary of Public Security Genaro Garcia Luna charged with engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise

… Garcia Luna also received millions of dollars in bribes from "El Chapo's" Sinaloa Cartel BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A … Luna, the former Secretary of Public Security in Mexico from 2006 to 2012, with engaging in a continuing criminal …
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Former Member of Baltimore’s Safe Streets Program Sentenced to Over 11 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Distribution Conspiracy

… Seized Fentanyl, a Firearm, and Tools of Drug Trade from Alexander and his Residence Baltimore, Md., – U.S. … on one occasion to avoid arrest when police seized from him a large quantity of fentanyl.  The sentence was … judicial authorization to intercept communications to and from cellular telephones used by Alexander from May through …
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DEA News: HSBC Holdings Plc. And HSBC Bank USA N.A. Admit To Anti-Money Laundering And Sanctions Violations, Forfeit $1.256 Billion In Deferred Prosecution Agreement

… DEA News: HSBC Holdings Plc. And HSBC Bank USA N.A. Admit To Anti-Money Laundering And … The AML Investigation - According to court documents, from 2006 to 2010, HSBC Bank USA severely understaffed its …
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DEA Remembers Those We Lost During the Oklahoma City Bombing

April 11, 2025
… 2025 Public Affairs ​A photo of the 9:03 Memorial Gate stands on the now-sacred ground where the events of April 19, … putting their own lives and safety in danger to save others from perishing. In the aftermath of the bombing, DEA employees from throughout the region descended on Oklahoma City to …
April 11, 2025
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Leader Of Zapata Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Organization Convicted

… organization operating out of the Zapata, Texas, area from approximately June 2006 through June 2011 has pleaded … marijuana and methamphetamine and laundering proceeds from drug sales. At his plea hearing a short time ago, … for transporting numerous loads of controlled substances from the Zapata area to other parts of Texas and beyond. …
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Western New York to Puerto Rico drug trafficking network dismantled

… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County Additional Division Info Community … area. The conspiracy received bulk quantities of cocaine from suppliers in Puerto Rico via the United States Postal …
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Former Member of Baltimore’s Safe Streets Program Pleads Guilty

… enforcement, including to avoid arrest when police seized from him a large quantity of fentanyl. The guilty plea was … judicial authorization to intercept communications to and from cellular telephones used by Alexander from May through July 23, 2020.  Alexander’s conversations …
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Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera Faces Charges In New York For Leading A Continuing Criminal Enterprise And Other Drug-Related Charges

… In New York For Leading A Continuing Criminal Enterprise And Other Drug-Related Charges January 20, 2017 Headquarters … New York, following his extradition to the United States from Mexico, alleging that he was operating a continuing …
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Nassau Doctor Charged with Five Counts of Murder for Depraved Prescription Abuse

… sends a strong message to any doctor seeking to profit from vulnerable patients’ addiction: we will hold you … directly held accountable for their actions as they profit from individuals that are suffering from addiction.  I congratulate the investigators of the …
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2 Mobile Doctors Get Long Sentences For Running “Pill Mills”

… illegal workers comp kickbacks, receiving illegal kickbacks from Insys Therapeutics, more no052617_fig1.jpg … they caused. These sentences will protect the community from these convicted felons and hopefully deter other …
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Four Defendants Arrested on Charges They Conspired to Illegally Obtain and Distribute Oxycodone Out of a Pharmacy in Warren County

… pills – known as “blues” – were illegally diverted from the pharmacy through the criminal scheme.  The … 9 and yesterday, February 23.   The charges resulted from an investigation by the Division of Criminal Justice … in analyzing prescription records, including data from the New Jersey Prescription Monitoring Program …
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Hanover Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Distribution of Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Other Drugs Shipped Across the US to Maryland

… cocaine, and other drugs, shipped through the U.S. Mail from California to Maryland.  Pitts admitted that during his … 2020, U.S. postal inspectors interdicted several parcels from the mail, including two parcels bound for an address in … enforcement recovered more than two kilograms of cocaine from one parcel and more than two kilograms of fentanyl from …
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Colombian Paramilitary Leader Sentenced To 33 Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking And Narco-Terrorism

… of State-designated foreign terrorist organization. From the mid-1990s through 2007, Jimenez-Naranjo led the … responsible for exporting thousands of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia to Central America, Mexico and the United …
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DEA announces arrest of former Honduran congressman and brother of current President of Honduras for drug trafficking and weapons charges

… DEA announces arrest of former Honduran congressman and brother of current President of Honduras for drug … to protect drug shipments, and solicited large bribes from major drug traffickers. Thanks to the ongoing work of …
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Seven Men Sentenced To Prison For Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

… (210) 442-5600 Waco - (254) 297-0300 McALLEN, TX - Six men from Texas and one from Ohio have all been sentenced to prison on drug … Avila, 52, Seferino Avila, 44, Alejandro Avila, 38, all from Mission, Texas; Carlos Javier Gomez, 38, Cristelo …
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Nine Alleged Members Of The Jenifer Drug Trafficking Organization Charged By Indictment And Implicated In A 2012 Murder

… Jenifer Drug Trafficking Organization Charged By Indictment And Implicated In A 2012 Murder October 16, 2014 Washington, … million; several hundred thousand dollars in cash recovered from the residences of some of the defendants; over $2 …
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U.S. and Bulgaria Join Forces to Stop Deadly Fentanyl Flow

September 18, 2025
… DEA Senior Forensic Chemist Jonathan Duffy trained chemists from the Ministry of the Interior and the National Customs … Bulgarian partners’ ability to prevent dangerous narcotics from entering the country – or being shipped to other …
September 18, 2025
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Angleton Man Hammered With 35-Year Sentence For Trafficking Meth

… methamphetamine in and through the Houston, Texas area from 2010 to 2012, announced Drug Enforcement Administration … five-year-term of supervised release following his release from prison. At the time of his guilty plea, Gallegos admitted to conspiring with several other persons from 2010-2012 to possess with intent to distribute certain …
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Five More Sentenced To Federal Prison In Operation Sooner Or Later

… operation targeted international cocaine trafficking from Mexico to the Middle District of Florida and Oxycodone trafficking from the Middle District of Florida to Kentucky.  Out of the …
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DEA Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

… Yakima - (509) 454-4407 Nationwide events will take place from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday, September 26th SEATTLE - DEA … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time. As with the previous nine … show that many abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
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The Pacific Northwest Collects 16 Tons At The Latest DEA National Drug Take-Back Day

… removing significant amounts of unused pharmaceutical drugs from unintended circulation,” said DEA Special Agent in … have removed over 300,328 (150.2 tons) of medication from circulation.  The following are the results broken down by state: Washington - 13,800 (6.9 tons) removed from circulation. Idaho - 3,068 (1.5 tons) removed from …
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Dominican citizen extradited to U.S. for drug trafficking through sham internet pharmacy

… citizen of the Dominican Republic, was extradited yesterday from the Dominican Republic. Guzman-Cabrera is charged with … safe allegedly operating his drug trafficking organization from a foreign country, but great investigative work led to … will stop the United States Postal Inspection Service from bringing alleged criminals like Guzman-Cabrera to …
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Laurel Man Sentenced to 17 Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Kilograms of Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Marijuana Through the U.S. Mail

… Prison for Distributing Kilograms of Fentanyl, Cocaine, and Marijuana Through the U.S. Mail October 20, 2022 … involving fentanyl, cocaine, and marijuana shipped from California to Maryland through the U.S. mail.  At … bag containing approximately 501 grams of fentanyl, from Fisher.  Co-Conspirator 2 placed the object into the …
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24 In Arkansas Charged In Nationwide Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action

… Engage New Orleans Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … Special Agent in Charge Azzam said. “Today, more people die from opioid-related causes than from gun homicides. This unprecedented collaboration between …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Extradition Of A Leader Of A Colombian Drug Trafficking Organization And Three Other International Narcotics Traffickers

… Of A Leader Of A Colombian Drug Trafficking Organization And Three Other International Narcotics Traffickers October … with cocaine and methamphetamine trafficking extradited from Mexico; two defendants charged with cocaine trafficking …
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Nicolás Maduro Moros and 14 current and former Venezuelan officials charged with narco-terrorism, corruption, drug trafficking and other criminal charges

… Nicolás Maduro Moros and 14 current and former Venezuelan officials charged with … use the U.S. banking system to move their illicit proceeds from South America nor further their criminal schemes.”  “ …
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Over 100 Pounds of Cocaine, Crack Cocaine, Fentanyl, Oxycodone and Heroin Seized in Bronx Pizzeria

… 100 Pounds of Cocaine, Crack Cocaine, Fentanyl, Oxycodone and Heroin Seized in Bronx Pizzeria October 23, 2023 New … 682-6256 Sophisticated Drug Trafficking Operation Across from Public School Over 100 pounds of cocaine and other drugs seized from Pizzeria.jpg Over 100 pounds of cocaine and other drugs …
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Weymouth Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

… 951-2900 Defendant distributed over 44 kilograms of cocaine from Puerto Rico BOSTON – A Weymouth man has been sentenced … conspiracy that distributed prodigious amounts of cocaine from Puerto Rico, which he and a co-conspirator obtained via … that funneled more than $1 million worth of cocaine from Puerto Rico to Massachusetts,” said United States …
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Washington Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Shooting in Tri-Cities and Conspiring to Distribute Fentanyl-Laced Pills

… serve 5 years of federal supervision after he is released from custody. During the sentencing hearing, Judge Shea … enforcement partnerships, we were able to remove Mr. Ard from the community where he has repeatedly distributed … person in the leg. Ard then retrieved drug-related items from the car and went into his house; he neither alerted …
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Pharmaceutical distributor and executives, pharmacists charged with unlawfully distributing painkillers

… prescription pills to be illegally sold and dispensed from their facilities,” said DEA Assistant Administrator … pharmacies in Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana and Tennessee. From 2008 until 2015, the company generated more than $173 …