PRESS RELEASE

Major Mexican Heroin Trafficking Organization Targeted

… are frozen, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them. “The joint efforts … organizations, or those acting on behalf of them, from doing business via the United States,” said Barbara … Ruelas Torres Drug Trafficking Organization smuggles heroin from Mexico into the United States for distribution in …
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Releases 2015 National Heroin Threat Assessment

… other drug of abuse, almost doubling between 2007 and 2013-from 161,000 to 289,000-according to the Substance Abuse and … continue to combat heroin trafficking to protect Americans from this severe and growing threat.”  The NHTA is based, in part, on survey responses from more than 1,100 law enforcement agencies, which were …
PRESS RELEASE

Sheriff’s Deputies Plead Guilty In Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… informant for August, and others, to steal marijuana from a KCSO storage unit and sell it for unlawful personal … lands. Once August and Penney obtained the marijuana from the storage unit, they had it (trimmed) into … who sold it and provided August with part of the proceeds from those sales. August then shared the proceeds with …
PRESS RELEASE

Two Dutchess County Men Charged In White Plains Federal Court With Distribution Of ‘Breaking Bad’ Heroin Causing The Deaths Of Three Individuals

… offices located in New York City, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Rochester, Syracuse and Westchester County … U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara stated: “Three young people from our community are dead, the tragic victims of heroin …
PRESS RELEASE

United States Seizes Luxury Condo Allegedly Owned By Former Mexican Governor

… transaction, that the property constitutes or was derived from proceeds traceable to drug trafficking, and that the … the property. Rodriguez is currently in custody in Mexico. From 1998 to at least 2005, the complaint states that …
PRESS RELEASE

Mexican Man Sentenced For Roles In Drug Trafficking/Money Laundering Conspiracies Dating Back To 2002

… and money laundering organization operating out of Mexico from 2002-2008 has been ordered to federal prison, announced … to face deportation proceedings following his release from prison. At the time of guilty plea, Garcia-Sanchez … that smuggled multi-hundred kilogram loads of cocaine from Venezuela through Mexico for eventual distribution in …
PRESS RELEASE

The Pacific Northwest Responds To Prescription Drug “Take-Back” With Record Collection

… Operation Engage Seattle Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … Robert A. Saccone Domestic Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington Additional Division Info Community Outreach … deep concerns in keeping the unused pharmaceutical drugs from being abused by unintended users and disposed of in the …
PRESS RELEASE

Residents In The Pacific Northwest Turned In Over 16 Tons In DEA’s National Drug Take-Back Day

… Operation Engage Seattle Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … to discard unwanted, unused and expired prescription drugs from medicine cabinets, bedside tables, and kitchen … (371 tons) of prescription medications were collected from members of the public at more than 5,829 locations …
PRESS RELEASE

Rockland County Man Indicted For Narcotics Trafficking

… - (914) 682-6256 Trafficked Cocaine Hidden in Luggage from the Dominican Republic to New York MANHATTAN, N.Y. -   … responsible for transporting wholesale amounts of cocaine from the Dominican Republic to the New York area on …
PRESS RELEASE

Court Sentences Mobile Man to 292 Months Imprisonment in Multi-Defendant Interstate Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy

… filed with the Court established that Christopher Perales, from the state of Texas, would regularly supply Crumpton in … Crumpton to be able to pay Perales for the methamphetamine. From July 27, 2020, through December 7, 2020, Crumpton made …
PRESS RELEASE

Loudon man sentenced to 50 months for methamphetamine trafficking

… Inspection Service investigated numerous parcels mailed from Las Vegas to New Hampshire suspected of containing … agents also investigated parcels of money mailed from New Hampshire to Las Vegas, and money transfers from New Hampshire to Las Vegas. Eventually, investigators …
PRESS RELEASE

Leader And A Member Of An International Ethnic-Albanian Organized Crime Syndicate Sentenced To 120 Months And 110 Months Respectively For Drug Trafficking

… organization that imported thousands of pounds of marijuana from Canada and Mexico, distributed large quantities of … to trafficking more than a thousand pounds of marijuana from Canada and Mexico, and large quantities of diverted … of tens of thousands of kilograms of hydroponic marijuana from Canada and Mexico, substantial quantities of MDMA from …
PRESS RELEASE

Over One Ton of Cocaine Destined for the Northeast Seized

… Narcotics Conspiracy close up of cocaine kilograms removed from lawn roller container.jpg Close up of cocaine kilograms removed from lawn roller container cocaine kilograms removed from lawn roller containers NEW YORK CITY – Ray Donovan, …
PRESS RELEASE

12-Person Cocaine Trafficking Ring Dismantled

… (914) 682-6256 Defendants Charged with Trafficking Cocaine from Puerto Rico to Western New York NEW YORK – Special … in a drug trafficking operation that transported cocaine from Puerto Rico to Buffalo and other areas of Western New … discovered that kilograms of cocaine were being mailed from Puerto Rico to members of this drug ring in various …
PRESS RELEASE

35 defendants to include the ring leader charged in major take down of international drug trafficking organization based in Lane County

… Operation Engage Seattle Eliminating the local drug threat and engaging community leaders to reduce drug misuse. Visit … Robert A. Saccone Domestic Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington Additional Division Info Community Outreach … including one of its ringleaders and sources of supply from Mexico, have been charged with distributing …
PRESS RELEASE

Owner Of Columbus Southern Medical Center Pleads Guilty To Drug, Tax, Fraud Charges: $29 Million Forfeited

… fraud charges, and agreed to the forfeiture of what remains from the $29 million in seized funds earned from the clinic’s illegal activities, after restitution is paid from the funds. Benjamin C. Glassman, United States Attorney …
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Investigation Results In Federal Marijuana And Money Laundering Charges

… DEA Investigation Results In Federal Marijuana And Money Laundering Charges April 28, 2014 Rocky Mountain … 261-6200 Cheyenne - (307) 778-1500 Money was being wired from bank accounts in Colombia to bank accounts in Colorado … is not in custody.  He is currently considered a fugitive from justice.  Furtado, Luis Uribe, and Hector Diaz are …
PRESS RELEASE

Two Pharmacists Convicted For Illegally Dispensing To Patients Of A Pill Mill

… Talk to a Recruiter /events Find Us 2920 Brandywine Road Atlanta , GA 30341 United States … communities.” “These convictions have removed a huge tumor from the cancer that illicit drug distribution has become …
PRESS RELEASE

Two doctors, two licensed physical therapists, a licensed clinical social worker, a pharmacist, and four pharmacy owners and operators among those charged in Brooklyn as part of national health care fraud initiative

… to protect our community and our taxpayer-funded programs from the potential harm posed by corrupt healthcare … of conspiring to participate in this broad scheme to steal from the United States taxpayers through both Medicare and …
PRESS RELEASE

Fentanyl and heroin darknet vendors indicted

… Fentanyl and heroin darknet vendors indicted April 05, 2019 San … on the darknet, you will have federal law enforcement from every district and state across the nation pursuing … like fentanyl. Tens of thousands of people die every year from overdosing on opioids. We all need to do our part to …
PRESS RELEASE

Ocean Bank Enters Into Deferred Prosecution Agreement And Forfeits More Than $10 Million

… Ocean Bank Enters Into Deferred Prosecution Agreement And Forfeits More Than $10 Million August 22, 2011 Miami … failing to establish an anti-money laundering program from 2001 through June 2008, in violation of the Bank … by investigators. The $10,988,136 is due within five days from the date of the Agreement. In addition, FinCEN, FDIC …
PRESS RELEASE

Multi-Agency Operation Nabs Three-Seizes Three Kilos Of Heroin And $4.1 Million

… over $4.1 million and three kilograms of (over six pounds) from a storage unit in the Bronx and a U-Haul truck. The … searches of a U-Haul and a Dodge Caravan that were seized from the location at the time of the defendants’ arrests. At … operation that transported large quantities of heroin from Texas for sale in New York City and Lawrence, …
PRESS RELEASE

Sophisticated Traffickers Smuggled Narcotics To New York City Via U.S. Postal Service

… of cocaine and oxycodone. The group smuggled cocaine from Puerto Rico to New York City via the U.S. Postal … called Sweet Home.  Approximately $7,500 cash was seized from a bedroom in the residence where Valdez was staying. An … Agents and detectives seized narcotics and cash from the location. Hanley and Vasquez were arrested and …
PRESS RELEASE

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

… and dedication in fighting the prescription pill epidemic from the Fall 2010 through September 2014 by disposing of … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time.  As with the previous nine … alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings from these drugs.  We also know that most heroin users start …
PRESS RELEASE

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Announces 10th National Prescription Drug Take-Back

… and dedication in fighting the prescription pill epidemic from Fall 2010 through September 2014 by disposing of over … Prescription Drug Take-Back will take place September 26th from 10 am-2 pm local time.  As with the previous nine … alarmingly high, as are the number of accidental poisonings from these drugs.  We also know that most heroin users start …
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Announces Colorado, Montana, Utah, And Wyoming Prescription Drug Take-Back Results

… collected 488,395 (244 tons) of prescription medications from members of the public. When added to the collections from DEA’s previous four Take-Back events, more than 2 … (1,018 tons) of prescription medications have been removed from circulation. Within the Denver Field Division, the …
PRESS RELEASE

Moss Bluff Man Warehoused And Sold Large Quantities Of Marijuana

… a marijuana sales and transport conspiracy that stretched from Texas to Louisiana. Daniel Cantu-Lopez, 42, of Moss … Bluff. He directed the transport and sales of marijuana from June 2013 to September of 2013 from locations in Texas and Louisiana. During the course of …
PRESS RELEASE

DEA To Publish Final Rule Rescheduling Hydrocodone Combination Products

… the Final Rule moving hydrocodone combination (HCPs) from Schedule III to the more-restrictive Schedule II, as … painkillers, resulting in 22,134 Americans dying in 2011 from overdoses of prescription medications, including 16,651 from narcotic painkillers,” said DEA Administrator Michele …
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’S National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Saturday

… - (509) 454-4407 Twice-annual event takes place in Alaska from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 30 SEATTLE - After collecting … have removed over 268,456 (134.2 tons) of medication from circulation. Combined results for the previous ten … (2010-2015) resulted in 23,181 (11.5 tons) of drugs removed from circulation. America is presently experiencing an …
PRESS RELEASE

DEA’S National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Is Saturday

… - (509) 454-4407 Twice-annual event takes place in Oregon from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 30 SEATTLE - After collecting … have removed over 268,456 (134.2 tons) of medication from circulation. Combined results for the previous ten … (2010-2015) resulted in 78,293 (39.1 tons) of drugs removed from circulation. America is presently experiencing an …