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DEA Scam Alert -- Extortion Scheme

… of this extortion effort. The criminals call the (who in most cases previously purchased controlled substance … will be taken against them unless they pay a fine.  In most cases, the impersonators instruct their victims to pay … is illegal to purchase controlled substance pharmaceuticals online or by telephone unless very stringent requirements …
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Leader of Clan Del Golfo, The Colombian Drug Cartel and Terrorist Organization, Charged in Superseding Indictment With Expanded Criminal Conduct and Terrorism Offenses

… Distributors of Cocaine in the World, and a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization NEW YORK - A fifth … leadership of the Clan del Golfo (CDG), one of the most violent and powerful drug trafficking organizations in …
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Homeland Security Task Force: Woodbridge Man Found with 21 Kilos of Cocaine Pleads Guilty

… Homeland Security Task Force: Woodbridge Man Found with 21 Kilos of Cocaine Pleads … to a Recruiter /events Find Us 40 Middlesex Turnpike Bedford , MA 01730 United States New England Contacts New … utilizes all available tools to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States. HSTF …
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Rochester Woman Pleads Guilty for Role in Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… Rochester Woman Pleads Guilty for Role in Drug Trafficking Conspiracy July 18, 2026 New … to a Recruiter /events Find Us 40 Middlesex Turnpike Bedford , MA 01730 United States New England Contacts New … utilizes all available tools to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States. HSTF …
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Eastern Shore Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty & Sentenced on Drug Charges

… Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … phrases and used numbers to refer to quantities and prices for cocaine. Through these intercepted phone calls along … Eric Holbrook, Jr.’s CDS (controlled dangerous substances) source of supply (SOS) was Shakoor Stevenson. On February 4, …
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Cross-Country Methamphetamine Conspiracy Halted in Washington County

… Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … of Meth into Southwest Virginia Abingdon, Va., – A man, formerly from California, who recently relocated to … January 2021 through April 2022 and conspired with Bowman’s sources in Chino Hills, California to bring approximately …
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Cumberland County man admits conspiring to distribute opioids, launder millions of dollars in drug proceeds

… Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … x2242 CAMDEN, N.J. – Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New Jersey Division Susan A. … filling the orders for the customers of the unlicensed online pharmacy, knowing that the customers did not have …
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DEA Releases 2017 National Drug Threat Assessment

… Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … controlled substances, continue to be a challenge. The NPS most commonly abused in the United States include synthetic … United States. The cartels are the principal wholesale drug sources for domestic gangs responsible for street-level …
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DEA Announces Results of Enforcement Surge to Reduce the Fentanyl Supply Across the United States

… DEA Announces Results of Enforcement Surge to Reduce the Fentanyl Supply Across the … the fentanyl crisis has been the top priority for DEA. The most urgent threat to our communities, our kids, and our …
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Bogalusa Man Convicted of Fentanyl Trafficking and Illegal Weapon Possession

… Info Contact Us (504) 840-1100 571-362-2805 Public Information Officer (571) 362-4892 NOFD.Recruiter@dea.gov Talk … Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … recordings, Spikes was heard boasting about his ability to source up to 30,000 fentanyl pills. District Attorney Collin …
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Charlottesville Methamphetamine Traffickers Plead Guilty

… Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … On September 19, 2020, members of the Jefferson Area Drug Enforcement Task Force (JADE) executed a search warrant at a … he had picked up a kilogram of methamphetamine from their source in Atlanta, Georgia, and brought it back to the …
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Leader of Southwest Baltimore “NFL” Gang Sentenced

… Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … Winchester - (540) 662-5879 30 Years in Federal Prison for Participating in a Racketeering Conspiracy, Including … Butler admitted that he obtained narcotics from multiple sources of supply and stored the narcotics in stash houses …
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Dominican National Sentenced to 30 Months in Federal Prison for Trafficking Illegal Drugs in the New Hampshire Seacoast

… Dominican National Sentenced to 30 Months in Federal Prison for Trafficking Illegal Drugs in the New Hampshire Seacoast … to a Recruiter /events Find Us 40 Middlesex Turnpike Bedford , MA 01730 United States New England Contacts New … chose to profit from the distribution of two of the most dangerous drugs threatening our communities …
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Mitchellville Man Sentenced To 33 Years In Prison For Drug Distribution And Money Laundering Conspiracies

… law enforcement received information that Tatum was the source of supply of cocaine to a cooperating source and that Ford-Bey was providing Tatum and others with …
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Man Sentenced for Multimillion-Dollar Cross-Country Cocaine Conspiracy

… Dixon would transport $500,000 to California to pay his source of supply. Dixon and his co-conspirators would then …
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Defendant Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Large-Scale Fentanyl Trafficking Operation in Eastern Washington

… Defendant Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Large-Scale Fentanyl Trafficking Operation in Eastern … Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … through phone records and financial transactions—was the source of supply for that fentanyl being trafficked out of …
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Part One: DEA-Washington is Standing Up Against Violent Crime

January 20, 2022
… Violent Crime written by: DEA Washington Division, Public Information Office   Incidents of violent crime have remained … drug-related crime trends,  DEA-Washington Division sees most of this violent crime in our area of responsibility as …
January 20, 2022
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A Salute to the Oldest and Largest Task Force in the Nation

January 08, 2021
… and seizing multi-million kilogram amounts of drugs.  Most recently, the media has recognized the NYDETF worldwide … New York City neighborhoods by utilizing each agency’s resources to target and fully dismantle trafficking …
January 08, 2021
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Third Man in Multi-Kilogram Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced

… Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … An Arlington man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute over seven … would obtain kilogram quantities of fentanyl from various sources of supply. The group would then use a pill press to …
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Missouri Man Pleads Guilty to $900,000 Drug-Trafficking Conspiracy

… Us (314) 538-4600 (571) 362-5149 Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov … between 2019 and 2022. Harris, who obtained cocaine from sources throughout the country, admitted that he made dozens …
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Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty in Bringing Cocaine to Kansas City from Texas

… Us (314) 538-4600 (571) 362-5149 Recruiter Name SA Chris Most (314) 538-4600 StLouisSpecialAgentRecruiter@dea.gov … between 2019 and 2022. Harris, who obtained cocaine from sources throughout the country, admitted that he made dozens …
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Dark Web Vendor of Opioids and Counterfeit U.S. Currency Pleads Guilty

… Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … well as counterfeit $10 and $20 bills. Pagan mailed these online-purchased narcotics and counterfeit currency to … force is charged with identifying and investigating the most egregious Dark Web marketplaces, and the vendors …
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Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

… being pressed into counterfeit pills. Some of the most common counterfeit pills are made to look like … ever recorded in a year. Fentanyl, the synthetic opioid most commonly found in counterfeit pills, is the primary … and bring to justice the foreign and domestic criminals sourcing, producing, and distributing these deadly fake …
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Virginia Motorcycle Dealership Seized In Methamphetamine Bust

… the Bristol Virginia Area. The methamphetamine was sourced from Mexico, transported through Los Angeles, to the … office arrested Gonzalo BETANCOURT and Samuel FLORES, sources of supply to Jason LOWE, in Cartersville, Georgia. …
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Member of Meth Conspiracy Sentenced to 25 Years for Narcotics Trafficking & International Money Laundering

… Member of Meth Conspiracy Sentenced to 25 Years for Narcotics Trafficking & International Money Laundering … Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 … from accomplices who acted as a conduit from multiple sources in Mexico. In order to launder the funds, the …
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Virginia Motorcycle Dealership Seized in Methamphetamine Bust

… the Bristol Virginia Area. The methamphetamine is sourced from Mexico, transported through Los Angeles and … office arrested Gonzalo BETANCOURT and Samuel FLORES, sources of supply to Jason LOWE in Cartersville, Georgia. …
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Michoacan Trafficker Captured in Panama Sent to U.S. Prison

… Links Press Releases Local Fugitives Events Featured Resource Links Talk to a Recruiter Campus Drug Prevention Get … national has been sent to prison following his conviction for conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute meth … DEA and its federal partners brought down one of CJNG’s most significant meth source of suppliers in South Texas." …
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Final Defendant in a Harford County Drug Conspiracy Sentenced to Six Years in Federal Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Crack Cocaine

… Final Defendant in a Harford County Drug Conspiracy Sentenced to Six Years in … about the quality of the cocaine.  After meeting with the source, detectives followed Murphy back to Harford County …
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Final Defendant in a Harford County Drug Conspiracy

… Final Defendant in a Harford County Drug Conspiracy February 09, 2022 Washington, DC … about the quality of the cocaine.  After meeting with the source, detectives followed Murphy back to Harford County …
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DEA Releases 2024 National Drug Threat Assessment

… and trafficking trends endangering the United States. For more than a decade, DEA’s NDTA has been a trusted … like fentanyl and methamphetamine, has resulted in the most dangerous and deadly drug crisis the United States has … by these cartels. DEA will continue to use all available resources to target these networks and save American lives.” …