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Miami News 2009

July 15, 2021
… Grow House Operation Indicted December 9, 2009 Nineteen From Hallandale Beach Area Charged in Joint Federal-State … for Importing 300 Kilograms of Cocaine into the U.S. from the Bahamas October 30, 2009 19 Sentenced in Operation …
July 15, 2021
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Indian National Pleads Guilty To Plotting To Assassinate U.S. Citizen In New York City

… City,” said U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton.  “He thought that from outside this country he could kill someone in it … our people.” "It is often a slippery and dangerous slope from drug trafficking to deadly violence, as demonstrated by … and well-being of our communities.” “Today’s guilty plea from Nikhal Gupta is the result of the hard work of our DEA …
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Rhode Island Businesswoman Sentenced to More Than Three Years in Prison for Money Laundering

… a friend to drive $350,000 in Perez’s drug proceeds from Rhode Island to Correa’s “investors” in North Carolina. … “investors” then wired $350,000 in two transactions, from two separate business accounts, in the amount of … the marijuana dispensary. Those funds were then transferred from the attorney’s account to the marijuana dispensary’s …
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Carrollton Woman Pleads Guilty to Harboring Illegal Aliens and Participating in Massive Meth Distribution Operation

… a million dollars’ worth of lethal drugs have been removed from our streets. The Department of Justice and our law … revealed that the methamphetamine was imported from Mexico in bags of charcoal. During the investigation, … and $1,900,000. Agents discovered that two illegal aliens from Mexico, Jonathan Guzman Esquivel and Alfonso …
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Eleven Charged in Bristol Area Drug Trafficking Ring; Several Overdose Deaths Connected

… have been charged with federal offenses stemming from a long-term investigation into narcotics trafficking in … for Ocasio and also distributed drugs that he acquired from Ocasio to his own customer base. It is alleged that the … a maximum term of imprisonment of life.  This charge stems from the overdose death of a 20-year-old woman in Bristol on …
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DEA Launches Fentanyl Free America Initiative to Combat the Synthetic Drug Crisis

… nearly seven million potentially deadly doses of fentanyl from communities across the Midwest. OMAHA  – The U.S. Drug … removal of nearly seven million potentially deadly doses from communities across the Midwest. DEA intelligence … two dozen pill press machines in October, including two from Minnesota, further highlights this trend. “Fentanyl …
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Coronavirus-stamped heroin/fentanyl glassines seized in the Bronx: Six individuals charged

… “Antrax” and “95” Close up coronavirus.jpg Items seized from Heroin-Fentanyl Mill_0.jpg Stamps used on branded … livery car.  Surveillance units followed the cab away from the location and stopped it in the vicinity of the … containing loose powder suspected to be heroin/fentanyl from inside the bag. Soon afterwards, Dariel Fermin, Morillo …
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Drug Ring Tied to Aryan Prison Gang Indicted With 24 Federal Arrests

… of whom are alleged to have operated this drug organization from prison, and also prevented vast quantities of dangerous drugs from being sold on our streets. I'm so proud of how the FBI, … three kilos of heroin, and more than $330,000 in cash from eighteen locations in Washington and Arizona.  These …
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Five Related Indictments Target South Bay Drug Distribution Schemes

… 571-387-5018 Defendants Allegedly Transported Drug Supply From Southern California And Mexico To The San Jose Area SAN … four simultaneous investigations into the movement of drugs from Mexico to the streets of the San Jose area.   “These …
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Joint Local, State And Federal Synthetic Drug Round-Up Leads To The Arrest Of 30 Defendants Charged With Selling “Spice” And “Bath Salts”

… Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. “These drugs are made from a variety of dangerous chemical compounds that are not … synthetic cathinones. According to filed court documents, from the Spring of 2012 through the present, the … conspirators stored and distributed the synthetic drugs from two Charlotte-area warehouses. Court records indicate …
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Spice In The City: New York DEA Leads Huge Attack Against Synthetic Drug Traffickers

… 720-431-8836 Money flow to conflict countries continues from U.S. synthetic drug sales to Yemen, Syria, Lebanon and … several years, DEA has identified over 400 designers drugs from eight different structural classes, the vast majority … synthetic drugs often reveal the movement of drug proceeds from the United States to Middle East countries such as …
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CY 2021 Fentanyl Profiling Program (FPP)

August 22, 2022
… analyses on fentanyl and fentanyl-related samples obtained from seizures throughout the United States. This report … market share, but is rather a snapshot of samples submitted from the eight DEA regional and sub-regional laboratories. …
August 22, 2022
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Administrative Law Judges

December 18, 2025
… their duties with complete judicial/decisional independence from the Agency. DEA Administrative Law Judges may not perform non-adjudicative duties, are precluded from investigative responsibilities, may not receive  ex … by a legal advisor who is organizationally independent from CC and LJ. Final Agency decisions are published in the …
December 18, 2025
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DEA Announces 5,456 drug-related overdose deaths in Pennsylvania in 2017

… per 100,000 people and a 64% increase in overdose deaths from 2015 to 2017. The DEA Philadelphia Field Division will … opioid misuse data sources. A summary of key findings from the upcoming report indicates that heroin sourced from Mexican transnational criminal organizations presents a …
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DEA launches “Secure Your Meds” winter campaign

… unused medications. This one action can prevent medications from getting into the hands of children and others who may … “The current pandemic has taken some of the focus away from the ongoing opioid epidemic,” said Special Agent in … of abused and misused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from home medicine …
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DEA offers another opportunity to clean out your medicine cabinet

… expired prescription medications. This Saturday, April 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Drug Enforcement Administration … or prescription pain killers. Removing those prescriptions from the home or locking them up can keep family and friends … of prescription drug abusers say they get their drugs free from friends and family, including the home medicine …
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DEA says: “Time to clean out your medicine cabinets”

… (732) 431-7160 x2242 NEWARK, N.J. – This Saturday, Oct. 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the Drug Enforcement Administration … and Prevention, in 2017 more than 72,000 Americans died from drug overdoses, and heroin, fentanyl, and/or … that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine …
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Pharmacist Indicted for Tampering with a Controlled Substance

… by deception and subterfuge. According to court documents, from July 2020 to October 2020, Benjamin Dandurand, 34, of … at a pharmacy in Lenexa to remove oxycodone hydrochloride from a safe. He allegedly removed the controlled substance from the bottle and replaced it with an alternate liquid …
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Rochester man going to prison for his role in fentanyl delivery service

… used a phone provided by a co-conspirator to take calls from drug customers. After receiving orders from the customers, the defendant obtained quantities of fentanyl from a co-conspirator, and then delivered the drugs to the …
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Trafficker Ordered to Prison for Putting Meth on Greyhound Bus

… additional evidence that the meth had been smuggled in from Mexico before Rocha took possession and moved it … to specific luggage on a Greyhound bus that was traveling from Harlingen to Corpus Christi. Upon opening the bag, they … Surveillance footage revealed Rocha had carried the bag in from the bus station in Harlingen. He also purchased a …
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DEA to host free Rx prescriber conference

… Redd added.   The one-day conference will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. There is no registration fee; … the start of the conference. Conference check-in will be from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.   Individuals wanting to attend … United States is a growing problem. This diversion stems from various sources. In addition to pharmacy robberies and …
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Drug Enforcement Administration Announces the Seizure of Over 379 million Deadly Doses of Fentanyl in 2022

… worked to seize over 379 million deadly doses of fentanyl from communities across the country,” said Administrator … secret factories in Mexico with chemicals sourced largely from China. In 2021, the DEA issued a  Public Safety Alert … a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl. This is an increase from DEA’s announcement in 2021 that four out of ten …
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DEA Announces Expansion of Operation Crystal Shield

… an ever-evolving initiative to protect the American people from the dangers of methamphetamine. It is imperative we … the trend of increased meth on our streets and deaths from meth use and overdose. This action is an important step to stymie this dangerous drug from flooding our neighborhoods and communities.” In …
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DEA Holds 22nd National Prescription Drug Take Back Day to prevent addiction and reduce overdose deaths

… Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This bi-annual event offers free, … . “Disposing of unneeded medications can help prevent drugs from being misused,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram. … who misused a prescription medication obtained the medicine from a family member or friend. The Centers for Disease …
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DEA dismantles Southern Arizona drug trafficking ring

… into a Douglas area drug trafficking ring.  Agents from the DEA’s Sierra Vista Resident Office coordinated a … our country.” Agents were able to develop information from several leads which led them to identify the main … who were allegedly involved in bulk marijuana smuggling from Mexico, and into the U.S for further distribution.  …
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Pearl District Drug Dealer Sentenced to Federal Prison

… with intent to distribute large quantities of cocaine from his Pearl District apartment. Antonio Bernal Osorio, … (DEA) agents learned that Osorio was selling drugs from his apartment in Northwest Portland. Between November … multiple successful controlled purchases of cocaine from Osorio, and, on January 21, 2021, executed a search …
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Part One: DEA-Washington is Standing Up Against Violent Crime

January 20, 2022
… linked to the issue of drug trafficking.  Seized firearms from a large international drug investigation led  by the … data . U.S. homicide rates increased by nearly 30 percent from the previous year, despite the national rate of violent … these same areas also experience the most disparate impact from gun violence. Despite survival rates from gun violence …
January 20, 2022
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Two former Venezuelan officials charged and two businessmen plead guilty in connection with Venezuela bribery scheme

… to launder the proceeds of an illegal bribery scheme to and from bank accounts located in southern Florida. According to … to the charges, a substantial portion of the proceeds from the corrupt contracts was laundered through U.S. … be required to forfeit at least $5.5 million in profits from the corruptly obtained contracts, as well as real …
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National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day: Why become a DEA investigator?

January 08, 2021
… both special agents and task force officers, who are loaned from local and state police agencies. Their jobs are to … Kansas City (Mo.) Interdiction Task Force   With me being from a border town, of Hispanic decent and bilingual, I can … favorite part of the job would be the job in its entirety, from sitting for hours on surveillance to regurgitating the …
January 08, 2021
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DEA Kicks Off Annual Red Ribbon Campaign

… 1985.  Red Ribbon Week is officially celebrated nationally from October 23-31; however, communities and school … red ribbons during the last week in October, Americans from all walks of life demonstrate their opposition to … a virtual color guard by the Junior ROTC Cadet Color Guard from Arlington, Virginia; a spoken word performance; and …