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President Obama Adds NEFD International Drug “Kingpin” To OFAC List

… against Karner generally bars U.S. persons and companies from conducting financial or commercial transactions with … Karner sourced precursor chemicals for his products from Southeast Asia, among other places, after which the … Karner has also used drug trafficking profits to buy, among other things, a ski lodge in the Austrian Alps, …
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Nyack Man Arrested For Sales Of Synthetic Cannabinoid Resulting In One Known Overdose

… SSCs, with brand names like “Green Giant” and “Geeked Up,” from his smoke shop in Nyack, New York.  Grogan mentioned to … undercover law enforcement that he had a supplier of SSCs from whom he could either pick up products after store hours … in Nyack that had “kids lined up outside the door” to buy the products. The SSCs distributed by Grogan caused one …
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Man Indicted In International Drug Conspiracy Extradited To Boston From Colombia

… In International Drug Conspiracy Extradited To Boston From Colombia March 05, 2013 New England Contact Info … States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz announced today that a man from Colombia, charged in an international cocaine …
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2nd Major Narcotics Trafficker Extradited To US From Columbia

… 2nd Major Narcotics Trafficker Extradited To US From Columbia January 27, 2017 New York Contact Info Contact … Jorge Alberto Siado-(“Siado”), who arrived in New York from Colombia yesterday afternoon, is the second narcotics …
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Leader Of Brighton Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 50 Months in Prison

… and distribution of drugs to, or collection of proceeds from, drug customers, drug runners or other drug … Drayton also participated in a number of controlled buys involving cocaine base during the investigation. …
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Leader Of Brighton Drug Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty

… and distribution of drugs to, or collection of proceeds from, drug customers, drug runners or other drug … DTO. Drayton also participated in a number of controlled buys involving cocaine base during the investigation. …
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Two Sent to Prison After Drug Trafficking in Local Parking Lot

… friend Mendez. Authorities conducted surveillance at a Best Buy parking lot in McAllen in anticipation of the narcotics … after which Perez removed bags containing bricks of cocaine from the trunk of his vehicle. Mendez was parked in another …
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Former Army Soldier Sentenced For Murder-for-Hire And Gun Possession

… to carve a “Z” into the victim’s chest and was planning on buying a hatchet to dismember the body. Evidence at trial … and that Walker contended he could hit the intended victim from more than two football fields away with his rifle. …
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Three New Orleans Men Receive Lengthy Prison Sentences In Heroin Conspiracy Involving Overdose Death

… United States District Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt read from the bench a letter written by the victim’s mother, and … calls, ask the caller how much heroin he or she wanted to buy, and direct the caller to drive to a gas station or …
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Leader Of "Pump And Dump" Stock Fraud Scheme Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To Nine Years In Prison

… to secretly fund and distribute misleading third-party "buy" recommendations concerning the targeted companies. … than $2 million in cashier's checks, representing proceeds from stock fraud, to Panama and caused them to be deposited …
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Taxi Driver From Lawrence Convicted of Drug Trafficking Conspiracy

… Taxi Driver From Lawrence Convicted of Drug Trafficking Conspiracy … drugs, drive drug traffickers and collect drug money from various customers of the DTO on a daily basis.  …
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Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Wiring Drug-Trafficking Profits to Mexico

… to participating in a conspiracy to commit money laundering from May 23, 2020, to Sept. 20, 2022. Leal-Martinez is the … Leal-Martinez admitted that she accepted drug proceeds from co-conspirators, including Jose Jesus Sanchez-Mendez, … Gonzalez-Celestine participated in four controlled drug buys that were monitored by law enforcement. She sold more …
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Han Gil Hotel demolished, was a "safe haven" for drug distributors

… Attorney’s Office included a condition that the developer buy the property “as is,” and demolish the building within … for years, the hotel – which was located diagonally across from a local elementary school – served as home base for … many drug dealers that once frequented the facility is far from over.” The Han Gil’s former owner, Su Amos Mun, was …
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges 23 Members Of Bronx Drug Trafficking Crew With Distributing Crack Cocaine, Cocaine, Marijuana, MDMA And Oxycodone

… Oxycodone. The defendants allegedly controlled the areas from West Burnside Avenue to West Tremont Avenue and from … from drug dealers in the area controlled by BMG. During the buys, officers were able to purchase significant street …
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International Fugitive Extradited from Italy Pleads Guilty to Drug Charge

… International Fugitive Extradited from Italy Pleads Guilty to Drug Charge August 11, 2020 … is set for October 22, 2020.  According to court documents, from the late 1980s through early 1997, Yester-Garrido was … indicted in the Middle District of Florida for conspiracy, from February 2012 through February 2015, to distribute …
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New York Drug Enforcement Task Force and NY Attorney General Take Down Ghost Gun Trafficking Ring

… a 438-count indictment, charging three individuals from a gun trafficking operation that illegally sold 47 … ghost guns which were shipped to New York and Pennsylvania from various online retailers before being assembled. The indictment, …
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Two North Texas doctors, one nurse sentenced to prison for federal drug trafficking violation

… fentanyl, morphine, oxycodone, alprazolam and zolpidem, from his pain management medical offices in Sherman and … 2010 and 2017. The health care fraud conviction resulted from Diamond submitting a claim for reimbursement to … Office and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Stevan A. Buys and Jonathan R. Hornok.   # # #   On …
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Lockport man convicted by a federal jury of narcotics conspiracy tied to the Sinaloa Cartel going to prison for 25 years

… invoices to make it look like Western New Yorkers were buying sea cucumbers at astounding rates and quantities. The … March 23, 2015, Buffalo Police seized 32 kilograms of drugs from the Folger Street location—including Gillon’s eight … Western New York area. Approximately $20,000,000 was sent from Western New York banks to California in a two year …
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Business Owner Who Trafficked Pounds of Meth and Cocaine Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison

… and other information presented in court, officials from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), Bureau of Alcohol, … and cocaine in at least four counties, stretching from Benson down to Wilmington. Johnson’s drug distribution … ammunition. As part of his guilty plea, Johnson admitted to buying a motorcycle worth approximately $17,000, using drug …
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DEA Rocky Mountain Division Announces Record Fentanyl Seizures in 2022

… oversaturated drug market.  Anyone, including our kids, can buy dangerous and deadly drugs at the click of a button. … to do everything within our ability to keep this poison from reaching your communities.” Fentanyl remains the … a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl. This is an increase from 2021 when DEA lab testing revealed four out of ten …
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Federal grand jury charges three men for distributing fentanyl-laced pills that caused death of rapper Mac Miller

… indictment alleges Pettit ordered the fentanyl-laced pills from Walter, and then Reavis delivered the narcotics to … unknown person that reads, in part: “People have been dying from fake blues left and right, you better believe law enforcement is using informants and undercover to buy them on the street do they can start putting ppl in …
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Doctor admits soliciting sexual favors from patients in exchange for opioids

… Doctor admits soliciting sexual favors from patients in exchange for opioids December 09, 2020 New … a legitimate medical reason and soliciting sexual favors from patients in exchange for opioid prescriptions. Joseph …
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Former Nurse Sentenced for Drug Diversion from Boston-Area Hospital

… Former Nurse Sentenced for Drug Diversion from Boston-Area Hospital November 15, 2023 New England … in federal court today in Boston for diverting opioids from a Boston-area hospital. Andrea Falzano, 39, of … took advantage of her position of trust to steal drugs from her employer,” said Acting United States Attorney …
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St. Augustine Man Who Led a Police Helicopter on High-Speed Chase Sentenced to Ten Years in Federal Prison for Drug and Firearms Offenses

… car. The helicopter pilot saw an object being throw from the car. Noting the location of the object, the pilot … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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Three Charged In Schemes To Smuggle Cocaine And Cash To And From Costa Rica

… Three Charged In Schemes To Smuggle Cocaine And Cash To And From Costa Rica March 08, 2017 New York Contact Info Contact … began as an investigation into the trafficking of cocaine from Costa Rica ultimately led agents to uncover a $300,000 …
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Seven Arrested For Heroin Ring That Reached From Pittsburgh To Nassau County

… Seven Arrested For Heroin Ring That Reached From Pittsburgh To Nassau County June 13, 2016 New York … shows our commitment to safeguarding our neighborhoods from the dangers of heroin abuse.” Approximately 3.4 …
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Man Sentenced to Prison on Multiple Charges from Cocaine Trafficking Operation

… Man Sentenced to Prison on Multiple Charges from Cocaine Trafficking Operation June 24, 2022 New England … in the seizure of approximately 835.9 grams of cocaine from a safe, a Sig Sauer semi-automatic handgun loaded with … to conceal drug trafficking proceeds by moving money from his bank accounts into accounts held by someone else. …
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Alleged Sinaloa Cartel Leader Extradited from Mexico, Appears in Court

… Alleged Sinaloa Cartel Leader Extradited from Mexico, Appears in Court January 23, 2025 San Diego … cocaine, heroin and marijuana into the United States from Mexico, appeared in federal court today following his extradition from Mexico yesterday. Leal-Hernandez was indicted by a …
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Puerto Rican Drug Kingpin Among Ten Charged Over $1 Million Cocaine Delivery At Times Square Hotel

… and lived as a fugitive for two years after escaping from federal authorities who were about to arrest him in a … That morning, Gonzalez-Santiago had flown to JFK Airport from San Juan, P.R., in order to oversee distribution of the … Bronx drug supplier Francisco Rivera, who had intended to buy some of the 36 kilos of cocaine seized from Ricardo …