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

… U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara stated: “Three young people from our community are dead, the tragic victims of heroin … tragic deaths of three victims who allegedly bought heroin from two local drug dealers, Dennis Sica and John Rohlman.  …
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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 …
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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 …
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The Pacific Northwest Responds To Prescription Drug “Take-Back” With Record Collection

… deep concerns in keeping the unused pharmaceutical drugs from being abused by unintended users and disposed of in the … have removed over 268,456 (134.2 tons) of medication from circulation.  The following are the results broken down by state: Washington - 19,320 (9.6 tons) removed from circulation. Idaho - 2,899 (1.4 tons) removed from …
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Residents In The Pacific Northwest Turned In Over 16 Tons In DEA’s National Drug Take-Back Day

… 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 … with DEA on the event.  When added to the collections from DEA’s previous five Take-Back events, more than 2.8 …
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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 …
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Community Event
December 15, 2019 - December 17, 2019
December 15, 2019 - December 17, 2019

Practitioner Diversion Awareness Conferences (PDAC)

10:00 PM - 7:00 AM (EST)
Birmingham, AL
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will be hosting two regional one-day Practitioner Diversion Awareness Conferences (PDAC) on Monday, December 16, and Tuesday, December 17, 2019. The same conference will be held both days. Participants can attend either day. The conferences will be held at the Hyatt Regency Birmingham, 1000 Riverchase...
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Wasilla Man Pleads Guilty In Synthetic Drug Case Which Resulted In Overdose Death

… previously pled guilty to federal drug charges stemming from a conspiracy to possess and distribute Methylone. … to (a/k/a “ecstasy”).  Methylone is commonly imported from China via the Internet for use in the U.S. particularly … of the conspiracy, that he directly imported the drugs from China, and that he repeatedly wired money to China or …
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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, …
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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 …
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35 defendants to include the ring leader charged in major take down of international drug trafficking organization based in Lane County

… including one of its ringleaders and sources of supply from Mexico, have been charged with distributing … into the large-scale distribution of drugs into Oregon from Mexico by the drug trafficking organization led by … 2018.  The Diaz DTO imported drugs into the United States from Mexico, transported them from California to Oregon …
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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 …
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DEA Investigation Results In Federal Marijuana And Money Laundering Charges

… (571) 387-2558 utahrecruiter@dea.gov 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 … include: Effect the international transfer of funds from the Republic of Colombia into the United States to …
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Two Pharmacists Convicted For Illegally Dispensing To Patients Of A Pill Mill

… communities.” “These convictions have removed a huge tumor from the cancer that illicit drug distribution has become …  The hard work invested in this case by all parties, from the U.S. Attorney’s office to the boots on the ground … operated the Medicine Center Pharmacy across the street from one of the pain clinics.   Both Godfrey and Bona …
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Methamphetamine Seizures Continue to Climb in the Midwest

July 10, 2019
… upon the manufacturing method. Today’s methamphetamine from Mexico comes from mega-labs capable of producing hundreds of pounds of … Years Ago Methamphetamine is a man-made drug originating from amphetamine in Japan in 1919.  Originally used by …
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Former State Lawmaker Sentenced for COVID-19 Fraud Scheme at Springfield Health Care Charity

… the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and remained closed from March to June 2020. Derges sought CARES Act funding for … amount of $503,350. In total, Derges applied for $882,644 from the CARES Act Relief Fund on Lift Up’s behalf. Congress … her claim, Derges provided invoices totaling $296,574 from Dynamic DNA for more than 3,000 COVID-19 laboratory …
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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 …
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Three Charged in Fentanyl/Heroin Packaging Operation in the Bronx: Over 13 Pounds of Illicit Drug Mixtures Seized

… Westchester - (914) 682-6256 Bags of Narcotics Tossed from 9th Floor Window onto Ground and Neighbors’ Balconies … fentanyl, heroin, xylazine, methamphetamine, and cocaine, from inside a packaging mill. The drugs are estimated to … Olinville Avenue, a residential building located across from PS 96, The Richard Rogers School.   Bridget G. Brennan, …
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Fentanyl and heroin darknet vendors indicted

… 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 … 2013 and 2016, she purchased legitimate prescriptions from willing sellers. Then, she resold these pills and …
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Ocean Bank Enters Into Deferred Prosecution Agreement And Forfeits More Than $10 Million

… 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 … ultimately facilitated the laundering of narcotics proceeds from several trafficking organizations. The financial …
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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, …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …