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Dozens Indicted On Charges Of Violating Drug And Firearms Laws In Warren, Ohio

… large quantities of heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine from Detroit to Warren, Ohio; another that brought heroin from Columbus to Warren and Dayton; others that sold … removal of the drugs, guns and the people who sell them, from the streets of Warren is a significant victory for law …
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McKesson Settlement: Pays $150 Million, Largest Fine In DEA History

… 362-0443 McKesson to suspend sales of controlled substances from Washington Courthouse Distribution Center LEXINGTON, … requires McKesson to suspend sales of controlled substances from its Washington Courthouse Distribution Center and …
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High-Ranking Gulf Cartel Leader Extradited To United States

… Gulf Cartel, has been extradited to the United States from Mexico to face drug conspiracy charges, announced … shipments of cocaine and marijuana by motor vehicles from Mexico to cities in Texas for distribution to other … activities of the Gulf Cartel. According to the indictment, from June 2006 until his arrest, Cano-Flores’s role was to …
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Two Defendants Admit Roles In $65 Million Stolen Identity Income Tax Refund Fraud Scheme

… including Social Security numbers and dates of birth, from unwitting individuals, who often reside in the … task force in New Jersey composed of investigators from the IRS and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, along with the U.S. Secret Service, and with assistance from the Drug Enforcement (the “New Jersey Task Force”). An …
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Staten Island Woman Admits Role In $65 Million Stolen Identity Income Tax Refund Fraud Scheme

… including Social Security numbers and dates of birth, from unwitting individuals, who often reside in the … task force in New Jersey composed of investigators from the IRS and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, along with the U.S. Secret Service and with assistance from the Drug Enforcement (New Jersey Task Force).   An …
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Doctor Arrested On Charges He Conspired To Illegally Distribute Thousands Of Highly Addictive Oxycodone Pills By Writing Fraudulent Prescriptions For People He Never Treated Or Examined

… General John J. Hoffman announced that a medical doctor from Union County, NJ has been arrested on charges he … dangerous substance by fraud.  He waived extradition from New York, and was transported yesterday to New Jersey, … made up of special agents of the DEA, Task Force Officers from local police departments, and Diversion Investigators. …
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24 Individuals Indicted For Drug Trafficking

… or couriers in order to transport kilograms of cocaine from the Luis Muñoz Marín International (“LMMIA”), located … or cause others to travel in commercial airline flights, from Puerto Rico to the continental United States, carrying … and the same containers to transport the profits generated from the drug sales back to Puerto Rico. They invested part …
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DEA, Coast Guard, Customs And Border Protection, And Homeland Security Investigations Partner To Interdict $29 Million Cocaine Shipment, Detain 13 Smugglers

… on board the delivery vessel after it was launched from the 268-foot St. Vincent and Grenadines-flag coastal … of the citizens in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands from this threat.” While on a routine patrol Tuesday night, … vessel.  Their actions prevented the delivery vessel from making landfall. The CBP MPA maintained constant …
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Twenty-Four Defendants Facing Federal Drug Charges For Transporting Heroin And Cocaine To Chicago Aboard Amtrak Trains

… Amtrak trains to transport heroin and cocaine to Chicago from California. One of the defendants is an Amtrak employee … wholesale quantities of heroin and cocaine were obtained from traffickers in Mexico and southern California, and transported from Los Angeles to Chicago aboard Amtrak’s commercial train …
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Columbia Man Admits To Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone

… presented in court:  In May 2010, using information from the Bartow/Cartersville Drug Task Force, multiple … with over 98 % of their patients traveling to the clinic from surrounding states, the majority from Kentucky and Tennessee.  Many of those visiting had …
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DEA Kicks Off Red Ribbon Campaign

… Officially, Red Ribbon Week will be celebrated nationally from October 23-31; however, communities and school … a Red Ribbon during the last week in October, Americans from all walks of life demonstrate their opposition to … of teenagers abusing prescription drugs get the drugs from family, friends, and the home medicine cabinet; Whereas …
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Brothers Who Led Mexican Mafia-Backed Puente-13 Street Gang Sentenced To Life In Prison As Result Of Federal Racketeering Case

… that included a brutal stabbing designed to deter victims from cooperating with law enforcement and plotting to murder … other members of Puente-13 to collect “tax” payments from area drug dealers on Rafael’s behalf, and warded off …
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Alleged PCP Distributor Who Shot A DEA Agent Arraigned On Federal Narcotics And Assault Charges

… Banks transported chemicals used to manufacture PCP from the Atlanta, Ga., area to Robinson, who stored the … allegedly transported chemicals used to manufacture PCP from South Carolina to other jurisdictions.  On July 6, … The indictment alleges that Robinson fired four shots from his bedroom. Then, he walked out of his bedroom into …
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Drug Enforcement Administration Collects Record Number Of Unused Pills As Part Of Its 14th Prescription Drug Take Back Day

… remove ever-higher amounts of opioids and other medicines from the nation’s homes, where they could be stolen and … W. Patterson. “This is a crisis that must be addressed from multiple angles.  Educating the public and removing these medications from households across the Unites States prevents misuse …
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Second Major Cross-Border Drug Tunnel Discovered South Of San Diego This Month

… of marijuana with an estimated street value of anywhere from $30 million to $35 million. Two other suspects linked … Task Force. The Task Force is made up of representatives from ICE HSI, U.S. Customs and Border (CBP) Border Patrol, … a variety of techniques to detect cross-border tunnels, from state-of-the-art electronic surveillance to old …
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Members Of Queens-Based Drug Trafficking Crew Indicted For Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy, Kidnapping, And Firearms Offenses

… arrested while picking up a parcel containing heroin sent from Ecuador through John F. Kennedy International Airport into Queens, New York. The crew member was released from law enforcement custody later that day. The following … of a drug trafficking organization that imported heroin from Ecuador through John F. Kennedy Airport and distributed …
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Nephews Of First Lady Of Venezuela Found Guilty Of Conspiring To Import Cocaine Into The United States

… an effort to dispatch large loads of cocaine via aircraft from Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetia, … cocaine-laden aircraft with legitimate-seeming flight plans from Venezuela to Honduras.  On or about October 3, 2015, … to discuss sending hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Simón Bolívar International Airport to Juan Manuel …
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Steroid-Trafficking Defendants Sentenced

… of multiple parcels containing raw steroid materials from China and the collection of bulk currency and wire transfers from the organization’s customer base. "These sentences send … that the DEA does not discriminate: if you are profiting from selling drugs in our community, we will identify, …
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Gang Alliance That Ravaged West Bronx With Gunfire And New England Towns With Drugs Is Dismantled

… cocaine, heroin and fentanyl.  I commend the men and women from the DEA Strike Force, NYPD and the Bronx District … that the crew had been transporting heroin and cocaine from the Bronx for sale in the area from 2012 until late 2014.  Thirteen members were identified …
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Alleged Mexican Drug Kingpin Extradited To The United States To Face Criminal Enterprise, Drug, And Money-Laundering Charges

… Mexican drug kingpin Luis Rodriguez-Olivera was extradited from Mexico to the United States yesterday and will be … was arrested in Mexico on a provisional warrant issued from the Eastern District of New York. The extradition was … The organization received multi-ton shipments of cocaine from Colombia along the coast of Mexico, and transported …
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Two KC Men Plead Guilty To $1.2 Million Oxycodone Conspiracy

… admitted they participated in a conspiracy that lasted from June 2013 to January 2016 to distribute, and to possess … several undercover purchases of fraudulent prescriptions from Dickinson, law enforcement officers executed a search … Dickinson said he obtained false prescriptions from co-defendant Robert G. Joy, also known as “Bear,” 34, …
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Seven Arrested In Major New York City Prescription Forgery Ring

… for addictive opioid painkillers and illegally obtain pills from pharmacies for resale on the black market. Following a … with running a prescription forgery and drug diversion ring from December 1, 2011 to January 7, 2017. Bivona, 45, And … runners’ names appeared on prescriptions that originated from the clinic. Bivona and Keller sometimes drove the …
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13 Years For Trucking Company Owner For Role In $6.5 Million Crystal Meth, Heroin Haul

… 5 kilograms of (11 lbs.) and 23 kilograms of (51 lbs.), from his tractor-trailer. At the time the seizure, the load … of crystal (30 lbs.) smuggled in vehicles travelling from the West Coast for distribution in the metropolitan … were expecting to receive a shipment of heroin and cocaine from Mexican suppliers, but were instead provided with …
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Alfredo Beltran Leyva Sentenced To Life In Prison For Drug Trafficking

… enforcement efforts like this one that we can remove drugs from America’s streets and make our communities that much … into the United States.  The defendant was extradited from Mexico to the United States on Nov. 15, 2014, and … conferences, the government proffered evidence that from the early 1990s until his indictment in August 2014, …
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Federal Indictment Alleges Alliance Between Sinaloa Cartel and Money Launderers Linked to Chinese Underground Banking

… money laundering network collected and, with help from a San Gabriel Valley, California-based money … United States that belong to the cartel in Mexico. Profits from the drug trade must be repatriated to Mexico for use by … assist the Sinaloa and other cartels to move their profits from the United States to Mexico by providing a ready market …
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National Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in Charges against 601 Individuals Responsible for over $2 Billion in Fraud Losses

… in today’s arrests.  In addition, HHS announced today that from July 2017 to the present, it has excluded 2,700 individuals from participation in Medicare, Medicaid, and all other … is a betrayal of vulnerable patients, and often it is theft from the taxpayer,” said Attorney General Sessions.  “In …
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Twenty-six people charged with trafficking at least five kilograms of cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl between Puerto Rico and Milwaukee

… quantities of cocaine through the U.S. Postal Service from Puerto Rico to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. On Jan 15, 2020, … this takedown: “Our communities continue to suffer from an unprecedented drug epidemic that has taken far too … enforcement partners to keep the citizens of Milwaukee safe from drug trafficking and the violence that is always …
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DEA History-The Early Years

December 17, 1919
… ahead. BNDD, ODALE, ONNI and a large contingent from Customs would be unified to form an agent force 2,000 … the Drug Enforcement Administration arose phoenix-like from the ashes. In the voice of one of our great allies in …
December 17, 1919
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DEA’s Fentanyl Free America Billboard Sparks Conversation on Dangers of Synthetic Drugs

… America is DEA’s commitment to protecting the United States from synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl, by disrupting … removed approximately six million deadly doses of fentanyl from Minnesota communities, including nearly 210 pounds of … labs reported a decline in fentanyl powder purity dropping from 20% in 2024 to 10.3% in 2025.  The billboard in …
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Independence, LA Man Sentenced to 235 Months in Federal Prison for Drug Conviction

… In imposing Nelson’s prison term, the Court found that from approximately July 2017 through February 2018, Nelson … and others in a venture to obtain kilograms of cocaine from various sources in Houston, Texas, and transport said … and forfeited over $500,000 in drug trafficking proceeds from James as well as approximately eight firearms, two kilo …