PRESS RELEASE

24 Individuals Indicted For Drug Trafficking

May 20, 2014
… 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 …
May 20, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

DEA, Coast Guard, Customs And Border Protection, And Homeland Security Investigations Partner To Interdict $29 Million Cocaine Shipment, Detain 13 Smugglers

February 10, 2015
… 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 …
February 10, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Twenty-Four Defendants Facing Federal Drug Charges For Transporting Heroin And Cocaine To Chicago Aboard Amtrak Trains

October 27, 2016
… 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 …
October 27, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Columbia Man Admits To Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone

June 27, 2014
… 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 …
June 27, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

DEA Kicks Off Red Ribbon Campaign

October 17, 2016
… 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 …
October 17, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Brothers Who Led Mexican Mafia-Backed Puente-13 Street Gang Sentenced To Life In Prison As Result Of Federal Racketeering Case

March 06, 2013
… 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 …
March 06, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Alleged PCP Distributor Who Shot A DEA Agent Arraigned On Federal Narcotics And Assault Charges

December 02, 2014
… 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 …
December 02, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Drug Enforcement Administration Collects Record Number Of Unused Pills As Part Of Its 14th Prescription Drug Take Back Day

November 07, 2017
… 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 …
November 07, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Second Major Cross-Border Drug Tunnel Discovered South Of San Diego This Month

November 30, 2011
… 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 …
November 30, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Members Of Queens-Based Drug Trafficking Crew Indicted For Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy, Kidnapping, And Firearms Offenses

August 04, 2016
… 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 …
August 04, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Nephews Of First Lady Of Venezuela Found Guilty Of Conspiring To Import Cocaine Into The United States

November 18, 2016
… 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 …
November 18, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Steroid-Trafficking Defendants Sentenced

January 12, 2015
… 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, …
January 12, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Gang Alliance That Ravaged West Bronx With Gunfire And New England Towns With Drugs Is Dismantled

March 10, 2016
… 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 …
March 10, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Alleged Mexican Drug Kingpin Extradited To The United States To Face Criminal Enterprise, Drug, And Money-Laundering Charges

November 09, 2012
… 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 …
November 09, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Two KC Men Plead Guilty To $1.2 Million Oxycodone Conspiracy

May 16, 2017
… 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, …
May 16, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Seven Arrested In Major New York City Prescription Forgery Ring

January 23, 2017
… 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 …
January 23, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

13 Years For Trucking Company Owner For Role In $6.5 Million Crystal Meth, Heroin Haul

February 27, 2017
… 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 …
February 27, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Alfredo Beltran Leyva Sentenced To Life In Prison For Drug Trafficking

April 05, 2017
… 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, …
April 05, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Federal Indictment Alleges Alliance Between Sinaloa Cartel and Money Launderers Linked to Chinese Underground Banking

June 18, 2024
… 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 …
June 18, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

National Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in Charges against 601 Individuals Responsible for over $2 Billion in Fraud Losses

June 28, 2018
… 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 …
June 28, 2018
PRESS RELEASE

Twenty-six people charged with trafficking at least five kilograms of cocaine, heroin, and fentanyl between Puerto Rico and Milwaukee

January 16, 2020
… 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 …
January 16, 2020
DOCUMENT

DEA History-The Early Years

December 17, 1919
Publication
… 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
PRESS RELEASE

National Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in 324 Defendants Charged in Connection with Over $14.6 Billion in Alleged Fraud

June 30, 2025
… actors who prey upon our most vulnerable citizens and steal from hardworking American taxpayers,” said Attorney General … fraudulently obtained at least approximately $51,474 from the fraudulent PPP applications, sought at least approximately $12,391 from at least one fraudulent EIDL application, and obtained …
June 30, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Law Enforcement Operation Results in 25 Arrests for Drug-trafficking Conspiracy, Illegal Firearms

March 10, 2022
… that involved more than 200 law enforcement officers from multiple local and federal agencies. “This operation … removed a large number of armed and dangerous drug dealers from the streets of our community,” said U.S. Attorney … 200 law enforcement officers were involved in the operation from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and …
March 10, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Fourth Defendant Charged with Federal Narcotics Offenses Resulting in Death in Connection with Poisoning of Four Children at a Bronx Daycare

September 28, 2023
… even as the children he abandoned inside were suffering from his poisonous trade.  As I vowed in the wake of this … this proliferating threat.” As alleged in the Complaint: From at least in or about July 2023 through at least in or …
September 28, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Eight Defendants, Including a Brooklyn Medical Doctor, And Three Pharmacists, Charged with Illegally Distributing More Than 1.2 Million Oxycodone Pills

October 13, 2022
… will continue to vigorously pursue those who steal from government health care programs for personal gain.” … practitioners to move these dangerous and addictive pills from pharmacies to our neighborhoods,” stated BNE Director … emergency room visits. More than 16,000 Americans died from prescription opioid overdoses in 2020. Oxycodone …
October 13, 2022
PRESS RELEASE

Leader of Savannah-Area Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Sentenced to Decades in Federal Prison

August 03, 2023
… a threat of illegal drugs and its attendant violence from our community,” said U.S. Attorney Steinberg. “We will … to coordinate our efforts to protect our neighborhoods from dangerous drugs.” Operation Deadlier Catch, as … greater Savannah area. The operation, led by investigators from the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the U.S. …
August 03, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Seventeen Charged and Twelve Arrested in Joint Enforcement Operation in Carlsbad, New Mexico

August 01, 2023
… and other court records, in February of 2022, agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Pecos … and 50 grams and more of methamphetamine, smuggling goods from the United States and conspiracy thereto; attempt to … four kilograms of fentanyl, 31 firearms, and $75,000 from the drug trafficking organization. “This is a violent …
August 01, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

DEA, FBI and SPD operation across Puget Sound Region leads to the arrest of 36 subjects involved in a violent drug trafficking organization

June 07, 2018
… criminal groups operating throughout the Puget Sound Region from pushing dangerous drugs onto our communities’ most … face a variety of drug and gun charges. The penalties range from five years in prison to a maximum of life in prison … searches and arrests involved agents and officers from: DEA, FBI, ATF, HSI, USMS,  SPD, Auburn Police …
June 07, 2018
GENERAL INFORMATION

New York News 2008

July 15, 2021
… of Mexican Cocaine Cartel Extradited to The United States From Mexico on Narcotics Trafficking Charges September 4, … Heroin Importation Ring Extradited to United States from Colombia August 27, 2008 Nine Arrested for Violation of …
July 15, 2021