PRESS RELEASE

Indictments Charge Eighteen With Oxycodone Trafficking

September 26, 2011
… with extortion and/or bribery offenses. This matter stems from “Operation Blue Coast,” an investigation headed by the … possession of a large quantity of oxycodone was traveling from Palm Beach, Fla. to Stamford, Conn. to sell thousands … one year, he had regularly purchased oxycodone from suppliers in Florida, transported the oxycodone to …
September 26, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Southern District Of Texas Investigation And Personnel Win National Award

December 03, 2014
… investigation was Assistant U.S. (AUSA) Mary Lou Castillo from the Laredo Division. Also honored today in a separate award was AUSA Julie Hampton from the Corpus Christi Division. She was selected to … only involved agents with the Laredo DEA, but also agents from DEA offices in Chicago, Dallas, San Antonio, Eagle …
December 03, 2014
DRUG FACT SHEET

Inhalants

February 19, 2025
Inhalant
Inhalants are invisible, volatile substances found in common household products that produce chemical vapors that are inhaled to induce psychoactive or mind-altering effects.
February 19, 2025
STORY

Overdose Death Investigations Challenge DEA Agents to Bring Justice

February 08, 2023
… collected during a warrant search of a residence. Deaths from illicit drugs, especially fentanyl, are at historic … DEA Administrator Anne Milgram. “Fentanyl is everywhere. From large metropolitan areas to rural America, no community …
February 08, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

TSA And Law Enforcement Officers In Nevadaand Florida Charged In Prescription Drug Ring Narcotics Trafficking Network Results In 20 Arrests

September 13, 2011
… thousands of highly-addictive prescription narcotic pills from Florida to users in Connecticut. Second, we have … crime reduction in the City of Stamford and it is apparent from the results of our many cooperative investigations and … possession of a large quantity of oxycodone was traveling from Palm Beach, Fla. to Stamford, Conn. to sell thousands …
September 13, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Task Force Investigation Results In Federal Drug Charges Against Gang Members And Associates That Operated In The San Gabriel And Antelope Valleys

December 12, 2013
… in which methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin were supplied from Mexico and distributed widely in southern California.  … that facilitated the delivery of pure methamphetamine from Mexico through southwest states and ultimately to local … 60 pounds of methamphetamine, heroin and powder cocaine from sources linked to the drug trafficking organization. …
December 12, 2013
PRESS RELEASE

Top China-Based Global Designer Drug Trafficker Arrested In U.S.

May 28, 2015
… trafficker apprehended to date in the United States. Agents from the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Internal Revenue … March 4, while he was attempting to enter the United States from the People’s Republic of China.  The DEA is working … I controlled substance AB-FUBINACA into the United States from the People’s Republic of China.  The indictment further …
May 28, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Pill mill clinic manager sentenced to nine years in federal prison for illegal opioid distribution

June 10, 2019
… Wellness Clinic on Southeast 122nd Avenue in Portland. From the clinic’s opening until July 2016, DeMille illegally … and DeMille worked together at his clinics in Houston from early 2011 to mid-2014. As early as 2013, DeMille began …
June 10, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Guilty plea for man accused of importing cocaine hidden in Savannah shipment

October 13, 2020
… June 2019 after more than 45 pounds of cocaine were seized from a Savannah shipment has admitted guilt to a federal … today because another drug trafficker has been removed from the streets.”  “Safeguarding the integrity of the vital … The shipment was intercepted in June 2019 by Agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), in …
October 13, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Six Charged In Four Overdose Death Investigations

April 22, 2016
… week on various federal heroin charges.  The charges stem from an ongoing statewide initiative targeting narcotics … The emergency involved an 18-year-old male who had died from an apparent heroin overdose.  Fisher was not present at … to the hospital. The victim has since been removed from life support and died.  Bridgeport Police recovered two …
April 22, 2016
PRESS RELEASE

Sinaloa Cartel Member Sentenced To 22 Years In Federal Prison; Plea Agreements Unsealed For Leaders Of Cartel’s Chicago Cell

November 24, 2014
… and submarines for the Sinaloa Cartel to transport cocaine from Central and South America to Mexico, as well as from Mexico into and throughout the United States. Vasquez … on court supervision for five years after he is released from his 264-month sentence. He must serve at least 85 …
November 24, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Atlanta Man Who Impersonated A DEA Agent Pleads Guilty To Charges Related To Prescription Fraud Scheme

June 27, 2014
… Jason Elledge, who schemed to obtain controlled substances from local pharmacies, has pleaded guilty to impersonating a … by pretending to be a DEA agent, extracted information from the doctors that he then used to avoid detection by law …
June 27, 2014
PRESS RELEASE

Five Indicted In International Narcotics And Kidnapping Conspiracy: Mexican Source Of Supply

April 23, 2015
… arranged for large shipments of narcotics to be transported from Mexico and sold in New York City and elsewhere in the … and his organization obtained sizeable shipments of cocaine from a Mexican supplier, partially on consignment, and sold … unravel when Pagan’s organization failed to collect payment from a customer and therefore did not have enough money to …
April 23, 2015
PRESS RELEASE

Lawrence man sentenced to 45 years in prison for operating major fentanyl trafficking organization

August 27, 2020
… employed numerous individuals to sell fentanyl to customers from various New England states, including New Hampshire. … “Brian” and that most of the organization’s customers came from New Hampshire.  Distributors knew to identify customers … to as “the base” and dispatchers staffed “the base” from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. daily. Dispatchers took orders …
August 27, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

Acting U.S. Attorney announces settlement of civil forfeiture claims against over $50 million laundered through Black Market Peso Exchange

January 12, 2021
… representing approximately $22.5 million previously seized from Sefira and its subsidiaries, and an approximately $6.5 … on future investors, and not to accept investment funds from any source other than the actual investor.   In a …
January 12, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Owner of Savannah-Area Clinic Charged for Role in Providing Access to Notorious ‘Pill Mill’ Doctor

February 09, 2021
… been indicted for operating a clinic that provided a base from which a notorious “pill mill” doctor dispensed massive … crisis must attack the full illegal supply pipeline, from street-corner dealers, to white-coated prescribers, to … counts of Health Care Fraud. As noted in the indictment, from approximately January 2017 to September 2017, …
February 09, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

Sophisticated Sinaloa Cartel Money Laundering Organization Dismantled

April 18, 2023
… February of 2021, he forced two victims to withdraw funds from their own accounts to repay a drug debt, under threat … were targeted, resulting in the seizure of $1 million from those accounts plus about $197,430 in bulk cash.   In … Field Office to conduct an operation using information from the investigation which resulted in the seizure of 368 …
April 18, 2023
PRESS RELEASE

Alleged Leader Of Ethnic-Albanian Organized Crime Syndicate Extradited To The U.S. To Face Drug And Money Laundering Charges

November 19, 2012
… known as “the Bear,” “Arty,” and “Nino,” was extradited from Albania to the United States on Friday, November 16, … was arrested in Albania on a provisional warrant issued from the Eastern District of New York. The extradition and … of tens of thousands of kilograms of hydroponic marijuana from Canada and Mexico, substantial quantities of MDMA from …
November 19, 2012
PRESS RELEASE

Former Mexican Secretary of Public Security Genaro Garcia Luna charged with engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise

July 30, 2020
… Garcia Luna also received millions of dollars in bribes from "El Chapo's" Sinaloa Cartel BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A … Luna, the former Secretary of Public Security in Mexico from 2006 to 2012, with engaging in a continuing criminal …
July 30, 2020
PRESS RELEASE

“Operation G-60” Dismantles Mexican Drug Trafficking Organization Operating In Metro Atlanta

June 09, 2011
… our communities safer by removing such drug traffickers from the streets.” United States Attorney Sally Quillian … Charge Reginael McDaniel said, “The laundering of proceeds from drug trafficking is not only a local threat, but a …
June 09, 2011
GENERAL INFORMATION

Intelligence

January 19, 2025
… Program has grown significantly since its inception. From only a handful of Intelligence Analysts (I/A) in the … focuses on the current picture of drug trafficking from cultivation to distribution that can be used for …
January 19, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

DEA News: HSBC Holdings Plc. And HSBC Bank USA N.A. Admit To Anti-Money Laundering And Sanctions Violations, Forfeit $1.256 Billion In Deferred Prosecution Agreement

December 11, 2012
… The AML Investigation - According to court documents, from 2006 to 2010, HSBC Bank USA severely understaffed its … monitoring suspicious transactions and activities from HSBC Group Affilliates, particularly HSBC Mexico, one …
December 11, 2012
STORY

DEA Remembers Those We Lost During the Oklahoma City Bombing

April 11, 2025
… putting their own lives and safety in danger to save others from perishing. In the aftermath of the bombing, DEA employees from throughout the region descended on Oklahoma City to … victims of this act of terrorism. DEA sent personnel from the Tulsa, McAlester, Dallas, Tyler, Lubbock, St. …
April 11, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Leader Of Zapata Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering Organization Convicted

December 08, 2011
… organization operating out of the Zapata, Texas, area from approximately June 2006 through June 2011 has pleaded … marijuana and methamphetamine and laundering proceeds from drug sales. At his plea hearing a short time ago, … for transporting numerous loads of controlled substances from the Zapata area to other parts of Texas and beyond. …
December 08, 2011
PRESS RELEASE

Western New York to Puerto Rico drug trafficking network dismantled

May 17, 2019
… area. The conspiracy received bulk quantities of cocaine from suppliers in Puerto Rico via the United States Postal … a suspicious postal parcel being mailed by Lavon Parks from a post office in San Juan to an address in Niagara … who was driving, was questioned outside the vehicle away from the passengers. He stated that he was heading back to …
May 17, 2019
PRESS RELEASE

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera Faces Charges In New York For Leading A Continuing Criminal Enterprise And Other Drug-Related Charges

January 20, 2017
… New York, following his extradition to the United States from Mexico, alleging that he was operating a continuing … and money laundering relating to the bulk smuggling from the United States to Mexico of more than $14 billion in …
January 20, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

“Operation SLO Ride” Dismantles Major Drug Trafficking Organization in Tulare County

March 14, 2024
… “Dedicated law enforcement officers built this case from the ground up, using old fashion police work, following … Attorney Talbert. "The targets of this operation ranged from dealers to the Mexican source of supply. We will work … in Tulare County and elsewhere. He is currently a fugitive from justice. Alfonso Ortiz, 37, of Tulare, is alleged to be …
March 14, 2024
PRESS RELEASE

Nassau Doctor Charged with Five Counts of Murder for Depraved Prescription Abuse

March 04, 2021
… sends a strong message to any doctor seeking to profit from vulnerable patients’ addiction: we will hold you … directly held accountable for their actions as they profit from individuals that are suffering from addiction.  I congratulate the investigators of the …
March 04, 2021
PRESS RELEASE

2 Mobile Doctors Get Long Sentences For Running “Pill Mills”

May 26, 2017
… illegal workers comp kickbacks, receiving illegal kickbacks from Insys Therapeutics, more no052617_fig1.jpg … they caused. These sentences will protect the community from these convicted felons and hopefully deter other …
May 26, 2017
PRESS RELEASE

Four Defendants Arrested on Charges They Conspired to Illegally Obtain and Distribute Oxycodone Out of a Pharmacy in Warren County

February 24, 2021
… pills – known as “blues” – were illegally diverted from the pharmacy through the criminal scheme.  The … 9 and yesterday, February 23.   The charges resulted from an investigation by the Division of Criminal Justice … in analyzing prescription records, including data from the New Jersey Prescription Monitoring Program …
February 24, 2021