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Two former Venezuelan officials charged and two businessmen plead guilty in connection with Venezuela bribery scheme

… their benefit. The indictment further alleges that the unlawful activity was a bribery scheme that violated the FCPA … until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. On June 24, 2019, Jesus Ramon Veroes, 69, of Venezuela, …
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Heroin Trafficker Who Fled Controlled Delivery sentenced to 14 Years

… the delivery, the defendant became nervous and fled from law enforcement at a high rate of speed. Later, he delivered …
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Indiana Man Sentenced to 90 Months for Cocaine Distribution

… and Explosives, with the assistance of multiple local law enforcement agencies, including the Indiana State …
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Armed Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

… guilty to this charge on Aug.31, 2021. In August 2020, law enforcement agents received information that Cole was a …
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Wisconsin Man Sentenced to 70 Months for Trafficking Methamphetamine

… by four years of supervised release. On Nov. 3, 2020, law enforcement agents arranged for a confidential informant …
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Chicago Drug Trafficking Leader Sentenced to 20 Years

… the 3700 block of West Grenshaw Street in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood. Collins obtained significant profits … of multiple kilograms of heroin.  During the investigation, law enforcement conducted a court-authorized search of his …
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Iranian National Arrested

… Milgram.  “For decades, DEA’s partnerships with our law enforcement partners around the world have been the key …
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Drug Trafficker Sentenced for Meth and Cocaine Conspiracy

… of the smuggling event after he had met with law enforcement and discussed the seizure. Castanon has been …
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Fort Myers Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Eleven Years in Federal Prison

… unit alerted to the presence of drugs in the vehicle, law enforcement conducted a search of the vehicle and …
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Jacksonville heroin dealer sentenced to five years in federal prison

… Hicks was subject to enhanced penalties under federal law.  This case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement …
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Three men sentenced to federal prison for smuggling nearly $200 million of cocaine on board a semi-submersible submarine

… of Tumaco, Colombia, in international waters. USCG law enforcement officers boarded the semi-submersible …
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St. Petersburg man sentenced to over twelve years in prison for selling cocaine

… 28, 2019. According to court documents, an undercover law enforcement officer met with Heatly, at which time …
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St. Petersburg cocaine trafficker sentenced to more than 9 years’ imprisonment

… on September 26, 2019.  According to court documents, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at a …
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Nassau County man who traded methamphetamine for guns sentenced to 10 years in federal prison

… search warrants at Carroll’s home, state and federal law enforcement officers seized methamphetamine, assorted …
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Nassau County man who traded methamphetamine for guns sentenced to 10 years in federal prison

… search warrants at Carroll’s home, state and federal law enforcement officers seized methamphetamine, assorted …
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Five Walton County residents face drug trafficking charges

… Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office, the …
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Mexican national and leader of Georgia-based drug trafficking organization sentenced to 17 years in prison for distributing large amounts of methamphetamine in Central Florida

… United States in 2014 and again in 2015. On Sept. 13, 2018, law enforcement officers arrested Flores-Jimenez and charged …
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Orlando pharmacy agrees to pay more than $100,000

… country by pursuing pharmacies that fail to comply with the law. Our nation’s pharmacies must play a major role in the …
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Dallas-based methamphetamine trafficker sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine in Pasco County, Fla.

… During the execution of the warrant on Sept. 19, 2018, law enforcement officers seized almost 4.5 kilograms of …
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Leader of opioid distribution ring sentenced

… May 2017 and September 2018. During the investigation, law enforcement officers made more than a dozen undercover …
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Laredo Residents Admit to Weapons Violations

… Hector Fernando Rodriguez-Neri, 20, is a Mexican citizen unlawfully in the United States. Gaona, 26, is a convicted … from possessing a firearm or ammunition per federal law.   However, on March 31, Rodriguez-Neri and Gaona were …
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Woman Sentenced for Smuggling over Five Kilograms of Meth

… at the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge in Laredo. Upon her arrival, a law enforcement query resulted in the discovery that she …
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Foreign National Found Guilty of Smuggling Meth

… juice boxes and meat contained in coolers from Mexico. Law enforcement inspected the items and noticed that, when …
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DEA undercover operation leads to guilty plea

… of cocaine from Paternostro.  On November 16, 2017, law enforcement officers surveilled the defendant’s vehicle …
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Man gets 10 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute over 140 kilograms of heroin and cocaine

… arrived in New Jersey and was pulled over by law enforcement after the driver committed several traffic …
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Man charged with manufacturing counterfeit Adderall pills containing methamphetamine

… the combined expertise of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. On …
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Search warrants led to stash of guns and drugs

… or are found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. On …
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Federal Jury Finds Brevard County Doctor Guilty of Illegal Distribution of Oxycodone

… Orlando District Office, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the Melbourne Police Department, and the …
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Eau Claire man sentenced to seven years in federal prison for possessing methamphetamine for sale

… Peterson nonetheless saw the potential for Small to be law abiding, if he could address his substance abuse and …
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Grant County man sentenced to 78 months for possession of methamphetamine and firearms

… approach involves collaboration by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, prosecutors and communities to …