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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Bitcoin Exchangers, Including CEO Of Bitcoin Exchange Company, For Scheme To Sell And Launder Over $1 Million In Bitcoins Related To Silk Road Drug Trafficking

January 27, 2014
… 720-431-8836 Defendants sold Bitcoins to be used to buy and sell illegal drugs anonymously on the Silk Road drug … Road," the underground website that enabled its users to buy and sell illegal drugs anonymously and beyond the reach … form of payment accepted on Silk Road - to users seeking to buy illegal drugs on the site. Upon receiving orders for …
January 27, 2014
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Six arrested after DEA Task Force investigation into fentanyl trafficking ring

April 29, 2020
… of Brooklyn, New York   Pursuant to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), the …
April 29, 2020
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Grand Jury Indicts 14 In L.A.-Based OxyContin Ring

October 13, 2011
… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … and uninsured patients who did not need the powerful painkiller. The OxyContin was obtained from pharmacies, …
October 13, 2011
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Police Chief, Mayor And Village Trustee Of Columbus, New Mexico Indicted In Federal Firearms Trafficking Case

March 10, 2011
… in fact they were acting as “straw purchasers” who were buying the firearms on behalf of others. During the …
March 10, 2011
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DEA St. Louis Division Breaks Fentanyl Seizure Record

November 07, 2022
… leaders. Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, is used for pain management in a medical setting and is 50 times more …
November 07, 2022
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Atlanta drug dealer charged with possessing 170 kilograms of heroin and 36 guns in two metro residences

August 12, 2020
… to fight the devastating effects that illegally-prescribed painkillers, heroin, and synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl …
August 12, 2020
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DEA Releases 2016 National Heroin Threat Assessment Summary

June 27, 2016
… exploiting high consumer demand for illicit prescription painkillers, tranquilizers, and sedatives by producing …
June 27, 2016
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Physician Practicing In Grass Valley And Yuba City Indicted For Illegal Prescription Practice

January 31, 2014
… said: “The misuse of oxycodone and other prescription painkillers is responsible for thousands of deaths every … a licensed physician dispensed these powerful and deadly painkillers without a legitimate medical purpose. The law …
January 31, 2014
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Ten Alleged Members Of Sunland Park Heroin Trafficking Ring Facing Federal Narcotics Trafficking Charges

July 14, 2016
… from the dangers associated with heroin and opioid painkillers and reducing the number of opioid-related deaths …
July 14, 2016
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O.C. Psychiatrist arrested on federal charges alleging illegal prescriptions for opioids without medical need

July 02, 2018
… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … by Perez included oxycodone and hydrocodone (both opioid pain medications), amphetamine salts (sold primarily under …
July 02, 2018
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Justice Department, DEA propose significant opioid manufacturing reduction in 2019

August 16, 2018
… in the prescribing of opioid medications for chronic pain. DEA and its federal partners have increased efforts in …
August 16, 2018
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Las Vegas Physician Charged With Unlawfully Prescribing Large Quantities Of Oxycodone

December 13, 2013
… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … of Las Vegas, and represents himself to be a specialist in pain management.  It is alleged that beginning at a date …
December 13, 2013
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Las Vegas Doctor Sentenced To 46 Months In Prison For Writing Unlawful Oxycodone Prescriptions

October 16, 2014
… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … guilty plea agreement, he represents himself to be a pain management specialist and is the only physician working …
October 16, 2014
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Three Arrested In Connection With Pharmacy Forgery Ring

October 20, 2016
… the defendants obtained thousands of pills of narcotic pain medication, such as oxycodone, using the forged … a pharmacy questioned the prescription, they would call or email the contact information on the prescription or the …
October 20, 2016
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DEA Hosts the 29th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday, October 25th

October 22, 2025
… are among the most frequently misused prescription pain medications.  For more information or to find a …
October 22, 2025
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Three More Lows Gang Members Charged with RICO Conspiracy and Murder

August 27, 2025
… was financed, uncovering the cash flow that allowed them to buy weapons, traffic drugs, and sow fear in Minneapolis …
August 27, 2025
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DEA Washington Division Calls on the Community to Have Important Conversations on Dangers of Drugs and Fake Pills in Back-To-School Routines

August 22, 2024
… fake pills so closely resemble legitimate prescription meds that it is almost impossible to tell the difference …
August 22, 2024
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Mexican National Who Supervised a Drug Trafficking Organization Operating in Orville, Washington, Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison

February 19, 2025
… law enforcement conducted a series of controlled drug buys from Medrano and others selling drugs on his behalf. On … “Drug traffickers like Mr. Medrano profit from the pain they cause selling poison to our neighbors,” said David …
February 19, 2025
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Louisiana Man Sentenced to 25 years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking and Firearms Violations

December 09, 2025
… of cash.  Powell told law enforcement he was planning to buy a vehicle with the money.  A large, concealed …
December 09, 2025
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Federal grand jury charges three men for distributing fentanyl-laced pills that caused death of rapper Mac Miller

October 02, 2019
… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … law enforcement is using informants and undercover to buy them on the street do they can start putting ppl in …
October 02, 2019
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Mexican Toy Dealer Pleads Guilty In Drug Money Laundering Case

August 01, 2012
… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … in Colombia and Mexico would contact currency brokers to buy discounted U.S. dollars, which they would use to …
August 01, 2012
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SoCal Toy Company Pleads Guilty In Money Laundering Conspiracy

September 28, 2012
… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … and Mexican pesos would contact currency brokers to buy discounted U.S. dollars, which they used to purchase …
September 28, 2012
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Big Island Marijuana “Ministry” Operator Pleads Guilty To Drug And Tax Offenses

September 27, 2013
… and you want law enforcement assistance in LA.? Please email:   LAFD-DrugCausedDeaths@dea.gov   Brian M. Clark … stating “it’s retail”, and “normal retail, you know, we buy it, you know, at forty-five hundred, five grand a pound, …
September 27, 2013
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Two Extradited, Charged With Weapons Support To Hizballah One Defendant Allegedly Agreed To Acquire $9.5 Million Worth Of Surface-to-Air Missiles And Other Weapons For Hizballah

November 18, 2011
… organization. Aksu is also charged with agreeing to buy a deadly laundry list of weapons on behalf of an … of Hizballah. In those meetings, and in telephone calls and email messages, Aksu and Wehbe discussed the purchase of …
November 18, 2011
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Doctor and Office Manager Indicted in Scheme to Defraud Medicare, Manufacture and Distribute Fentanyl

December 16, 2022
… Divsersion.SAN@dea.gov SAN DIEGO - Dr. David J. Smith, a pain management physician, and his office manager, Julia Ann … in the installation and maintenance of intrathecal pain pumps which are surgically placed in a patient’s …
December 16, 2022
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Two "Pill Mill" Owners Convicted

March 27, 2014
… laundering charges for owning and operating a “pill mill” pain clinic which served as a front for the mass distribution of addictive pain killers.  Votrobek had previously been acquitted in … of similar charges stemming from his ownership of a Florida pain clinic. Harry S. Sommers, Special Agent in Charge of …
March 27, 2014
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Two ‘Pill Mill’ Owners Sentenced

June 23, 2014
… laundering charges for owning and operating a ‘pill mill’ pain clinic which served as a front for the mass distribution of addictive pain killers.  Harry S. Sommers, the Special Agent in Charge …
June 23, 2014
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DEA working hard to tackle rising drug threat in Johnson City area

April 08, 2019
… were from synthetic opioids, which include prescription painkillers, heroin, fentanyl and fentanyl analogues. Pill …
April 08, 2019
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Georgia Opioid Abuse Prevention Public Service Announcement Released

June 28, 2018
… to fight the devastating effects that illegally-prescribed painkillers, heroin, and synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl …
June 28, 2018
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Georgia Opioid Abuse Prevention Public Service Announcement Released

June 28, 2018
… to fight the devastating effects that illegally-prescribed painkillers, heroin, and synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl …
June 28, 2018