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National Trivia Day

December 23, 2024
National Trivia Day Think You Know About DEA and your Drug Facts? Join us for #NationalTrivia Day and test your knowledge. Did you know DEA provides valuable resources to help combat drug misuse? From educational materials to community outreach …
December 23, 2024
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Congressional Affairs

September 01, 2026
Congressional Affairs Congressional Affairs This webpage is a comprehensive, easy-to-navigate platform to enhance your understanding of DEA operations and to facilitate an ongoing collaboration with members of Congress and their staffs. 580 Pounds of …
September 01, 2026
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DEA Recognizes National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day

… enhanced last year by the addition of a new, interactive online exhibit, which is accessible at  …
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Five Argentine men charged with illegally operating online pharmacies and importing and distributing oxycodone

… Five Argentine men charged with illegally operating online pharmacies and importing and distributing oxycodone … District of Wisconsin for operating numerous illegal online pharmacies and conspiring to import and distribute … determined to keep the American public safe from illegal on-line ‘pharmacies,’” said Inspector in Charge Craig …
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GUARDS

December 30, 2024
GUARDS GUARDS GUARDS DEA’s Newly Developed GUARDS Method THE PROBLEM: Under current jurisdictional requirements, reporting of laboratory analysis findings varies throughout municipal, county, state, and federal laboratories. This disparity sometimes …
December 30, 2024
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Largest Online Male Escort Service Raided

… Largest Online Male Escort Service Raided August 25, 2015 New York …
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Couple Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute Prescription Drugs Online

… Guilty To Conspiracy To Distribute Prescription Drugs Online January 19, 2011 St. Louis Contact Info Contact Us … indictment, customers usually began by filling out an online “medical history questionnaire” and submitting …
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UPS Agrees To Forfeit $40 Million In Payments From Illicit Online Pharmacies For Shipping Services

… UPS Agrees To Forfeit $40 Million In Payments From Illicit Online Pharmacies For Shipping Services March 29, 2013 San … taken to stop the use of its shipping services by illegal on-line pharmacies.  Good corporate citizens like UPS play …
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DEA Operation Adam Bomb Leads To Major Tax Fraud Investigation By The IRS And Issuance Of Federal “John Doe” Summonses

… House Payments Company (Clearing House); and HSBC Bank USA, National (HSBC USA), to produce information about U.S. taxpayers who may be … entity. As a result of a DEA-Los Angeles investigation of online narcotics trafficking known as OPERATION ADAM BOMB, …
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DEA Issues Letter to E-Commerce Companies on the Sale of Pill Presses Used to Make Fentanyl Pills

… This means that they must collect information on the buyer and seller and provide notice to the DEA of any sale, … and domain registrars about the sale of pill presses online and related regulatory requirements.  In response to … to buy the tools they need, like pill presses and stamps, online,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram.  “E-commerce …
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Second Lows Gang Member Pleads Guilty to RICO Conspiracy

… 2023 and February 2024, he directed the straw purchaser to buy firearms and paid for them, resulting in the purchase of …
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Founder/CEO and Clinical President of Digital Health Company Sentenced for $90 Million Scheme to Distribute over 37 Million Pills of Adderall

… providers and employees who raised concerns that she would buy an expensive luxury car for the “first person to get …
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Massachusetts Man Sentenced to 23 Years in Prison for Drug Distribution Resulting in Death of a Minor and the Sale of Drugs and Machineguns on Telegram App

… From at least 2022 through 2024, Benjamin Hunt operated an online marketplace on the Telegram application through which … “Benjamin Hunt’s decision to sell lethal drugs and guns online is the reason a family lost their child,” said United … drug dealers are no longer just on street corners. They are online preying on our children via phones and computers and …
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Jacksonville, Arkansas Woman Sentenced to 20 Years in Federal Prison for Trafficking Meth

… of methamphetamine to the CS. The DEA conducted controlled buys from Osborn on two separate occasions with Osborn … each time.  On June 5, 2025, DEA planned another controlled buy of over a pound of methamphetamine from Osborn. Through …
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LeFlore County Resident Sentenced To Twenty Years In Federal Prison For Distributing Meth

… a sale for 27.85 grams of methamphetamine in a controlled buy during an undercover investigation by the Oklahoma … a sale for 52.9 grams of methamphetamine in a controlled buy during an undercover investigation by the Drug …
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Step Up. Speak Out. Fight Back

June 27, 2025
Step Up. Speak Out. Fight Back Step Up. Speak Out. Fight Back Step Up. Speak Out. Fight Back DEA Joins NFL Alumni Health On Sports Biggest Stage to Share the Message: One Pill Can Kill, Your Voice Can Save Lives DEA is committed to saving American lives …
June 27, 2025
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Ross Ulbricht, The Creator And Owner Of The “Silk Road” Website, Found Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court On All Counts

… 682-6256 Silk Road was used by more than 100,000 users to buy and sell hundreds of kilograms of illegal drugs and … Silk Road, a hidden website designed to enable its users to buy and sell illegal drugs and other unlawful goods and … a clear message to anyone else attempting to operate an online criminal enterprise.  The supposed anonymity of the …
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Two Chinese nationals charged with operating global opioid and drug manufacturing conspiracy resulting in deaths

… shipping the drugs. The Zheng DTO explained in emails and online that it had “special ways” to “go through customs safely” in “USA, Russia, Europe,” and other locations around the world.  … drugs. In 2015, it advertised that it delivered “to all 50 USA states” and “worldwide to Australia, Europe, Asia and …
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Fentanyl and Meth Dealer Sentenced to More Than 16 Years in Federal Prison

… another operation utilizing the same confidential source to buy one pound of methamphetamine and approximately 56 grams …
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New Jersey Real Estate Investor and Online Influencer Charged with Multimillion-Dollar Investment Fraud Scheme

… New Jersey Real Estate Investor and Online Influencer Charged with Multimillion-Dollar …
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DEA’s Family Summits

February 11, 2025
… a National Family Summit took place in November 2024. Thousands of families have attended these events over the past three years and helped support thousands more with drug awareness, and connections to …
February 11, 2025
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Three Fentanyl Traffickers Sentenced to Federal Prison

… fentanyl and a controlled purchase was set up by the DEA to buy an additional half kilogram of fentanyl. Rosa Cotto … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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10 Arrested in McAlester for Federal Drug Trafficking Charges

… the indictment. A copy of the full indictment can be found online at https://go.usa.gov/xAbth . The federal indictment …
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Operation Warfighter

January 29, 2024
Operation Warfighter DEA Operation Warfighter Program DEA Operation Warfighter Program Are you an active duty wounded, ill, or injured Service Member looking for an internship opportunity? Operation Warfighter (OWF) is a non-paid temporary …
January 29, 2024
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Operation Overdrive in Tampa Leads to Dozens of Arrests and Significant Drug Seizures

… Charge (SAC), and Roger Handberg, United States Attorney (USA) for the Middle District of Florida (MDFL), joined Tampa … community, please submit your anonymous tip through the DEA online Tip Line at Submit a Tip | DEA.gov .  Concerns about …
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Baltimore District Office Presents $300K in Asset Forfeiture Checks to State and City Officials

Baltimore District Office Presents $300K in Asset Forfeiture Checks to State and City Officials October 29, 2007 Washington, DC Contact Info Contact Us (202) 305-8500 (571) 362-1934 WDOPIO@dea.gov Public Information Office (571) 362-1011 …
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FedEx Indicted For Its Role In Distributing Controlled Substances And Prescription Drugs

… filled orders based solely on the completion of an online questionnaire, without a physical examination, … pharmacies run by Vincent Chhabra, including RxNetwork and USA Prescription, in 2000.  When Chhabra was arrested in …
Julio Alberto Castillo Rodriguez
FUGITIVE

Julio Alberto Castillo Rodriguez

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Narcotics Importation
Carlos Andres Rivera Varela
FUGITIVE

Carlos Andres Rivera Varela

Wanted for the following alleged federal violations: Narcotics Importation
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Ross Ulbricht, A/k/a “Dread Pirate Roberts,” Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To Life In Prison

… the “silk road" website, used by more than 100,000 users to buy and sell more than $200 million worth of illegal drugs … Silk Road, a hidden website designed to enable its users to buy and sell illegal drugs and other unlawful goods and …     Ulbricht deliberately operated Silk Road as an online criminal marketplace intended to enable its users to …