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Three Schaumburg Police Officers Accused Of Operating Drug Ring In Cook And DuPage Counties

January 17, 2013
WHEATON, Ill. - DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Jack Riley announced today that charges have been filed against three Schaumburg police officers accused of operating a drug ring in Cook and DuPage Counties. Matthew Hudak...
January 17, 2013
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Richard Ammar Chichakli Arrested On Money Laundering, Wire Fraud, And Conspiracy Charges

January 10, 2013
WASHINGTON - U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Administrator Michele Leonhart and Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, announced that Richard Ammar Chichakli, an associate of convicted international arms dealer, Viktor Bout, was arrested yesterday in Australia for, among other things, allegedly conspiring with Bout and others to violate the International Emergency Economic...
January 10, 2013
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Doctor And Wife Guilty Of Tax Evasion; Millions Of Amphetamine Based Pills Illegally Dispensed At Area Weight Loss Clinics

January 08, 2013
(HAMMOND, Ind - .) - A physician who owned weight loss clinics in northwest Indiana and south suburban Chicago pleaded guilty to illegally dispensing millions of pills containing amphetamine-based controlled substances to patients, and he and his wife also pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion relating to their operation of...
January 08, 2013
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DEA Publishes Proposed Regulations For Disposing Of Controlled Substance Prescription Drugs

December 26, 2012
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) published its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for the Disposal of Controlled Substances in the Federal Register Dec. 21. The proposed regulations seek to implement the Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010. According to the 2011 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services...
December 26, 2012
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Clinton Man Sentenced To Federal Prison On Cocaine Charge

December 18, 2012
MADISON, Wis. - Jack Riley, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Jose Espinoza, 30, Clinton, Wisconsin was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb, to 78...
December 18, 2012
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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
DEC 11 - (WASHINGTON, D.C.) - - DEA and other federal officials announced today that HSBC Holdings (HSBC Group) - a United Kingdom corporation headquartered in London - and HSBC Bank USA N.A. (HSBC Bank USA) (together, HSBC) - a federally chartered banking corporation headquartered in McLean, Va. - have...
December 11, 2012
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“Project Below The Beltway” Targets Sinaloa And Juarez Cartels And Affiliated Violent Street Gangs Nationwide

December 06, 2012
DEC 06 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Drug Enforcement Administration today announced the results of “Project Below the Beltway”, a two-year series of investigations targeting the Sinaloa and Juarez Cartels and violent street gangs as part of on-going initiative against the cartels and their distribution network in America. The series...
December 06, 2012
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St. Paul Man Sentenced In Large Drug-Trafficking Operation

November 26, 2012
MINNEAPOLIS - On November 26, 2012, a 45-year-old St. Paul man was sentenced in federal court for his role as the leader of an organization that distributed large quantities of cocaine and marijuana in Minnesota, between 2005 and October 2010. United States District Court Judge Donovan W. Frank sentenced Jesus...
November 26, 2012
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Two Waukegan Men Arrested In Connection With The Seizure Of Five Pounds Of Methamphetamine

November 07, 2012
WAUKEGAN, Ill - On Thursday, November 1, 2012, based on information from a reliable source that a large amount of Methamphetamine AKA “crystal meth” was going to be delivered to the Lake County, Illinois area, agents from the Drug Enforcement (DEA) along with the officers from Waukegan Police Department Gang...
November 07, 2012
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Operation Heat Wave

November 06, 2012
MINNEAPOLIS - On Thursday, November 1, 2012, the Drug Enforcement (DEA), along with the Rochester Police Department, Olmsted County Sheriff’s office, South Eastern Minnesota Narcotics Task (SEMNTF), and the United States Marshals Services, executed numerous arrest warrants as part of Operation Heat Wave, a collaborative investigation into the distribution of...
November 06, 2012
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