| DEC 26 |
DEA Publishes Proposed Regulations for Disposing of Controlled Substance Prescription Drugs |
| DEC 21 |
DEA’s New York Drug Enforcement Task Force and NJSP Search of Quiet Neighborhood Home Uncovers Heroin Mill and $6 Million of Heroin |
| DEC 17 |
DEA Announces Results of Operation Knight Stalker |
| DEC 11 |
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 |
| DEC 07 |
Burien Woman Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Role in Drug And Money Laundering Conspiracies |
| DEC 06 |
“Project Below the Beltway” Targets Sinaloa and Juarez Cartels and Affiliated Violent Street Gangs Nationwide |
| DEC 03 |
More than 0570 Pounds of Crystal Methamphetamine Seized |
| NOV 28 |
Results of Violent Crime Reduction Partnership Announced |
| NOV 27 |
DEA Serves Order to Show Cause to Three Walgreens Pharmacies |
| NOV 20 |
Alleged Leader of Ethnic-Albanian Organized Crime Syndicate Extradited to the U.S. to Face Drug and Money Laundering Charges |
| NOV 20 |
Canadian Trucker Convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute Marijuana |
| NOV 14 |
Former El Paso County Commissioner Willie Gandara, Jr. Sentenced to Federal Prison |
| NOV 09 |
Whatcom County Resident Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Smuggle Massive Cocaine Shipment to Canada |
| NOV 06 |
Leader
of Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced
to 10 Years in Prison |
| NOV 02 |
DEA
Drug Task Force, Providence Police Investigation
Results in Seizure of Record 19 Kilos
of Heroin |
| NOV 01 |
Verdict
Returned Against Two Remaining Defendants
in Murder-for-Hire and Drug Trafficking
Conspiracy |
| OCT 30 |
Drug Trafficking Co-conspirators Head to Federal Prison |
| OCT 22 |
Mexican Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 040 years in Federal Prison |
| OCT 19 |
U.S. Based Leader of International Drug Smuggling Ring Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison |
| OCT 17 |
Former
Colombian Prosecutor Pleads Guilty to
Role in International Drug Trafficking
Conspiracy |
| OCT 10 |
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Seizure of Over $31 Million in Connection with an International Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Scheme |
| OCT 01 |
Final
Defendant in Rhode Island’s Largest
Cocaine Bust Ever Pleads Guilty in Federal
Court |
| SEP 28 |
SoCal
Toy Company Pleads Guilty in Money Laundering
Conspiracy |
| SEP 25 |
DEA
Holds its Fifth Prescription Drug Take-Back
Day SEP 29 as Public Participation
Continues to Rise |
| SEP 20 |
39 Kilos of Heroin worth over $20 Million Seized in Richmond Hill, Queens |
| SEP 17 |
Accused
Drug Trafficker Arrested in Panama Appears
in Miami Federal Court |
| SEP 14 |
DEA Serves a Suspension Order on Walgreens Distribution Center in Jupiter, Florida |
| SEP 13 |
Former U.S. Army Captain Pleads Guilty to Importing Heroin from Afghanistan into the United States |
| SEP 12 |
DEA
Revokes Two CVS Retailers’ Ability
To Sell Controlled Substances |
| SEP 10 |
McAllen Jury
Convicts Major Brownsville Drug Trafficker |
| SEP 07 |
Four
Sentenced in Cocaine Transport Conspiracy |
| AUG 31 |
Eduardo Arellano-Felix Extradited from Mexico to the United States to Face Charges |
| AUG 23 |
DEA and Mexico Announce Further Steps to Combat Meth Production |
| AUG 21 |
United
States Attorneys Announce Multistate
Operation Targeting Illegal Marijuana
Cultivation on Public Lands |
| AUG 20 |
DEA
News: Feds Announce Seizure of $150 Million
in Connection with Hizballah-related
Money Laundering Scheme |
| AUG 16 |
Operaton Pill Nation Strikes Again with Phase II Takedown |
| AUG 08 |
Alleged
International Narcotics Trafficker Extradited
from Colombia on Cocaine Importation
Charges |
| AUG 03 |
DEA
Administrator Michele Leonhart Awarded
Order of Merit from Dominican Republic
President |
| AUG 01 |
Mexican Toy Dealer Pleads Guilty in Drug Money Laundering Case |
| JUL 26 |
DEA
NEWS: Nationwide Synthetic Drug Takedown |
| JUL 23 |
Attorney General Eric Holder and Philadelphia MAYor Michael Nutter Announce Partnership to Combat Violent Crime |
| JUL 12 |
DEA Probe Leads to Discovery of Cross-Border Drug Tunnel in San Luis, AZ |
| JUL 06 |
DEA
and Tempe Police Announce Results of Operation
Nayarit Stampede |
| JUN 29 |
Barrio Azteca Leader Sentenced to Life in Prison |
| JUN 27 |
Federal Investigation Takes Down New Breed of Pill Mills in Florida |
| JUN 25 |
International
Drug Trafficker Extradited from Czech
Republic to United States |
| JUN 19 |
Congress Agrees to Add 26 Synthetic Drugs to Controlled Substances Act |
| JUN 12 |
Haji Bagcho Sentenced To Life in Prison on Narco-Terrorism, Drug Trafficking Charges |
| JUN 08 |
Jamaican Drug Lord Christopher Michael Coke Sentenced to 23 Years in Prison |
| JUN 06 |
45 Indicted in Major DEA-Led Investigations of Drug Trafficking Operations at San Juan International Airport |
| JUN 04 |
Drug Enforcement Administration Honored By Mexico President Calderon |
| MAY 25 |
1.4 Tons of Cocaine Seized |
| MAY 23 |
Extradited: Armando Villareal, Leader of International Drug Trafficking Cartel |
| MAY 17 |
DEA Investigation of Express Scripts Drug Diversion, Regulatory Violations Leads to $2.75 Million Settlement |
| MAY 15 |
DEA Suspends for Two Years Pharmaceutical Wholesale Distributor’s Ability to Sell Controlled Substances from Lakeland, Florida Facility |
| MAY 11 |
Omnicare in $50 Million Settlement- Largest Controlled Substance Settlement in History |
| MAY 08 |
Four Sinaloa Cartel Figures Targeted Including Sons of “Chapo” Guzman |
| MAY 04 |
Five Charged for Distributing Heroin That Led to Death of 21 Year Old Laurin Putnam |
| MAY 03 |
Fourth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Event Collects Record 276 Tons |
| APR 30 |
DEA Diversion Investigation Leads to $500000 Settlement in Internet Pharmacy Case |
| APR 25 |
TSA Screeners at LAX Arrested on Federal Drug Trafficking, Corruption Charges |
| APR 24 |
RICO Indictments for Sinaloa Cartel Leaders Including “El Chapo” Guzman, “MAYo” Zambada, 22 Others |
| APR 24 |
Arrests in Major Nationwide Drug Trafficking Investigation—Includes Those Associated With“Thizz Entertainment” |
| APR 19 |
Doctors, Owner of Pain Clinics Indicted for Illegal Prescription Drug Distribution |
| APR 16 |
Operation Adam Bomb: Arrest of Creators, Operators of Online Secret Narcotics Marketplace |
| APR 16 |
DEA to Hold Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day APR 28 |
| APR 12 |
Treasury Designates Major Mexican Drug Chemical Traffickers |
| APR 10 |
DEA Announces Treasury Sanctions Against Top Guatemalan Drug Trafficker With Ties to Los Zetas |
| APR 05 |
Juarez Drug Cartel Leader Guilty of Charges Related to U.S. Consulate Murders and Others: Sentenced To More Than 10 Life Terms in Prison |
| APR 05 |
Viktor Bout Sentenced to 25 Years for Terrorist Crimes |
| APR 02 |
Leader of Notorious Tijuana Cartel/Arellano-Felix Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced for Racketeering, Money Laundering |
| MAR 26 |
Drug Conspiracy/Murder-for-Hire Plot Disrupted by DEA Investigation |
| MAR 13 |
Haji Bagcho, One of World’s Largest Heroin Traffickers, Convicted on Drug Trafficking, Narco-Terrorism Charges |
| MAR 12 |
Gulf Cartel Plaza Boss Convicted in Texas |
| MAR 08 |
Mexican, U.S. Women Leading Law Enforcement Efforts Against Transnational Crime |
| MAR 05 |
California Doctor Charged With Murder in Multiple Patient Deaths |
| MAR 02 |
One of the Largest Methamphetamine Seizures in American History |
| FEB 29 |
Chemicals Used in "Spice" and "K2" Type Products Under Federal Control and Regulation for Additional 06 Months |
| FEB 23 |
DEA Joins Chicago MAYor, Police in Major Drug Violence, Gang Reduction Initiative |
| FEB 22 |
Federal Jury Convicts Four Texas-Based Barrio Azteca Gang Members |
| FEB 15 |
Barrio Azteca Gang Leader Sentenced in Texas to Life in Prison |
| FEB 14 |
More Than Four Life Sentences for Dr. Paul Volkman: Illegally Prescribed Drugs Resulting in Four Deaths |
| FEB 10 |
Largest Drug Bust in Colorado History |
| FEB 08 |
DEA Afghanistan Unit Receives Prestigious Joint Chiefs of Staff Award |
| FEB 07 |
Operator of Large Scale Ecstasy Trafficking Ring Sentenced to 22 Years |
| FEB 06 |
DEA Suspends Pharmaceutical Wholesale Distributor and Retailers’ Ability to Sell Controlled Substances |
| FEB 01 |
Twelve Indicted in Huge Detroit Heroin, Cocaine, and Marijuana Conspiracy |
| JAN 24 |
Return of Fugitive Oscar Martinez-Hernandez from Venezuela |
| JAN 20 |
Two More Defendants Sentenced in Florida Pill Mill Operation |
| JAN 04 |
Former Leader of the Arellano-Felix Organization Pleads Guilty |
