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TOP STORIES 2013

MAY 16	U.K. Defendant Sentenced for Illegal Chemical Distribution via Internet
MAY 16	DEA Makes Three More “Fake Pot” Drugs Temporarily Illegal Today
MAY 14	Gulf Cartel Plaza Boss Heads to Prison for Life
MAY 07	Treasury Designates Sinaloa Cartel Plaza Bosses
APR 26	Colombian Drug Trafficker Indicted and Extradited on Drug Trafficking Charges
APR 26	13 Correctional Officers among 25 Alleged BGF Gang Members and Associates Indicted on Federal Racketeering Charges
APR 25	DEA Hopes to Remove a Third of a Million Pounds of Expired Prescription Drugs from Circulation on Its Sixth Take-Back Day April 27
APR 23	DEA Investigations Lead to Treasury 311 Patriot Act Designation Against Hizballah-Backed Financial Institutions
APR 19	Owner and Employees of Indiana Medical Center Charged with Multiple Felony Counts
APR 18	Pierce County Man Who Shot Two Intruders at His Marijuana Grow Indicted for Drug Manufacturing and Illegal Gun Possession
APR 18	Antonio Indjai, Chief of the Guinea-Bissau Armed Forces, Charged with Conspiring to Sell Surface-to-Air Missiles to a Foreign Terrorist Organization and Narco-Terrorism Conspiracy
APR 12	DEA Continues to Act Against Synthetic Drugs
APR 04	DEA Leads Major Narco-Terror Operation
APR 03	CVS to Pay $11 Million to Settle Civil Penalty Claims Involving Violations of Controlled Substances Act
MAR 28	Gramercy Medical Center Pumped More Than $10 Million in Narcotic Pills onto Interstate Black Market
MAR 27	High Ranking Sinaloa Cartel Member Indicted on Various Drug and Money Laundering Charges
MAR 27	Last of Los Zetas Money Launderers Ordered to Prison
MAR 20	Forty-Four Michigan and Ohio Residents Indicted in Scheme to Illegally Divert and Distribute Rx Drugs along “US-23 Pipeline”
MAR 15	Wide Ranging Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Dismantled
MAR 06	Drug Kingpin and Eight Others Indicted for Smuggling Millions of Dollars in Heroin from Colombia to New York City
MAR 05	83 Individuals Indicted for Drug Trafficking in the Municipality of San Juan
FEB 28	DEA and LAPD Conduct Massive West Coast OxyContin Sweep
FEB 27	Doctor Pleads Guilty in White Plains Federal Court To Illegal Distribution of Oxycodone
FEB 26	High Ranking Gulf Cartel Member Convicted in Washington for Drug Trafficking
FEB 19	Stockton Marijuana Grow Cultivator Convicted of Narcotics and Firearms Charges
FEB 14	Two Members of Manhattan Trinitarios Gang Sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court for Racketeering and Firearms Offenses
FEB 14	Two Members of Manhattan Trinitarios Gang Sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court for Racketeering and Firearms Offenses
FEB 06	DEA Serves Another Walgreens Pharmacy an Order to Show Cause
FEB 01	High-Ranking Member of Mexican “Los Zetas” Cartel Pleads Guilty to Drug Conspiracy Charges
JAN 29	Couple Handed Lengthy Sentences in International Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy
JAN 22	San Diego Man is Sentenced to 100 Months for Running Marijuana Dispensary and Money Laundering
JAN 15	Leader of Azusa Street Gang Involved in Drug Trafficking and Hate Crimes Sentenced to Nearly 20 Year
JAN 11	Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges against 16 Alleged Members of Bronx Armed Robbery Crew That Impersonated Police Officers
JAN 10	Richard Ammar Chichakli Arrested on Money Laundering, Wire Fraud, and Conspiracy Charges
JAN 09	International Narcotics Trafficker Sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court to 280 Months in Prison
JAN 07	Sales of Synthetic “Spice” and “Bath Salts” Permanently Banned in Yavapai County