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News Releases - 2009

 OCT 29, 2009 DEA Remembers Its Fallen Heroes
 OCT 27, 2009 DEA Identifies Special Agent Casualties
 OCT 22, 2009 DEA Announces Largest Single U.S. Strike Against Mexican Drug Cartels
 OCT 22, 2009 DEA Statement on New Department of Justice Marijuana Guidelines
 OCT 21, 2009 AZ: DEA Kicks-Off Red Ribbon Campaign
 OCT 20, 2009 DEA Kicks-Off Red Ribbon Campaign
 OCT 15, 2009 Steroid Manufacturing Ring Busted
 OCT 06, 2009 Three Charged in Massive Heroin Distribution Case
 OCT 06, 2009 Georgetown Man Admits to Shooting Men He Believed Were Federal Informants
 OCT 02, 2009 65 Members of the Angel Ayala Vazquez Drug Trafficking Organization Indicted
 OCT 01, 2009 Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Attorney, and Other Federal and Local Officials Unveil New OCDETF Strike Force Site, Highlight Successes of Phoenix Operation
 SEP 29, 2009 DEA Official Testifies to U.S. Senate on Steroids and Health Supplements
 SEP 29, 2009 Colombian Narcotics Trafficker Planning Airdrop of Cocaine Arrives in New York from Dominican Republic
 SEP 28, 2009 Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges Members and Associates of Colombian Guerilla Front with Terrorism and Hostage-Taking of U.S. Citizen
 SEP 24, 2009 Multi-Stakeholder Initiative Reduces Methadone- Associated Deaths
 SEP 22, 2009 DEA, Partners Attack Notorious L.A. Avenues Gang
 SEP 22, 2009 DEA Busts Puerto Rico's Top Drug Trafficker
 SEP 10, 2009 Former Owner of Chilean Financial Services Company Sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court for Violating U.S. Anti-Money Laundering Law
 SEP 04, 2009 Drug Enforcement Administration Extradites Danish Woman, First Dane Extradited to the United States
 SEP 03, 2009 Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Extradition of Leader of International Drug-Trafficking and Money Laundering Organization
 AUG 28, 2009 Michael Jackson Death Investigation Update

 AUG 28, 2009

14,500 Marijuana Plants Seized in Pike National Forest Near Deckers
 AUG 20, 2009 Ten Alleged Mexican Drug Cartel Leaders Among 43 Defendants Indicted in Brooklyn and Chicago as Part of Coordinated Strike Against Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations
 AUG 19, 2009 Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges International Arms Trafficker with Narco Terrorism Conspiracy
 AUG 19, 2009 Grand Jury Charges Two Houston Area Doctors with 35 More Counts of Illegally Distribute Narcotics, Medicare/Medicaid Fraud and Money Laundering
 AUG 11, 2009 Leader of Colombian Drug Cartel and Former FBI Top-Ten Fugitive Pleads Guilty to Drug, Murder and Racketeering Charges
 AUG 03, 2009 DEA Announces Arrest of Top La Familia Cartel Member
 JUL 23, 2009 New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Murder of DEA Agent
 JUL 21, 2009 Fifteen Arrested on Drug Charges in St. Louis Area
 JUL 20, 2009 Alleged Mexican Cartel Leaders, Associates Targeted in Newest Effort to Combat Drug Trafficking Organizations
 JUL 17, 2009 Leader of Colombian Narco-Terrorist Group Extradited to United States on Cocaine Importation Charges
 JUL 15, 2009 Attorney General Holder Announces $8.7 Million in Recovery Act Grants to Support Law Enforcement Efforts on the Southwest Border
 JUL 14, 2009 Physician Accused of Multiple Crimes in Massive Prescription Drug Case
 JUL 07, 2009 International Drug Ring Charged
 JUL 06, 2009 $30 Million Worth of Heroin Seized in the Bronx Traffickers Concealed Heroin Bags in "Build-A-Bear" Toys: 12 Arrested
 JUL 02, 2009 Puget Sound Mexican Drug Ring Dismantled
 JUL 01, 2009 Caribbean Corridor Strike Force Seizes Approximately $8.5 Million in Cash, Arrests Four Colombians
 JUN 29, 2009 Alleged Afghan Narcotics Trafficker Ordered Detained Pending Trial on U.S. Drug Charges
 JUN 26, 2009 Five Indicted for Plot to Murder U.S. Agent in Colombia
 JUN 25, 2009 DEA Response to UNODC World Drug Report 2009
 JUN 19, 2009 Large Scale Cocaine Trafficker Found Guilty of Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering
 JUN 18, 2009 ICE and DEA Strengthen Partnership to Fight Drug Trafficking
 JUN 12, 2009 Five Arrested in Plot to Murder U.S. Federal Agent in Colombia
 JUN 03, 2009 Southern California Doctor Pleads Guilty to Steroid Distribution, HGH Importation, and Money Laundering
 MAY 28, 2009 73 Arrested in Texas Steroid Bust
 MAY 21, 2009 Massive Racketeering Case Targets Gang that Controlled Criminal Activity in Los Angeles Area Community
 MAY 20, 2009 Prescription Opioid-related Deaths Increased 114 Percent from 2001 to 2005, Treatment Admissions Up 74 Percent in Similar Period; YOung Adults Hardest Hit
 MAY 19, 2009 NYPD Officer Arrested in Plot to Rob Manhattan Apartment to Obtain Hidden Drug Money
 MAY 18, 2009 National Assessment Finds Deaths and Treatment Admissions Involving Controlled Prescription Medications Increasing
 MAY 15, 2009 Seattle Nurse Pleads Guilty to Unlawful Theft and Diversion of Controlled Substances
 MAY 8, 2009 30 Arrested in Joint Operation in Puerto Rico
 MAY 8, 2009 Doctor Guilty of Federal Drug Trafficking Charges for Writing Oxycodone Prescriptions for Cash
 MAY 5, 2009 Drug-Dealing Victim of Hostage-Taking Sentenced to Nearly 4 Years in Prison
 MAY 4, 2009 Ohio Pharmaceutical Wholesaler Agrees to Pay $500,000 in Civil Settlement for Supplying Internet Pharmacies
 APR 30, 2009 Top Taliban Associate and Former Mujahideen Warlord Sentenced to Life in Prison on Heroin Trafficking Charges
 APR 28, 2009 Employees of Self Proclaimed "Prince of Pot" Plead Guilty
 APR 27, 2009 Two Former Glasgow Police Dept. Majors Plead Guilty
 APR 22, 2009 United States Announces Historic Transfer of Defendants from Sierra Leone to Face Cocaine Importation Charges
 APR 16, 2009 24 Individuals Associated with the "Black Guerilla Family" Gang Indicted on Federal Drug and Gun Charges
 APR 16, 2009 Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty to Murder of Member of Mexican Cocaine Trafficking Organization
 APR 13, 2009 New Rules Governing Internet Pharmacies Go Into Effect TODAY
 APR 09, 2009 DEA Task Force Targets Lancaster Street Gang
 APR 01, 2009 Cocaine To Go - Bronx Pizza Parlor Delivers Narcotics
 MAR 27, 2009 Operation Shop-A-Doc Nets 17 Arrests in New Orleans
 MAR 24, 2009 Department of Justice Announces Resources for Fight Against Mexican Drug Cartels
 MAR 23 2009 Kidnappers of Drug Dealer Plead Guilty
 MAR 19, 2009 U.S. Announces Indictment of Heads of Colombia's D.M.G. Group for Money Laundering
 MAR 18, 2009 Associate of International Arms Dealer Monzer Al Kassar Found Guilty of Terrorism Offenses
 MAR 18, 2009 Two Mexican Nationals Plead Guilty to Cocaine Conspiracy
 MAR 13, 2009 Charges Filed in Anna Nicole Smith Case
 MAR 5, 2009 Colombian Paramilitary Leader Extradited to The United States to Face U.S. Drug Charges
 MAR 04, 2009 New York Correction Officer Arrested; Agreed to Transport 15 Kilograms of Cocaine
 FEB 25, 2009 Hundreds of Alleged Sinaloa Cartel Members and Associates Arrested in Nationwide Takedown of Mexican Drug Traffickers
 FEB 25, 2009 International Arms Trafficker Monzer Al Kassar and Associate Sentenced on Terrorism Charges
 FEB 20, 2009 New Rochelle Man Charged with Possession of Steroids and Assault on Federal Authorities
 FEB 11, 2009 DEA Launches New Educational Website for Parents
 FEB 05, 2009 Two Assistant Police Chiefs in Kentucky Arrested on Prescription Drug Charges
 FEB 03, 2009 Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. Upon Being Sworn in by Vice President Joe Biden
 JAN 27, 2009 "DEA" Hits the Streets of New Jersey for Second Season
 JAN 22, 2009 Twelve Indicted in Nationwide Anabolic Steroids Probe
 JAN 12, 2009 Rite Aid Corp and Subsidiaries Agree to Pay $5 Million in Civil Penalties to Resolve Violations in Eight States of the Controlled Substances Act

 

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