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Defendants Sentenced in International
Ecstasy Ring Code-Named "Operation Candybox"
Conspiracy Reached from Canada to Atlanta to Vietnam

OCT 27 -- Atlanta, GA - Members of an international ecstasy trafficking and money laundering cartel were sentenced this week by Chief United States District Judge Julie E. Carnes. The majority of these defendants will serve time in federal prison for their roles in smuggling hundreds of thousands of tablets of ecstasy (usually laced with methamphetamine) into the United States from Canada, distributing the ecstasy in Atlanta and other major U.S. cities, and utilizing money remitting companies to launder the drug proceeds back to Canada through Vietnam. >> Full Story

OCT 30, 2009	Memphis Doctor Arrested and Charged with Illegally Writing Prescriptions
OCT 27, 2009	Thirteen Defendants Indicted for Cocaine Conspiracy
OCT 27, 2009	Mexican Drug Traffickers Arrested Here as Part of Nationwide "Project Coronado" Takedown
OCT 23, 2009	Fourteen Indicted in S.C. as Part of National Drug Smuggling Case
OCT 23, 2009	Thirty-Eight Defendants Arrested as Part of Massive Assault Against La Familia Michoacana Operatives

Special Agent in Charge Rodney G. Benson


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