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Macau authorities have arrested a 37-year-old Hong Kong woman on suspicion of drug trafficking, seizing cocaine and methamphetamine worth over MOP91,000. The arrest followed intelligence about someone smuggling drugs from Hong Kong to Macau for nightclub patrons. Further investigation led to the discovery of more drugs in the suspect’s rented hotel room with 24.26 grams […]
Elvis Nathaniel Curtis and Other Corrupt Bahamian Officials Led Efforts to Support and Protect Large-Scale Cocaine Shipments Through The Bahamas en Route to the United States Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Anne Milgram, the Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), announced the unsealing of […]
Credit Suisse convicted for failing to stop money laundering UBS took over responsibility of the case and others last year Credit Suisse’s 2022 conviction for failing to prevent the money laundering of a cocaine dealer’s profits was overturned by a Swiss appeals court following the death of one of its former employees who was found guilty in […]
SPRING HILL, Fla. (CBS12) — A man has been accused of trafficking cocaine from his jewelry store in Spring Hill after deputies executed a search warrant at his business. The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) reported that they have been investigating Pedro Martinez, 54, for several months due to suspicions that he was trafficking large amounts […]
TULSA, Okla. — A St. Louis man was sentenced to 10 years in prison following a 2023 traffic stop near Big Cabin that led to authorities finding 15 pounds of cocaine in his vehicle, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Oklahoma Highway Patrol pulled over Terrall Johnson on U.S. Highway 69 near Big Cabin […]
Operation Tornado Alley, a GVRS Investigation Leads to Largest Takedown in Baltimore in Decades Baltimore, Maryland – Today, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland joined the Office of the State’s Attorney for Baltimore City (SAO) — and its Major Investigations Unit — the Mayor’s Office, Baltimore Police Department (BPD), U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration […]
MADISON (WKOW) — A former Madison firefighter charged with several drug crimes entered a plea agreement with prosecutors on Monday. Trevor Wiggins, 48, pleaded guilty to two counts of misdemeanor cocaine possession and one felony count of manufacturing/delivering cocaine, according to court records. The state dropped four other felony drug charges against Wiggins, as part of the […]
A new joint report from Human Rights Watch and the Drug Policy Alliance shows thousands of people are being deported every year for drug offenses that in many cases no longer exist under state laws, harming and separating immigrant families. Punitive federal immigration laws separate families, destabilize communities, and terrorize noncitizens, all while overdose deaths […]