The Cornerstone Report: Volume 2, Issue 1

ICE Cracks Massive Drug Trafficking, Money Laundering

(Norfolk, Va.)—A large-scale ICE investigation of drug and money laundering in the U.S. southeast resulted in the dismantling of a massive drug trafficking organization in January—with over 30 arrests in Virginia, Maryland, Texas, Georgia, Kentucky and other states.

The results of “Operation Blowfish,” announced January 26, capped a lengthy investigation into an international trafficking ring that moved marijuana, cocaine, and crack cocaine from Mexico through Texas to the southeastern United States.

In addition to the indictments of 36 people for a wide range of offenses including drug trafficking, money laundering and firearms violations, agents seized $2.3 million in cash and 16 pieces of property.

The investigation was an interagency effort that included ICE, the DEA, the IRS and the Peninsula Narcotics Enforcement Task Force.

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