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2006 | 2005 | Archives

 SEP 17, 2008 Project Reckoning
 SEP 12, 2008 Black Mafia Family Members Sentenced to 30 Years
 JUL 15, 2008 DEA, FBI Lead Rescue of Hostage in Atlanta Area Drug House
 JUN 25, 2008 Massive Law Enforcement Operation Targets Violent Street Gang in Northeast Los Angeles
 JUN 13, 2008 International Arms Dealer Extradited To United States From Spain On Terrorism Offenses
 JUN 6, 2008 Compromised DEA Investigation Leads to Sentencing of Former Police Officer
 JUN 5, 2008 Alaska Man Gets 30 Years For Importing Ton of Canadian Pot
 MAY 14, 2008 Chattanooga Councilman Among 33 Arrested On Drug Charges
 MAY 6, 2008 Undercover Operation Targets SDSU Campus
 APR 17, 2008 Operation Tienda Hielo Nets 52 Arrests, Seizure of More Than 100 Pounds of Methamphetamine Ice
 MAR 6, 2008 International Arms Dealer Arrested On Terrorism Charges In Bangkok
 FEB 21, 2008 52 Arrested On Drug Charges In Buffalo, NY
 FEB 12, 2008 Guatemala Extradites Colombian Heroin Trafficker
 FEB 8, 2008 Drug Kingpin Convicted Of Running Heroin Organization In The Bronx And Queens
 FEB 5, 2008 Cocaine Kingpin Sentenced to 30 Years on Narcotics and Money Laundering Charges
 FEB 4, 2008 Operation Ivory Triangle Results in Heroin Trafficker's Extradition from Thailand
 DEC 14, 2007 Four Members of International Khat Trafficking Ring Found Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court
 DEC 14, 2007 United States Announces Historic Extradition of Iranian Heroin Trafficker To New York
 DEC 6, 2007 Violent Colombian Drug Kingpin Convicted For Importing Thousands Of Kilograms Of Cocaine Into The United States From Colombia
 NOV 28, 2007 U.S. Arrests Colombian Police Officers And Airline Employees For Facilitating Shipments Of Heroin On Commercial Flights Into New York City
 NOV 6, 2007 Former Leader of Arellano-Felix Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to Life in Prison
 OCT 16, 2007 United States Announces First Extraditions from Romania on Terrorism Charges
 OCT 5, 2007 Heroin Kingpin – First Defendant Ever Extradited From Afghanistan – Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To Over 15 Years In Prison
 SEP 24, 2007 DEA Announces Largest Steroid Enforcement Action in U.S. History
 SEP 18, 2007 Leader and Senior Lieutenant of Arellano-Felix Organization Plead Guilty to Criminal Charges
 AUG 23, 2007 Multi-Agency Operation Results in Over $5 Million in Cash Seizures
 JUL 20, 2007 Leader of Norte Valle Colombian Drug Cartel Extradited To United States
 JUN 8, 2007 DEA Investigation Nets International Arms Dealer With Ties To Terrorist Organizations
 MAY 17, 2007 Treasury Identifies Financial Network of Ismael Zambada Garcia
 MAY 14, 2007 Operation GhostRider Nets 28 Arrests, Gang Targeted
 MAY 11, 2007 United States Announces Arrest of Taliban-Linked Afghan Heroin Trafficker On Charges of Conspiring To Import Millions of Dollars Worth Of Heroin
 MAY 11, 2007 Cali Cartel Front Man Pleads Guilty and Is Sentenced On Money Laundering Charges
 MAY 8, 2007 Multi-Million Dollar International Internet Based Sports Betting and Gambling Enterprise Taken Down
 MAY 4, 2007 Major Drug Trafficker Connected To Black Mafia Family (BMF) Gets Life Sentence

 APR 27, 2007

Two Tijuana Cartel Figures Plead Guilty
 APR 27, 2007 DEA Takes Part In Major Gang Round-Up In Denver
 APR 25, 2007 Operation King & His Court Nets 21 Arrests in NJ
 APR 6, 2007 Ecuadorian National Charged With Attempting To Kill A DEA Agent Extradited To The U.S. From Colombia
 MAR 19, 2007

Operation Royal Flush Nets 24 Arrests in New Jersey

 FEB 22, 2007 Detroit Man Sentenced To 30 Years In Fentanyl-Laced Heroin Deaths
 FEB 15, 2007 Drug Impostor Nabbed
 FEB 2, 2007 Arrests Made In International Drug Distribution Conspiracy
 FEB 1, 2007 Colombian Cocaine Kingpin Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison
 JAN 22, 2007 Extradition of 15 Mexican Criminals
 JAN 17, 2007 Israeli Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty
 JAN 8, 2007 Second Significant Sentence Handed Down in "Operation Director's Cut"

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