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Email FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 FY 2023 January 2023 | December 2022 | November 2022 | October 2022 January 2023 Three More Indicted in Drug-trafficking Conspiracy Thursday, January 26, 2023 - Western District of Missouri Two Leaders Of Violent Drug Cartel Sentenced To Life And 50 Years In Prison Thursday, January 26, 2023 - Southern District of New York Seventh Defendant Pleads Guilty in Large-Scale Sacramento Cocaine and Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy Thursday, January 26, 2023 - Eastern District of California 60 Southside Locos Gang Members and Associates Convicted For Drug Trafficking Operation Directed From Oklahoma State Prisons Wednesday, January 25, 2023 - Western District of Oklahoma St. Louis Man Gets 235 Month Sentence for Involvement in Drug Ring Wednesday, January 25, 2023 - Southern District of Illinois Former Leader of the Violent "Clan del Golfo" Drug Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty to Engaging in a Continuing Criminal Enterprise and Other Related Charges Wednesday, January 25, 2023 - Eastern District of New York Sixteen Members Of A Washington Heights Narcotics Crew Charged With Narcotics And Firearms Offenses Wednesday, January 25, 2023 - Southern District of New York Four Indicted in Controlled Substance Distribution and Money Laundering Conspiracies Tuesday, January 24, 2023 - District of Massachusetts Armed Drug Dealer Sentenced To Over 10 Years In Federal Prison Monday, January 23, 2023 - Middle District of Florida Former Duquesne Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Heroin for Neighborhood Street Gang Monday, January 23, 2023 - Western District of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Man Brought Distribution-Size Quantities of Heroin to Greater Pittsburgh Area Monday, January 23, 2023 - Western District of Pennsylvania Jefferson County Woman Pleads Guilty in Return to Sender Drug Trafficking Investigation Friday, January 20, 2023 - Western District of Pennsylvania Two Defendants Sentenced to Prison Resulting from Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force Investigation in Middle Georgia Friday, January 20, 2023 - Middle District of Georgia Dallas Man Convicted of Federal Drug Trafficking Violations in Eastern District of Texas Friday, January 20, 2023 - Eastern District of Texas Three Prison Inmates Found Guilty of Murder for Beating Fellow Prisoner to Death at Victorville Federal Prison Thursday, January 19, 2023 - Central District of California Southwest Baltimore “NFL” Gang Member Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison for a Racketeering Conspiracy, Including Committing a Murder Thursday, January 19, 2023 - District of Maryland Lowell Man Pleads Guilty in Cocaine Conspiracy Tied to Colombian Organized Crime Wednesday, January 18, 2023 - District of Massachusetts MS-13 Gang Member Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison After Being Convicted of Racketeering, Including Murders, and Federal Drug Charges Friday, January 13, 2023 - District of Maryland Columbia Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine Friday, January 13, 2023 - Southern District of Mississippi Collin County Man Charged with Distributing Fentanyl in the Eastern District of Texas Thursday, January 12, 2023 - Eastern District of Texas Camden Man Sentenced to 140 Months in Prison for Role as Supervisor in Drug Trafficking Organization Thursday, January 12, 2023 - District of New Jersey Indictment Charges Eight Members of Alleged D.C. Drug Gang With Conspiracy Thursday, January 12, 2023 - District of Columbia Massive drug trafficking investigation leads to largest-ever indictment in Southern District of Georgia Wednesday, January 11, 2023 - Southern District of Georgia Grand Junction Man Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison for Distribution of Fentanyl Resulting in Death Wednesday, January 11, 2023 - District of Colorado Leader of Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced for International Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Wednesday, January 11, 2023 - Office of Public Affairs Tallahassee Man Sentenced To Nearly 20 Years In Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking Offenses Wednesday, January 11, 2023 - Northern District of Florida Oklahoma Inmate Pleads Guilty to Running a Drug Conspiracy Tuesday, January 10, 2023 - Northern District of Oklahoma Renton, Washington, resident sentenced to ten years in prison for drug trafficking while armed with a stolen handgun Tuesday, January 10, 2023 - Western District of Washington Three Plead Guilty in OCDETF Operation: Return to Sender Tuesday, January 10, 2023 - Western District of Pennsylvania Man Sentenced for Integral Role in Sophisticated International Fraud Scheme Monday, January 9, 2023 - Office of Public Affairs Jamestown Man Faces Mandatory 10 Years In Prison After Pleading Guilty To Drug And Gun Charges Friday, January 6, 2023 - Western District of New York Five Narcotics Traffickers Extradited From Curaçao to Face International Cocaine Distribution and Importation Charges Friday, January 6, 2023 - Eastern District of New York Brooklyn, New York man convicted in cross country marijuana distribution conspiracy Friday, January 6, 2023 - Western District of Washington Massive Lynchburg Narcotics Conspiracy Dismantled, Ringleader Sentenced Friday, January 6, 2023 - Western District of Virginia Dominican Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Heroin and Fentanyl from Dominican Republic Friday, January 6, 2023 - District of Massachusetts Final defendant sentenced in gang-related South Georgia meth-trafficking conspiracy Thursday, January 5, 2023 - Southern District of Georgia Lengthy Prison Sentences For Three Nashville Drug Dealers Thursday, January 5, 2023 - Middle District of Tennessee KC Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Meth Conspiracy, Illegal Firearms Wednesday, January 4, 2023 - Western District of Missouri Canton Man Sentenced to Over 21 Years in Prison for Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine Tuesday, January 3, 2023 - Southern District of Mississippi December 2022 Norwalk Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Offenses Wednesday, December 28, 2022 - District of Connecticut Multi-Agency Investigation Leads to Charges Against 13 Alleged Members of a Tucson-Area Drug Trafficking Organization Friday, December 23, 2022 - District of Arizona Owner of Rockstar Burgers Pleads Guilty to Making Restaurant Available to Drug Traffickers in $1.7 Million Conspiracy Thursday, December 22, 2022 - Western District of Missouri Matriarch of Violent Multimillion-Dollar Honduran Cocaine Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty Thursday, December 22, 2022 - Eastern District of Virginia Two Colombian Nationals Plead Guilty to International Cocaine Distribution Thursday, December 22, 2022 - District of Columbia Leader of Violent Brockton-Based Drug Crew Sentenced to Nearly 20 Years in Prison Wednesday, December 21, 2022 - District of Massachusetts Oklahoma Inmate Sentenced to Serve Three Decades in Federal Prison for Drug Dealing from State Prison Wednesday, December 21, 2022 - Western District of Oklahoma Six sent to prison after traffic stops yield kilos of meth Wednesday, December 21, 2022 - Southern District of Texas Five Additional Defendants Indicted in Firearms Trafficking Conspiracy Involving 500+ Firearms Shipped From Georgia to California and Sold on the Black Market in California Tuesday, December 20, 2022 - Eastern District of California Massachusetts Man Convicted Of Trafficking Four Tons Of Cocaine Hidden Inside Furniture Tuesday, December 20, 2022 - Southern District of New York Member of Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 235 Months in Federal Prison for Drug Offense Tuesday, December 20, 2022 - Middle District of Louisiana New Castle Man Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Cocaine Monday, December 19, 2022 - Western District of Pennsylvania Syracuse Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Drug Trafficking and Firearm Offenses Monday, December 19, 2022 - Northern District of New York Six Alleged Baltimore BGF Gang Members and Associates Indicted for a Federal Racketeering Conspiracy Charge, Including Murder, Murder-For-Hire, Drug Trafficking, Armed Robbery, and Witness Tampering Monday, December 19, 2022 - District of Maryland Three MS-13 Gang Members Convicted of Racketeering Conspiracy Involving a Murder in Maryland Friday, December 16, 2022 - District of Maryland Pittsburgh Man Sentenced to 25 Years for Trafficking Cocaine and Shooting an ATF Special Response Team Member Thursday, December 15, 2022 - Western District of Pennsylvania Nevada Resident Returned To United States From Mexico In Connection With Federal Drug Charges Involving Over 1,000 Pounds Of Methamphetamine Thursday, December 15, 2022 - District of Nevada Goldsboro Methamphetamine Trafficker Sentenced to 106 Months in Prison Thursday, December 15, 2022 - Eastern District of North Carolina Indictment Charges 5 Men with Fentanyl Trafficking Offenses Thursday, December 15, 2022 - District of Connecticut Violent drug trafficker and debt collector sentenced to 11 years in prison Wednesday, December 14, 2022 - Western District of Washington Clearfield Man Sentenced to 120 Months in Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Methamphetamine Wednesday, December 14, 2022 - Western District of Pennsylvania Roseville Man Pleads Guilty to International Drug Trafficking Conspiracy in the United States And Canada Tuesday, December 13, 2022 - Eastern District of California Natchez Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Federal Prison in Connection with Interstate Drug Trafficking Conspiracies Tuesday, December 13, 2022 - Southern District of Mississippi Four York County Men Indicted for Drug Trafficking Offenses Monday, December 12, 2022 - District of South Carolina Leader Of East Bay-Based Fentanyl Trafficking Organization Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison Monday, December 12, 2022 - Northern District of California Last Of Gangster Disciples Sentenced In Racketeering & Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Monday, December 12, 2022 - Middle District of Tennessee McKeesport Man Admits Role in Cocaine and Fentanyl Trafficking Organization Monday, December 12, 2022 - Western District of Pennsylvania Five Aryan Brotherhood Members Charged in Superseding Indictment with Murder in Aid of Racketeering Friday, December 9, 2022 - Eastern District of California Detroit Street Gang Leader Faces Mandatory Life Sentence Following Convictions at Trial for Racketeering and Murder Friday, December 9, 2022 - Eastern District of Michigan Lubbock Man Sentenced to 35 years in Federal Prison for East Texas Drug Trafficking Thursday, December 8, 2022 - Eastern District of Texas High-Ranking Aryan Circle Gang Leader and Member Sentenced on Racketeering-Related Violations Thursday, December 8, 2022 - Office of Public Affairs Utica Man Pleads Guilty to Large Fentanyl Conspiracy and Money Laundering Thursday, December 8, 2022 - Northern District of New York Utica Man Pleads Guilty to Large Fentanyl Conspiracy Thursday, December 8, 2022 - Northern District of New York 35-Year-Old Memphis Man Sentenced to 15 Years Imprisonment Arising out of Gun and Drug Charges Thursday, December 8, 2022 - Western District of Tennessee Leader of Baltimore Eight Tray Gangster Crips Sentenced to More Than 37 Years in Federal Prison for Racketeering and Drug Conspiracy Charges, Including Three Homicides and Three Non-Fatal Shootings Thursday, December 8, 2022 - District of Maryland Members Of Drug Trafficking Conspiracy Plead Guilty To Drug And Gun Charges In Operation “Titan Fall” Wednesday, December 7, 2022 - Middle District of Florida Two defendants appear on indictment connected to $7 million in drugs left on beach near Port Angeles, Washington in April 2021 Wednesday, December 7, 2022 - Western District of Washington Career Offender Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Participation in Significant Warner Robins Meth Trafficking Organization Wednesday, December 7, 2022 - Middle District of Georgia Baltimore Area MS-13 Gang Members Indicted for Racketeering Conspiracy, Including Murders and Attempted Murders Wednesday, December 7, 2022 - District of Maryland Ecuadorian National Sentenced To Over 16 Years For Trafficking Cocaine On The High Seas Monday, December 5, 2022 - Middle District of Florida Methamphetamine, heroin trafficking conspiracy alleged in newly unsealed federal indictment Monday, December 5, 2022 - Southern District of Georgia Federal Grand Jury Indicts 7 Southern Colorado Residents on Drug and Weapon Charges Friday, December 2, 2022 - District of Colorado Jury Finds Penn Hills Man Guilty of Supplying Fentanyl to Hustlas Don’t Sleep Gang Friday, December 2, 2022 - Western District of Pennsylvania Jamaal Parker Sentenced To 290 Months' Imprisonment On Drug Trafficking And Firearm Charges Friday, December 2, 2022 - Eastern District of Tennessee Leader of International Drug Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty to Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy Thursday, December 1, 2022 - Office of Public Affairs November 2022 Jury Convicts Armed Fentanyl Trafficker Of Causing Fatal Overdose Wednesday, November 30, 2022 - Middle District of Florida Eastern District of Texas Announces Multi-Year Investigation into Transnational Cryptocurrency Money Laundering Networks Wednesday, November 30, 2022 - Eastern District of Texas West Georgia Resident Guilty of Distributing 380,000 Fentanyl Doses Sentenced to Prison Tuesday, November 29, 2022 - Middle District of Georgia Kensington Drug Boss Sentenced to Almost Twenty Years in Prison for Supplying Narcotics Advertised with the Label ‘Funeral’ Tuesday, November 29, 2022 - Eastern District of Pennsylvania Eight Trey Gangster Crip Sentenced to 420 Months in Prison for Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Tuesday, November 29, 2022 - Eastern District of North Carolina 13 now in prison in investigation initially targeting Laredo area Mexican Mafia Monday, November 28, 2022 - Southern District of Texas THREE VENEZUELAN NATIONALS SENTENCED IN COCAINE CONSPIRACY CASE Monday, November 28, 2022 - District of Virgin Islands H-2 Cartel Lieutenant Extradited from Mexico to Face Narcotics Trafficking and Firearms Charges Friday, November 25, 2022 - Eastern District of New York Debt collector and drug distributor for cartel connected, violent, drug distribution ring, sentenced to 10 years in prison Wednesday, November 23, 2022 - Western District of Washington Four Defendants Arrested, Charged With Selling Drugs And Guns In The Medina, NY, Area Wednesday, November 23, 2022 - Western District of New York Roswell fentanyl dealer and his supplier sentenced to federal prison for causing overdose death Tuesday, November 22, 2022 - Northern District of Georgia Long Island MS-13 Gang Member Sentenced to More Than 27 Years in Prison for Murder of Brentwood Teen and Subsequent Shooting Tuesday, November 22, 2022 - Eastern District of New York Multiple Defendants Sentenced in Major Organized Crime Operation Spanning Multiple States Tuesday, November 22, 2022 - Middle District of North Carolina Jamestown Man Pleads Guilty To Selling Drugs Which Caused Serious Bodily Injury Monday, November 21, 2022 - Western District of New York International Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison for Transporting Thousands of Kilograms of Cocaine to United States Monday, November 21, 2022 - Northern District of Illinois Twelve Defendants Charged in 5 Indictments with Trafficking Fentanyl and Methamphetamine in the Central Valley Monday, November 21, 2022 - Eastern District of California Two Maryland Men Convicted After a Two-Week Trial for Federal Charges Related to an Armed Heroin and Fentanyl Distribution Conspiracy Operating in Washington County Monday, November 21, 2022 - District of Maryland Holyoke Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Conspiracy Monday, November 21, 2022 - District of Massachusetts The Remaining Defendant in a 16-Member Drug Trafficking Organization With Ties to Grape Street Crips Gang Sentenced Friday, November 18, 2022 - Western District of Tennessee Eighteen Charged in Methamphetamine Trafficking Case in Levelland Friday, November 18, 2022 - Northern District of Texas Federal Jury Convicts Louisville Man of Conspiring to Distribute Fentanyl and Heroin, Distributing Fentanyl, Firearms Offenses, and Assaulting a Federal Officer Friday, November 18, 2022 - Western District of Kentucky Two Members and Associates of the 18th Street Gang Sentenced to Prison Terms for Violent Crimes Committed in Aid of Racketeering Thursday, November 17, 2022 - District of Columbia Jury Finds Three Guilty of Trafficking Narcotics Throughout Toledo Area Thursday, November 17, 2022 - Northern District of Ohio Perry Man Sentenced To 30 Years In Federal Prison For Drug-Trafficking Charges Thursday, November 17, 2022 - Northern District of Florida In a Landmark Ruling, Mexican Court Upholds U.S. Forfeiture Order Author… truncated (230,374 more characters in archive)