The US Department of the Treasury’s (“Treasury”) Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced on May 30 that it...
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TX: Mexico says renewed Texas truck inspections at border delaying freight shipments
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertMexico’s position is that drugs and migrant smuggling is an issue for federal law enforcement, not states. The Mexican...
The production of fentanyl and methamphetamine requires key ingredients known as precursor chemicals. Because of their illicit uses, these...
Our nation is suffering death by a hundred thousand cuts in the form of drug poisoning deaths every year,...
NY: Approximately 300,000 Fentanyl Pills and Five Kilograms of Powdered Fentanyl Recovered from Vehicle’s Gas Tank
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press ReleasesThe fentanyl was discovered inside the gas tank of the vehicle, and carries an estimated street value of approximately...
US: Homeland Security to explore using AI to detect fentanyl shipments
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertDHS imagines using AI to more efficiently conduct cargo screenings Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Friday announced the...
US: Justice Department Announces Charges Against Sinaloa Cartel’s Global Operation
Lisa McElhaney / / / Press Releases“Chapitos” Charged in Department’s Latest Actions to Disrupt Flow of Illegal Fentanyl and Other Dangerous Drugs The Justice Department...
TX: HSI agents seize counterfeit, smuggled Mexican medicines at El Paso swap meet, shops
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertShould you buy medication at a swap meet? Probably not. Agents with Homeland Security Investigations seized more than 10,600...
TX: “Suicide Squad” sentenced for trafficking drugs worth over $1.6M following HSI McAllen
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertU.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani announced that three people have been sent to prison for conspiracy to import heroin...
US: Tracking fentanyl’s deadly path from China to Mexico to ODs in America
Lisa McElhaney / / / News AlertFentanyl and other synthetic opiates were responsible for more than 71,000 fatal overdoses in the United States during 2021,...