Drug Trafficking

Immigration and Customs Enforcement nabs more than 1,000 gang members in 5-week surge

The growing number of transnational gang members in the U.S is alarming. This is the reason for the...

Mar 29, 2016 12:53 AM EDT

'El Chapo' Brooklyn Trial: U.S. careful not to seek death penalty against Sinaloa cartel leader to secure extradition

Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman may face trial in Brooklyn, New York which has the strongest drug-traffick...

Feb 12, 2016 09:12 PM EST

Former judge Paul Cassell pleads for lessening sentence of felon Weldon Angelos; Issues on criminal justice bill surface

Former judge Paul Cassell wrote a clemency petition letter to have Weldon Angelos’ prison term be ...

Feb 10, 2016 01:03 AM EST

Confusing new legal high laws might be an obstacle to police work, says UK police commissioner

The new British legal highs law that is expected to take effect on April might actually slow down po...

Feb 03, 2016 10:10 AM EST

Accused Silk Road operator convicted on U.S. drug charges

The suspected mastermind behind the underground website Silk Road was convicted on narcotics and oth...

Feb 04, 2015 08:25 PM EST

Mexico not planning to extradite drug kingpin Guzman: official

Mexico is not planning to extradite to the United States captured drug lord Joaquin Guzman because h...

Jan 28, 2015 03:44 AM EST

Inmate beards, Facebook threats on U.S. top court's docket

The U.S. Supreme Court opens on Monday a new term in which the nine justices will decide issues such...

Oct 06, 2014 12:14 AM EDT

Colombia arrests suspected drug trafficker for major Mexico cartel

Colombian authorities have arrested a Costa Rican man accused of trafficking shipments of cocaine to...

Aug 31, 2014 10:19 AM EDT

$10M Oxycodone Ring Busted: New York Doctor Charged with Running Interstate Drug Smuggling Operation

Dr. Hector Castro, a New York City physician was charged with running an interstate smuggling ring t...

Mar 29, 2013 04:20 PM EDT