Category Archives: Drug Trafficking
What Will the White House’s Crackdown on Fentanyl Look Like?
A synthetic opioid 50 times more powerful than heroin, Fentanyl is responsible for a large proportion of opiate overdose deaths occurring in every segment…
Illegal Police Search Given A Constitutional Pass
The Founding Fathers created the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution specifically to limit the power of the government to seize and search people,…
Doctors Who Overprescribe Drugs May End Up in Federal Prison
Dubbed “just drug dealers” by Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown, two Texas doctors and a nurse were recently convicted on federal drug trafficking…
A New Tactic: Drug Trafficking Charges for Big Pharma
The U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of New York recently took the extraordinary step of going after what is commonly referred to…
How “Wrecked” Are Those Charged in “Operation Wrecking Ball”?
After a 31-month investigation spanning three countries and seven cities, “Operation Wrecking Ball” has yielded a 43-count indictment against 47 suspects in custody to…
Fundamental Unfairness of Federal Sentencing Remains
The federal sentencing scheme is fundamentally unfair. The unfairness is rooted in the fixed mandatory minimums required by law. While the 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse…
Out of Control DEA, Drug Task Forces Disregard the Law
Federal/state drug task forces were established in the United States in the early 1970s. The 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act institutionalized the DEA Task Force…
After 7 Die, Texas Doctor Pleads Guilty to Drug Distribution Charges
An opioid epidemic has spread across the U.S. with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimating that there were more than 72,000 drug…
What’s Facing the 9 Arrested in SA in Drug Trafficking Crackdown?
San Antonio is one of several large cities near the Mexico border experiencing drug trafficking problems due to the prevalence of “drug cartels.” The…
Juror Misconduct is a Hard Ship to Navigate
Raymond Baker was convicted in December 2015 in U.S. district court in the Northern District of New York for conspiracy to distribute drugs. Several…
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