CHATHAM TOWNSHIP, NJ – The Morris County Prosecutor’s Office announced charges against Nafis H. Wiggins, 25, of Newark, New Jersey, for human trafficking and related crimes. Between August 1 and …
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India probes suspected human trafficking after 276 nationals return home
by Reutersby ReutersBy Sumit Khanna and Rupam Jain AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) – India has launched an investigation into how 303 Indians ended up on a chartered flight that was grounded in France …
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NEW HAVEN, CT — United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Roberts Avery, together with James Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of the ATF Boston Field Division, and …
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Fourteen members of a significant drug trafficking organization were sentenced today, following a comprehensive two-year investigation led by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). U.S. Attorney for the …
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BUFFALO, N.Y. — Augustin Ramos, a 42-year-old Buffalo resident, was sentenced to 96 months in prison for charges related to cocaine distribution. U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. handed …
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NORFOLK, Va. — Denzel Akeem Loftin, a 32-year-old man from Chesapeake, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for sex trafficking two minors. The sentencing follows an investigation involving undercover …
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MINEOLA, N.Y. – Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly reported the sentencing of Darren Devane, 37, known as Buck, for his involvement in a violent drug ring in Hempstead. …
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Leader of Fentanyl Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty
by Indira Patelby Indira PatelBOSTON – A Providence man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to leading a drug trafficking organization (DTO) operating in Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Estarlin Ortiz-Alcantara, 37, …
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Farmington Man Sentenced to More Than 6 Years in Federal Prison for Fentanyl and Cocaine Trafficking Offenses
by Indira Patelby Indira PatelVanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that DENIS MURTIC, 38, of Farmington, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Omar A. Williams in …
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Four Men Charged with Allegedly Running Drug Trafficking Ring that Shipped Wholesale Amounts of Narcotics to Indo-Pacific Region
by Indira Patelby Indira PatelLOS ANGELES – Two Orange County men have been arrested on a three-count federal grand jury indictment alleging they ran a transnational drug trafficking organization that exported wholesale amounts of …
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Colorado Man Sentenced for Trafficking Methamphetamine into Utah
by Indira Patelby Indira PatelST. GEORGE, Utah – A foreign national, and Colorado resident, was sentenced yesterday to 92 months imprisonment followed by four years supervised release, after he admitted to trafficking over 140 …
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Ninth Defendant Pleads Guilty in Large-Scale Sacramento Cocaine and Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy
by Indira Patelby Indira PatelSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Tyrone Anderson, 43, of Sacramento, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to traffic at least 5,000 grams of cocaine and 280 grams of cocaine base …
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Queens Family That Ran Major Drug Trafficking Operation Busted
by Adam Devineby Adam DevineQUEENS, NEW YORK – Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced the successful conclusion of a 15-month investigation into a family-run drug trafficking ring. This extensive operation spanned from Jamaica, Queens …
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Long Island Man Indicted for Sex Trafficking of Teen and Promoting Prostitution
by Adam Devineby Adam DevineBROOKLYN, NY – Terrence Reid, a 43-year-old man from Hempstead, was arraigned on Tuesday on multiple charges including sex trafficking of a child, following his indictment in Brooklyn Supreme Court. …
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BROOKLYN, NY – On Tuesday, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced the arraignment of Terrence Reid, 43, of Hempstead, New York, on charges related to the sex trafficking of a …
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High-Level Trafficker Pleads Guilty to International Cocaine Trafficking
by Indira Patelby Indira PatelNEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – December 12, 2023 SAN DIEGO –Augusto Jean Carlo Castillo-Hernandez of Guatemala pleaded guilty in federal court today, admitting that he and his co-conspirators coordinated the smuggling …
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Final Defendant Sentenced in Large-Scale Methamphetamine Trafficking Conspiracy
by Indira Patelby Indira PatelLONDON, Ky. – A Somerset, Ky., man, Dennie Smith, 50, was sentenced to 217 months on Monday, by U.S. District Judge Robert Wier, for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or …
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Eight-Time Felon Convicted at Trial for Drug Trafficking and Possessing an Illegally Modified Machinegun in Furtherance of Drug-Trafficking Crimes
by Indira Patelby Indira PatelMOBILE, AL – A federal jury convicted a Mobile man last week for drug conspiracy, possessing bulk marijuana with intent to distribute it, possessing an illegally modified machinegun in furtherance …
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HANOVER TOWNSHIP, NJ – Authorities in Morris County have arrested 27-year-old Anthony Dello-Russo of Hanover Township on various drug charges following a multi-agency investigation. The operation, involving members from different …
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Deerpark Man Gets 10 Years, Enfield Man 6 Years in Separate Cocaine Trafficking Cases
by Adam Devineby Adam DevineORANGE COUNTY, NY — Shariff Gual, 38, of Deerpark, was sentenced to 10 years in state prison and five years of post-release supervision on December 6, 2023, for first-degree criminal …
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Clothing Wholesaler Ordered to Pay Nearly $10.4 Million for Violating U.S. Drug Trafficking Sanctions and for Customs Fraud
by Indira Patelby Indira PatelLOS ANGELES – A Paramount-based clothing wholesale company was fined $4 million, ordered to pay $6,390,781 in restitution, and placed on probation for five years for undervaluing imported garments in …
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Man Indicted for Trafficking Methamphetamine, Fentanyl
by Indira Patelby Indira PatelSpokane, Washington – Today, Vanessa R. Waldref, the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that a federal grand jury has indicted Charles Lee Dickerson on one …
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Jury Convicts Denver Man of Fentanyl, Meth Trafficking, Illegal Firearm
by Indira Patelby Indira PatelKANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Denver, Colorado, man has been convicted at trial for transporting fentanyl and methamphetamine through Kansas City, Mo., aboard a bus and for illegally possessing a …
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Madison Man Sentenced to 4 Years for Illegal Gun Possession & Fentanyl Trafficking
by Indira Patelby Indira PatelMADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Messiah A. Fleming, 21, Madison, Wisconsin was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District …
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Man Convicted of Firearms Trafficking Sentenced
by Indira Patelby Indira PatelFort Worth man who trafficked firearms from Texas to California to convicted felons was sentenced today to 9 years in prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas …