U.S. Department of Justice
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - 00:00
This assessment is a comprehensive assessment of the threat posed to the United States by the trafficking and abuse of illicit drugs. It was prepared through detailed analysis of the most recent law enforcement, intelligence, and public health data availa
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - 00:00
Federal, state and foreign law enforcement agencies have determined that certain types of semi-automatic rifles - greater than .22 caliber and with the ability to accept a detachable magazine - are highly sought after by dangerous drug trafficking organiz
Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 00:00
The Border Security Appropriations Bill provides $196 million for the Department of Justice to surge federal law enforcement efforts in high crime areas in the Southwest Border region.
Thursday, July 22, 2010 - 00:00
Three Colombian nationals have been extradited from Colombia to the United States on charges of conspiracy to smuggle aliens for profit, and conspiracy to commit visa fraud.
Former State Department Official Sentenced to Life in Prison for Nearly 30-year Espionage Conspiracy
Friday, July 16, 2010 - 00:00
Walter Kendall Myers, a former State Department official, and his wife, Gwendolyn Steingraber Myers, have been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole and 81 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in a nearly 30-year conspir
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 - 00:00
A former Guatemalan special forces soldier, pleaded guilty today in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to a federal charge of unlawfully procuring his U.S. citizenship, admitting that he lied on his naturalization application about his participation in a 1982 massacr
Tuesday, July 6, 2010 - 00:00
According to the indictment, Ceneus, Bontemps and Edouard engaged in a conspiracy and devised a scheme to obtain the labor of 34 Haitian nationals by enticing them to come to the Gainesville area to pick beans and peas with false promises of lucrative job
Thursday, May 27, 2010 - 00:00
And so, while I am a proud American who was born in the United States, in many respects, I was a child of the Caribbean and am proud of that part of my heritage as well.
Friday, March 26, 2010 - 00:00
Increased heroin availability evidenced by higher purity, lower prices, and elevated numbers of heroin-related overdoses and overdose deaths is partly attributable to increased production in Mexico.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - 00:00
Two indictments charging a total of 12 members and associates of the 57th Front of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), a Colombian terrorist group, with conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and tak