The most recent press release, "Heroin and Cocaine Suppliers for Bloods Gang Members Sentenced," was submitted on Oct. 29, 2021.
The Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force published 39 press releases the month before, marking a 56.4 percent increase for the current month.
The Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force concerns itself with the disruption of major drug trafficking operations and related crimes, such as money laundering, tax and weapon violations, and violent crime.
Tackling organized crime and trafficking offenses across borders is considered one of the most challenging law enforcement efforts in recent times.
Press releases by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force in October 2021
| Title | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| Heroin and Cocaine Suppliers for Bloods Gang Members Sentenced | 10/29/2021 |
| Worcester Man Convicted of Drug Trafficking and Firearm Offenses | 10/29/2021 |
| 200 kilograms of methamphetamine seized from Gwinnett County home | 10/29/2021 |
| Nine indicted in Burke County, Ga., drug trafficking investigation | 10/29/2021 |
| Honduran National Charged with Transnational Cocaine Trafficking and Money Laundering Extradited to the United States | 10/28/2021 |
| Brockton Man Pleads Guilty to Wide-Ranging Drug Trafficking Conspiracy | 10/28/2021 |
| New Orleans Resident Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Distribute Illegal Narcotics and to Providing a Co-Defendant With a Loaded AK-47 Found in a Mercedes During a Traffic Stop | 10/28/2021 |
| St. Petersburg Man Who Distributed Over 18 Kilograms Of Cocaine Is Sentenced To More Than 17 Years In Prison | 10/28/2021 |
| Four Defendants Face Federal Indictment in Alleged Racketeering Conspiracy to Smuggle Contraband into Maryland’s Metropolitan Transition Center in Exchange for Bribes | 10/27/2021 |
| Superseding Indictment Charges 10 Western PA Defendants with Violating Drug and Gun Laws | 10/27/2021 |
| Former Leader of New Bedford Latin Kings Chapter Sentenced for Racketeering and Cocaine Conspiracy | 10/26/2021 |
| Leader of Money Laundering Network Responsible for Laundering Millions of Dollars in Drug Proceeds Sentenced | 10/26/2021 |
| International Law Enforcement Operation Targeting Opioid Traffickers on the Darknet Results in 150 Arrests Worldwide and the Seizure of Weapons, Drugs, and over $31 Million | 10/26/2021 |
| Nine Defendants Arrested And Multiple Search Warrants Executed In Crackdown Of Rochester Drug Trafficking Organization | 10/26/2021 |
| Captain of Vessel is Sentenced to Federal Prison for Smuggling $287,660 in U.S. Currency into St. Thomas Following High-Speed Chase and Apprehension Near Savana Island | 10/25/2021 |
| Agents Arrest 17 People in Large-Scale Multi-State Drug Trafficking Ring Involving Fentanyl, Heroin, Crystal Methamphetamine and Firearms | 10/25/2021 |
| Duplin County Man Receives More Than 12 Years in Federal Prison for Methamphetamine Trafficking and Possession of Sawed-Off Shotguns | 10/22/2021 |
| Woodland Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Firearms and Drug Offenses | 10/21/2021 |
| Five Individuals Charged with Money Laundering in Connection with Alleged Venezuela Bribery Scheme | 10/21/2021 |
| Four Individuals Indicted For Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering | 10/20/2021 |
| Eight Nigerians Charged with Conspiring to Engage in Internet Scams and Money Laundering from Cape Town, South Africa | 10/20/2021 |
| Fentanyl Trafficker Convicted At Trial | 10/19/2021 |
| Judge sentences leader of St. Louis County drug trafficking organization | 10/19/2021 |
| Violent Guatemalan Drug Lord Receives Life Sentence in EDTX | 10/19/2021 |
| New Jersey Supplier for Washington County Drug Ring Sentenced to 10 Years | 10/19/2021 |
| 12th CBL/BFL Member Going To Prison For Racketeering Conspiracy And Selling Fentanyl | 10/19/2021 |
| Two Springfield Men Convicted in Large-Scale Cocaine and Heroin Trafficking Conspiracy | 10/19/2021 |
| Former Mexican Federal Police Commander Pleads Guilty to Drug-Trafficking Conspiracy | 10/19/2021 |
| Eight Defendants Charged In Tenderloin-Based Drug Trafficking Conspiracy | 10/19/2021 |
| Colombian Businessman Charged with Money Laundering Extradited to the United States from Cabo Verde | 10/18/2021 |
| MS-13 Gang Leader Sentenced to 45 Years in Federal Prison for a Racketeering Conspiracy for Gang Activities Including Murders, Attempted Murders, and Extortion | 10/15/2021 |
| Recidivist Maritime Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 200 Months in Prison for Operating a Semi-Submersible with 4,400 pounds of Cocaine | 10/15/2021 |
| Camden County Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Large Amounts of Heroin, Crack Cocaine and Cocaine | 10/15/2021 |
| Last defendant sentenced in Gangster Disciples case | 10/14/2021 |
| Former Member of Massachusetts Latin Kings Leadership Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Conspiracy | 10/14/2021 |
| 10 Years in Prison for Highlands County Drug Traffickers | 10/14/2021 |
| Pittsburgh Woman Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Role in South Side Gang’s Drug Trafficking | 10/14/2021 |
| Rhode Island Man Sentenced to 33 years in Federal Prison for His Leadership Role in a Large-Scale International Fentanyl Trafficking Operation, Investigated Under “Operation Denial” | 10/14/2021 |
| Salisbury Man Pleads Guilty to Large-Scale Heroin Distribution Operation on the Dark Web | 10/13/2021 |
| Former NYPD Officer Pleads Guilty To Trafficking Large Quantities Of Methamphetamine And Liquid Date Rape Drug | 10/13/2021 |
| Jefferson County man pleads guilty to his role in a multi-state methamphetamine distribution conspiracy | 10/13/2021 |
| Former Member of Connecticut Latin Kings Chapter Pleads Guilty to Racketeering Conspiracy | 10/12/2021 |
| San Gabriel Valley Man Sentenced to 3 Years in Federal Prison for Scheming to Launder Drug Money Via ‘Black Market Peso Exchange’ | 10/12/2021 |
| Four People Sentenced in Drug Trafficking Ring | 10/12/2021 |
| Two Individuals Sentenced in Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Distribution Case | 10/12/2021 |
| 45-Count Indictment Unsealed Charging 18 Individuals with Drug, Gun Crimes | 10/08/2021 |
| Lubbock Drug Traffickers Sentenced to Combined 106 Years in Federal Prison | 10/08/2021 |
| 'Stranded Bandit' meth traffickers sentenced to substantial federal prison terms | 10/08/2021 |
| Three Men Convicted of Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses | 10/08/2021 |
| Long Island MS-13 Gang Member Pleads Guilty to 2016 Murder in Brentwood | 10/07/2021 |
| Brockton Man Pleads Guilty to Wide-Ranging Drug Trafficking Conspiracy | 10/07/2021 |
| Joint Federal And State Law Enforcement Operation Makes Arrests For Drugs And Stolen Car Offenses | 10/07/2021 |
| Lil’ Rob gets significant sentence in federal firearms and drug trafficking case | 10/07/2021 |
| Indictment Returned After Investigation Involving Seizure of 16.4 Kilograms of Methamphetamine, 3.14 Kilograms of Pills Containing Fentanyl, $400,000 in Cash | 10/07/2021 |
| Aryan Circle Gang Leader Sentenced to 87 Months in Prison for Violent Crime in Aid of Racketeering | 10/06/2021 |
| Latin Kings Member Charged With The 2017 Murder Of Joshua Flores | 10/01/2021 |
| Leader of Drug Conspiracy Sentenced to 27 Years in Federal Prison | 10/01/2021 |
| Gang Member Admits Drug Trafficking, Role in Bridgeport Courthouse Shooting | 10/01/2021 |
| Two McIntosh County men sentenced to federal prison for armed robbery, other charges | 10/01/2021 |
| Saugus Woman Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Counterfeit Percocet Pills Containing Fentanyl | 10/01/2021 |
| DEA, IRS Dismantle Eastern Arkansas Methamphetamine and Money Laundering Organization | 10/01/2021 |
