Border fence along Ciudad Juarez-El Paso border/istock photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The battle with the Mexican cartels only seems to be heating up. USA Today reports that a Mexican gang with ties in the U.S. — which is suspected of having a hand in murders of three people tied to the U.S….
Press conference announcing site: (Left to right) FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) Michael Harpster, Newark Division; ASAC Belle Chen, New York Division; ETS Chief Operating Officer Steve Childress; and ETS North Central Regional Managing Director Rick Battelle Photo Credit: Matthew Coleman, FBI By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Law enforcement continues to take advantage of…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI apparently wasn’t the only one recording mob conversations. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that FBI agents this week raided the suburban home of imprisoned legendary Chicago mob hitman Frank Calabrese Sr. and found 10 to 15 secret recordings he had made between himself and other gangsters. The paper reported that…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com You really have to ask yourself: Who would be stupid enough to fall for the Nigerian advance-fraud schemes that collect fees from victims with the promise that they’ll get millions of dollars? Or maybe you could just ask Nigerian National Ugochukwu Enwerem who was convicted Tuesday in a North Carolina federal…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The FBI and U.S. Capitol Police have had their hands full since the passage of the controversial health care bill. The Detroit News Washington bureau reports that the agencies are looking into threats against at least 10 Democratic lawmakers. Included among the targets is Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mi), the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — James C. Trainor, Jr., an assistant special agent in charge of the FBI’s Boston office, is hopping over to the New York office to become the special agent in charge of the Intelligence Division. Trainor joined the FBI in 1996 and was first assigned to the Chicago office where…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Three detainees from Guantanamo Bay have been transferred to the custody of the nation of Georgia, the Justice Department announced Wednesday. The three detainees, whose names were not released “for security and privacy reasons” were transferred as part of the U.S. effort to close Guantanamo Bay. “The United States…
