A former DEA agent from Buffalo, N.Y, was convicted Thursday of corruption after a second trial on charges that he used his position to protect drug traffickers with alleged ties to organized crime.
Thousands of confidential law enforcement documents obtained by The Associated Press reveal an unprecedented glimpse into a culture of corruption among DEA agents who exploited the agency’s covert money laundering operations for global escapades of binge drinking and illicit sex.
A now-retired DEA agent accused of protecting drug traffickers in exchange for cash bribes was convicted by a jury of obstruction of justice and lying to federal agents.
Jurors are expected to begin deliberations today in a corruption trial involving a now-retired DEA agent who is accused of accepting cash bribes to protect drug traffickers.
A former investigator for the Department of Homeland Security Investigations has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for a host of crimes, ranging from stealing money from the agency and drug dealers to providing sensitive information to an HSI informant in exchange for bribes, the Justice Department announced Monday.
An undercover Homeland Security sting resulted in charges against a Border Patrol agent who is accused of moving what he believed was 23 pounds of methamphetamine and allowing an undocumented migrant into the country.
The FBI’s broadening investigation into corruption in the city of Detroit led to the sentencing Wednesday of a former Detroit City councilman.
A former DEA task force officer in Louisiana who previously admitted stealing drugs and money while on the job found himself in federal court in another case in which he’s accused of distributing more than five kilograms of cocaine.
