By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A top lieutenant to a Colombian drug kingpin was convicted in a Manhattan court this week of conspiring to import and distribute cocaine and heroine, according to a Justice Department press release. Jose Mosquera-Prado, 36, was a top lieutenant in Francisco Gonzalez Uribe’s international narcotics-trafficking organization, says the Justice Department, and…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Difficulties seem to be sprouting up like weeds as local governments across the country experiment with new laws and regulations concerning medical marijuana; the drug is still illegal and listed as a controlled substance by the federal government. A top federal law enforcement official in Oregan has declared that medical growers…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com DEA agents, in conjunction with local police, arrested more than 50 people in the St. Louis area this week associated with a loose network of heroin trafficking. Officials hope to double the number of arrests in a fight against a growing problem in the region. A new form of highly-potent and…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Three TSA officers along with a Connecticut county cop and Florida state trooper were indicted in Connecticut Monday on charges of taking bribes to let powerful narcotics travel freely across the country, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The five were among 18 indicted in the drug conspiracy that involved the…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com How much would you pay to make the threat of drug charges go away? Would you pay if you knew you were innocent? These questions were not hypothetical for many. TMZ reports that Americans buying prescription drugs online have been the target of scammers posing as DEA agents. The phony agents…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Patricia Gonzalez has worked for years with US officials on combatting and prosecuting drug violence. Last fall, Gonzalez, the Mexican state of Chihuahua’s top state prosecutor, watched helplessly as the media reported on her brother Mario’s kidnapping and torture at the hands of Mexican drug cartels. Mario was forced to record…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The tension between effective law enforcement and personal privacy is always present to some degree, but has certainly intensified in the decade following 9/11. Now, a bipartisan group including former FBI and DEA leaders are calling for new safeguards to protect individuals’ personal privacy. The Constitution Project, a D.C.-based think tank,…
