The DEA, with the help of American Special Forces and an Afghan counternarcotics, seized a whopping 20 tons of drugs in what officials have described as “the largest known seizure of heroin in Afghanistan, if not the world.”
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Homeland Security officials have been caught drinking, using drugs and soliciting prostitutes while working outside of the country. Now the inspector general wants Homeland Security to adopt specific policies to prevent such behavior while abroad, the Federal Times reports. The inspector general examined the departments policies for the 1,5000 employees who…
The FBI is using wiretaps and informants to help infiltrate crooked dealings.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is increasing its arsenal against international corruption by creating three squads tasked with rooting out bribery cases that happen overseas but have repercussions for the U.S., the Associated Press report. Corruption in foreign countries is becoming a bigger focus of the FBI’s because of the expansion of the global…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com One of the most important jobs at the FBI is the position of deputy director. On Monday, FBI Director James B. Comey named 25-year bureau veteran Mark Giuliano to the job, which makes him responsible for overseeing all domestic and international investigations, the Washington Post reports. He’ll begin his new duties when…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. Secret Service say it has cracked one of the largest ever international money-laundering schemes, Fox News reports. Authorities in Costa Rica, Spain and New York have arrested five people accused in a $6 billion money laundering scheme involving an online company based in Costa Rica The company, named Liberty Reserve,…
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com What first looks like a routine drug bust seems to have evolved into international arms smuggling charges. The FBI is alleging that Taiwanese nationals Hui Sheng-shen, 45, and Huan Ling-chang, 41, known as “Charlie” and “Alice”, were trying to acquire military spy drones, E-2C Hawkeye surveillance airplanes and stealth technology relating to…
