DEA Ends Airport Gate Searches After Years of Documented Abuses of Civil Asset Forfeiture
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is ending searches of passengers at airports and other mass transit hubs after ...
DOJ: Drug smugglers used planes, trains, US mail to sneak Mexican cartel drugs to Indianapolis streets
Drug smugglers based in Indianapolis used planes, trains and the U.S. mail to illegally transport hundreds of pounds of meth ...
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DEA ends controversial airport cash seizures
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is shutting down a nationwide program that ...
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Justice Department suspends DEA's controversial asset-forfeiture program targeting airline travelers
The OIG learned that the DEA had been paying this employee a percentage of forfeited cash seized by the DEA office from passengers at the local airport when the seizure resulted from information ...
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DOJ suspends DEA's controversial asset forfeiture program in airports
The OIG learned that the DEA had been paying this employee a percentage of forfeited cash seized by the DEA office from passengers at the local airport when the seizure resulted from information ...
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The DEA shows why officers cannot police themselves when seizing assets
When abused, it can result in innocent people having their property seized, often without criminal ... at mass transportation facilities such as airports, DEA officers defied agency protocols ...
Japanese organized-crime leader pleads guilty in U.S. to trafficking nuclear material
Takeshi Ebisawa, a Japanese national who federal authorities say is a key figure in Japan’s organized crime group, known as ...
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DEA Ends Airport Gate Searches After Years of Documented Abuses of Civil Asset Forfeiture
According to the memo, between 2022 and 2024, DEA agents participating in TIP seized $22 million in suspected drug proceeds but only arrested 57 suspects. Modern cartels are increasingly ...