Mexican drug cartels are targeting America’s ‘last best place’
Feb 10, 2024 · Illegal drugs have long flowed from Mexico to the more remote parts of the U.S. But with the rise of fentanyl, cartel associates have pushed more aggressively into Montana, where pills can be...
DEA Releases 2024 National Drug Threat Assessment - DEA.gov
May 9, 2024 · WASHINGTON – Today, DEA Administrator Anne Milgram announced the release of the 2024 National Drug Threat Assessment (NDTA), DEA’s comprehensive strategic assessment of illicit drug threats and trafficking trends endangering the United States.
UNODC World Drug Report 2024: Harms of world drug problem …
Jun 26, 2024 · The emergence of new synthetic opioids and a record supply and demand of other drugs has compounded the impacts of the world drug problem, leading to a rise in drug use disorders and environmental harms, according to the World Drug Report 2024 launched by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) today.
Illegal drugs expected to be top national security threat in ... - ABC News
Sep 14, 2023 · Illegal drugs are expected to be one of the biggest threats to national security in 2024 as overdose deaths topped 100,000 in the last year, according to the Department of Homeland Security's annual threat study.
Drug trafficking | AP News
The leader of a large-scale drug trafficking organization that imported millions of doses of cocaine and fentanyl to several U.S. states has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, federal authorities in Rhode Island said.
Cartel fentanyl profits are latest target in U.S. drug fight : NPR
Jun 19, 2024 · Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced new sanctions this week against eight top leaders and associates of La Nueva Familia Michoacana, a fast-growing and often violent Mexican drug cartel...
World Drug Day report highlights spike in drug use, increased ... - UN News
Jun 26, 2024 · Drug production, trafficking, and use continue to exacerbate instability and inequality, while causing untold harm to people’s health, safety and well-being. In the decade to 2022, the number of...
Drugs trade - BBC News
Nov 11, 2024 · Mark Moran, 23, was found guilty by a majority verdict of conspiracy to import Class A drugs. Police raided an industrial unit in 2019 being used to manufacture the Class C …
Treasury sanctions Mexican cartel members for fentanyl trafficking
5 days ago · The Treasury Department announced on Tuesday it has sanctioned members of the notorious Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion in Mexico for its role in trafficking fentanyl and other illegal drugs into ...
US report finds Mexico is dominant source of fentanyl trafficked ... - CNN
Feb 8, 2022 · A new government report out Tuesday details how opioid trafficking in the United States has changed in recent years, with Mexico now a “dominant source” of the country’s fentanyl supply and...