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Mobster Pleads Guilty To Massive International Drug Trafficking Ring

Alessandro Tallone of the Rizzuto organized crime family based in Montreal is one of ten members of that branch of La Cosa Nostra charged with trafficking over $1 billion worth of marijuana, cocaine and ecstasy into the U.S.

2013/05/23

Survey: New Yorkers May Be More Likely To Lie On Their Internet Dating Profiles

Former online dater Roman Rojas told CBS 2 that he was speaking to a woman who used a model’s pictures and lied about her job.

2013/02/28

Dr. Robert Gibbs/Ronald Vaughan (L-R). (credit: Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor)

Harlem Doctor Indicted On Charges Of Illegally Selling Painkiller Prescriptions

Dr. Robert Gibbs was arraigned on charges that he supplied the head of a narcotics trafficking ring, Ronald Vaughan, with 700 prescriptions for oxycodone, amounting to 130,000 pills, according to prosecutors.

2013/01/31

Prosecutors: Yonkers Pharmacy Worker Accused Of Illegally Selling Prescription Painkillers

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said Ji Yun Lee “functioned as a ‘go-to’ prescription pill dispenser for those who were willing to pay his inflated prices.”

2013/01/17

A mock methamphetamine lab (credit: TIM SLOAN/AFP/Getty Images)

DEA Makes Largest Meth Bust In New York State History

The drugs are worth about $1 million on the street, according to Brian Crowell, the special agent-in-charge of the DEA’s New York Division.

2012/10/08

Generic Doctor File Photo (credit: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Feds Raid L.I. Doctor’s Office In Prescription Painkiller Investigation

His attorney, James McElhone, says Dr. Frank Telang is a “widely respected doctor” and has “absolutely” done nothing wrong.

2011/12/08

Viktor Bout in federal court with Judge Shira Scheindlin - New York, NY (file / credit: CHRISTINE CORNELL/AFP/Getty Images)

Russian Arms Dealer ‘Merchant Of Death’ Viktor Bout Convicted In NYC Federal Court

A shadowy Russian arms dealer was convicted Wednesday of seeking to make millions of dollars by selling heavy weaponry to a terror group so it could attack what prosecutors said he told his customers was a common enemy – U.S. forces helping the Colombian government.

2011/11/02

Manssor Arbabsiar (file / AP Photo/Williamson County Jail via Corpus Christi Caller-Times)

Not Guilty Plea In Plot To Assassinate Saudi Ambassador

A U.S. citizen who holds an Iranian passport pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that he plotted to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States.

2011/10/24

Viktor Bout (c) is escorted by DEA agents upon arrival in New York - Nov 16, 2010 (credit: AP Photo/Drug Enforcement Administration)

Jury Selection Begins In Accused Former Soviet Arms Dealer’s NYC Trial

Jury selection got off to a rocky start Tuesday in the arms sale trial of a former Soviet military officer known as the Merchant of Death when reporters were initially kept out of the federal courtroom.

2011/10/11

Dozens Of Albanians Charged In NY Case Related To Violent Drug Ring

An indictment unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn charged 37 people with multiple counts of conspiracy to smuggle and distribute massive amounts of high-grade marijuana and cocaine.

2011/07/13

Huge Marijuana Grow Operation Busted On Staten Island

The $10-million-a-year farm was hidden inside a garage.

2011/04/13

Cops, DEA Break Up Record $10 Mil Pot Operation In Sullivan County

It is being described as the biggest indoor “home-grown” marijuana bust ever. As many as 7,000 marijuana plants — with a value of $10 million — were found in seven houses across upstate Sullivan County.

2011/03/30

Drug Enforcement Administration Agents (credit: AP)

Feds Regret Invading ‘Innocent’ Family’s NY Home

Federal prosecutors announced that 200 officers fanned through Spring Valley and elsewhere in search of 26 people accused of drug trafficking in Rockland County.

2011/01/15

DEA: Be On Lookout For Inexpensive ‘Cheese’ Heroin

There’s a new face of heroin, and it’s expected to become one of the worst epidemics since crack cocaine. It’s called “cheese” heroin, a $2 mixed drug that’s getting teens hooked.

2010/10/12