A doctor and four employees of Atlanta Medical Group, a pain management clinic, in Cartersville, Bartow County, were arrested last week by FBI agents, according to Examiner.com. Dr. James Chapman, Jason Cole Votrobek, Jesse Violante, Roland Rafael Castellanos and Tara Atkins have been indicted in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia for allegedly… Continue Reading
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Subscribe to Drug Enforcement RSS FeedMcDonough Man Sentenced to 30 Years for Conspiring to Import Cocaine, Heroin and Marijuana from Mexican Drug Cartel
Posted in Drug EnforcementOn Friday, Marlon Burton of McDonough, Georgia , was sentenced to 30 years imprisonment by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia for conspiring to distribute cocaine, heroin and marijuana, according to an FBI press release. Burton was alleged to have imported hundreds of kilograms of cocaine, heroin and marijuana to Atlanta from Mexican… Continue Reading
Attorney General Holder’s Remarks on the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) Program
Posted in Drug Enforcement, False Claims, Fraud, Money LaunderingOn Wednesday, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder addressed the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces and Asset Forfeiture Program’s National Leadership Conference. Mr. Holder spoke regarding the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) Program, an inter-agency program established in 1982 to conduct comprehensive, multi-level attacks on major drug trafficking and money laundering organizations. OCDETF… Continue Reading
Last Member of Black Mafia Family Drug Trafficking Organization Apprehended in Atlanta
Posted in Drug EnforcementAs reported in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Vernon Marcus Coleman, the last remaining member of the Black Mafia Family, or BMF, was arrested last Thursday. Coleman was apprehended at an apartment in north Atlanta by the U.S. Marshals’ Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force. Coleman had been wanted for over two years on cocaine charges, as well… Continue Reading
DEA Seizes $6 Million of Mexican Meth
Posted in Drug EnforcementThe DEA seized 351 pounds of Mexican meth in metro Atlanta worth $ 6 million
Day of Reckoning for Latin American Drug Cartel
Posted in Drug EnforcementLast week, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia unsealed two indictments charging 34 defendants in a nationwide drug trafficking and distribution network based in Colombia, Guatemala Panama and Mexico, known as the "Gulf Cartel." The defendants were members of "cells" which coordinated the distribution of millions of dollars worth of cocaine… Continue Reading
Black Market Peso Exchange Thriving Despite Economy
Posted in Drug EnforcementAccording to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia, 24 defendants have entered guilty pleas in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on money laundering conspiracy charges. The charges against the defendants allege that the defendants attempted to launder millions of dollars through the "black market… Continue Reading
Atlanta Vice?: Atlanta Area a Global Center for Drug Distribution
Posted in Drug EnforcementJack Killorin, the Director of the Atlanta High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force (HIDTA), announced to the press that drug enforcement efforts have resulted in a rise in drug prices and decrease in drug quality in the metro Atlanta area. Killorin cited the HIDTA’s and Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) shutting down of two drug… Continue Reading
Ink is on the Wall for Dozens Arrested in Gun and Drug Sting
Posted in Drug EnforcementAlthough tattoo artistry has proved a great success for the TLC network through programs such as “Miami Ink” and “L.A. Ink,” you won’t see “Augusta Ink,” except perhaps on local nightly news. That’s because “Augusta Ink” is a 16-month sting operation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and Richmond County… Continue Reading