By a Biometrica staffer As part of their mandate to prevent substance abuse, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) periodically puts out a resource guide titled “Drugs of Abuse.” The latest version from 2020 is meant to serve as a “comprehensive guide” to...
By a Biometrica staffer On Tuesday, Oct. 26, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the results of a massive ten-month, multinational, multi-agency operation (called “Dark HunTor”), which included over 150 arrests across the world and the seizure of 45 weapons, 234 kgs...
By a Biometrica staffer A few months ago, Reuters News analyzed data from the National Emergency Medical Services Information System, which represents almost 90% of all emergency responses in the U.S., and found that during the pandemic, “the rate of drug-related 911...
By a Biometrica staffer The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has bumped up to $5 million the reward for information that might lead to the apprehension of Jian Zhang, a man believed to be a key figure in illegal fentanyl trafficking in...
By Deepti Govind At the end of last month, a drug dealer called Chukwuemeka Okparaeke, whose online darknet avatar is "Fentmaster," was sentenced to 15 years in prison. He imported and trafficked fentanyl analogues and other synthetic opioids through the dark web,...
By a Biometrica staffer US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized more than 3,100 pounds of methamphetamine, fentanyl powder, fentanyl pills, and heroin at the Otay Mesa commercial facility on Friday. This was part of the second largest methamphetamine bust along...
By a Biometrica staffer The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and other agencies were part of an international operation to disrupt drug trafficking on the darknet. As part of the investigation, charges were also brought on against...
By a Biometrica staffer Cristina Godinez of San Antonio admitted to her role in a conspiracy to distribute heroin, after an investigation conducted by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and several other federal agencies. Godinez, 36,...