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  • The Battle Against America’s Drug Abuse Crisis: A Round-up Of Recent Announcements

    November 2nd, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By Deepti Govind The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), along with its law enforcement partners, said it removed nearly 745,000 lbs of unneeded prescriptions from medicine cabinets across the country under its National Prescription Drug Take Back Day program, which was held on...

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    An Overview Of The DEA’s “Drugs Of Abuse” Report And Its Implications For Child Welfare

    November 1st, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    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...

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  • DOJ-Led Operation Collars 150 Darknet Drug Traffickers Worldwide

    October 27th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    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...

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    Community Policing: An Introduction

    October 13th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer A majority of contacts between law enforcement officers (LEO) and the public only happens during emergencies, or situations that are highly charged and emotional. But these are not the most ideal circumstances for LEOs and the community they...

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    How You Can Help Prevent Your Young Child From Buying Drugs Online

    October 8th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    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...

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  • One DEA Agent Killed In Tucson Shooting That Left Another In Critical Condition

    October 5th, 2021

    By a Biometrica staffer A Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) special agent was killed in Tucson, Arizona, on Monday, Oct. 4 when a passenger on an Amtrak train fatally shot him. The passenger also died in the course of the operation in which...

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  • Majority Of People Worldwide Vulnerable To Organized Crime, Warns Global Organized Crime Index

    September 29th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer The Global Organized Crime Index paints a "worrying picture of the reach, scale and impact of organized crime in 2020." The data driven analytics tool evaluated 193 United Nations member states. The 2020 report, the first published by Global Initiative,...

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    Examining The Opioid Crisis In Native American Lands

    September 28th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By Aara Ramesh In the face of the real and present danger posed by Covid-19, the opioid crisis, America’s long-standing other epidemic has fallen under the public radar, though it continues to ravage large swathes of society. Experts say that, as with...

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  • The Illicit Trade Of Cocaine Has Become Bloodier, More Fragmented And More Competitive: Report

    September 9th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer The latest report in the Cocaine Insights series, published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Europol takes a hard look at the trade in the illegal drug around the world, highlighting some of...

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    Drug Overdose Deaths: The Lethal Supply Behind A Worsening National Epidemic

    August 30th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By Deepti Govind In July, the U.S. government reported that drug overdose deaths last year, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, soared nearly 30% to a record number of around 93,000. That's a massive spike from 2019's 72,000 drug overdose deaths,...

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    How To Dispose Of Unused Or Expired Medicines The Right Way

    August 26th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By a Biometrica staffer In 2019, 9.7 million people misused prescription pain relievers, 4.9 million people misused prescription stimulants, and 5.9 million people misused prescription tranquilizers or sedatives. A majority of those misused prescription drugs were obtained from family and friends, often...

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    The Dark Side Of The Web: Drug Trafficking On The Darknet Grew Nearly Fourfold Recently

    August 9th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    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,...

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    Lots Of Proposals But Little Action So Far To Address the Opioid Epidemic

    July 29th, 2021
    category: Feature Stories

    By Charlotte Spencer There have been nearly 100 bills introduced so far this year that address the opioid epidemic. It seems everyone can agree this is an issue that needs to be addressed, but very few have managed to get any support...

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  • Johnson & Johnson, McKesson, Cardinal, and AmerisourceBergen Agree To Colossal $26B Settlement In Opioid Epidemic Case

    July 21st, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By Aara Ramesh One of the largest civil suits in U.S. history took a turn towards resolution on Tuesday, July 21, when officials announced that a deal had been brokered in the 3,000 lawsuits filed by states, cities, counties, and other jurisdictions...

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  • Monumental Trial Against Opioid Manufacturers And Distributors Begins In New York

    June 30th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By Aara Ramesh The nation’s continued struggle with the opioid epidemic and its fallout entered a new phase on Tuesday, June 29, when a dozen companies faced in court, for the first time, a six-member jury in a case brought by the...

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  • ‘Thanks For The Invite, Party’s Over’ — Europol and FBI Take Down Hundreds Of Organized Crime Syndicates

    June 9th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By Aara Ramesh In what is being called the “largest and most sophisticated” operation ever against encrypted criminal activities, Europol, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and law enforcement agencies in 16 countries across the world have managed to take down hundreds...

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  • US Traffic Fatalities Hit 13-Year High In 2020, Largely Due To DUIs/DWIs, Not Wearing Seatbelts and Speeding

    June 4th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer On Thursday, June 3, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced that preliminary data seems to indicate that U.S. traffic deaths shot up by 7.2% in 2020 (as compared to 2019), despite the pandemic and associated lockdowns...

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    Federal Rules On Reasonable Suspicion Testing For Workplace Substance Abuse

    May 28th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer With several states across the U.S. legalizing the use of cannabis, for medical and/or recreational purposes, over the past six months or so, we began a series of posts on topics related to drug-free workplaces. Our very first...

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  • Arizona Legalizes Use Of Fentanyl Test Strips In Bid to Curb Accidental Overdoses

    May 21st, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By Aara Ramesh On May 18, Governor Doug Ducey signed into law a bill that excludes narcotic drug testing products from an existing law that classifies them as illegal drug paraphernalia. The particular target of this action are fentanyl test strips (FTS),...

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    Drug-Free Workplace Programs: A Brief Introduction

    May 14th, 2021
    category: Background Check ABCs

    By a Biometrica staffer Several states across the U.S. have legalized the use of cannabis, either for medical or recreational purposes or both, over the past six months or so. With that comes questions for employers on how to address a possible impact...

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  • From Meth To Crack To Fentanyl: Here’s A Roundup Of Recent Sentencing On Drug Related Crimes

    May 5th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer In the last week or so of April, sentences were given out to various individuals who had committed drug-related crimes. Biometrica rounds up ten of those for you, based on statements published by the Department of Justice (DOJ)...

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  • Former Honduran Congressman Sentenced To Life For Distributing 185 Tons Of Cocaine

    March 31st, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By Anand Vasu Tony Hernández, a former Honduran Congressman, was sentenced to life in prison and ordered to forfeit $138.5 million for distributing 185 tons of cocaine, and related firearms and false statements offenses.  Over a 15-year-period, Hernández played a leadership role...

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  • DoJ busts dog fighting ring, charges 11

    January 29th, 2021
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer January 29, 2021 The Department of Justice has charged 11 individuals on a 136-count indictment, including flouting dog fighting prohibitions outlined by the Animal Welfare Act and several drug-related violations. Five of the defendants had allegedly attended dog fights between...

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  • CBP leads second-largest meth bust on southern border

    October 11th, 2020
    category: News Reports

    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...

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  • ICE part of international crackdown on darknet drug dealers

    September 22nd, 2020
    category: News Reports

    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...

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  • Texas woman part of heroin distribution conspiracy

    September 21st, 2020
    category: News Reports

    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,...

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  • Sun Pharma subsidiary to pay $20.75 mln settlement

    August 24th, 2020
    category: News Reports

    By a Biometrica staffer Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Inc’s subsidiary - DUSA Pharmaceuticals Inc – agreed to pay the US a $20.75 million settlement to resolve false claim allegations. DUSA allegedly caused physicians to submit false claims to Medicare and the Federal Employee...

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  • Biometrica Announces eMotive: Facial Recognition-Integrated 24×7 Criminal Background Check

    December 11th, 2018
    category: Press Releases

    With employer,employee, customer and public safety as the focus in both the physical and digital worlds, eMotive gives organizations the ability to run continuous, 24x7 criminal background checks, instead of a single annual background check, to mitigate both insider threats and external...

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  • With Eye On Innovation, Biometrica Announces AZ Office; Will Grow Phoenix-Area Operations In 2019

    December 7th, 2018
    category: Press Releases

    This expansion coincides with the growth of the technology company’s security and public safety operations and the emphasis on its new data-centric products. PHOENIX, AZ, DEC 7: On Friday, Biometrica Systems, Inc., a Phoenix and Las Vegas-based technology company that tracks crime...

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  • Biometrica Announces Release Of New SSIN, With Mobile App That Allows Near Real-Time Facial Recognition

    November 23rd, 2016
    category: Press Releases

    Enhanced functionalities of the new, fully encrypted Security & Surveillance Information Network will give clients the ability to run facial recognition scans on suspicious persons from anywhere on a property or beyond LAS VEGAS, NV: On Tuesday, Biometrica Systems, Inc., a Las...

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  • Biometrica Names Wyly Wade, Global Biometrics And Cybersecurity Expert, As CEO

    June 9th, 2016
    category: Press Releases

    A Board Member and Former Company Advisor, New CEO Wyly Wade Has Worked With Security Groups, Intelligence Agencies And Governments Across Five Continents LAS VEGAS, NV: The Board of Biometrica Systems, Inc., a Las Vegas and Virginia-based SaaS company focused on creating products...

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  • From Casinos To Hotels And Malls, Biometrica Looks To Protect And Save

    June 7th, 2016
    category: Press Releases

    Given The Enhanced Global Threat Scenario, Biometric and Facial Recognition Products Leader Eyes Expansion into Retail and Hotels after Successful 2015 LAS VEGAS, NV: Anyone that has seen the 2001 comedy heist starrer, Ocean’s Eleven, is probably familiar with futuristic surveillance rooms,...

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