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May 26, 2023 at 6:11 am

After yearslong delay, DEA revokes license of drug distributor over opioid crisis failures VIEW

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has stripped one of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical distributors of its license to sell highly addictive painkillers after determining it...

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May 23, 2023 at 11:25 pm

Takeaways of AP report on DEA probe of drug distributor accused of fueling opioid epidemic VIEW

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has allowed one of the nation’s largest drug distributors to keep shipping addictive painkillers for nearly four years despite a...

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May 23, 2023 at 11:10 pm

DEA’s failure to punish distributor blamed in opioid crisis raises revolving door questions VIEW

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has allowed one of the nation’s largest drug distributors to keep shipping addictive painkillers for nearly four years despite a...

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May 17, 2023 at 3:37 pm

US judge in Texas dismisses charges against Swiss banker allegedly tied to Venezuela bribery scheme

A federal judge in Houston has dismissed criminal charges against a Swiss banker accused of helping stash millions in bribes paid to senior Venezuelan oil...

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May 5, 2023 at 5:14 am

Study: China’s squid fleet avoids Peru to dodge new port law

A port regulation adopted by Peru to combat illegal fishing by Chinese squid vessels appears to have driven the world’s largest overseas fishing fleet deeper...

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April 27, 2023 at 9:39 am

DEA chief grilled over probe into no-bid contracts, hiring

Lawmakers grilled U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration chief Anne Milgram over millions of dollars in no-bid contracts that are the subject of a watchdog probe into...

April 20, 2023 at 4:55 pm

GOP senator demands DEA boss explain no-bid contracts, hires

A senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary committee has demanded that U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration chief Anne Milgram address allegations of improper hiring and contracting...

April 19, 2023 at 9:57 am

US judge sends Hugo Chavez’s ex nurse to prison for 15 years

A federal judge in Miami has handed down a 15-year prison sentence to the former nurse of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez for taking bribes...

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Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Anne Milgram, speaks during in a press event to announce the results of an enforcement surge to reduce the fentanyl supply across the United States, at DEA headquarters, Arlington, Va., Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe) VAGA108 VAGA108

April 19, 2023 at 8:12 am

Takeaways of AP report on watchdog probe into DEA hiring VIEW

Key takeaways from the federal investigation into the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and its chief, Anne Milgram.

FILE – U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Anne Milgram speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Friday, April 14, 2023. A federal watchdog is investigating hiring practices at the DEA under Milgram and whether millions of dollars in no-bid contracts were improperly steered to her past associates, according to people familiar with the probe. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) NY449 NY449

April 19, 2023 at 7:46 am

DEA chief faces probe into ‘swampy’ hires, no-bid contracts VIEW

A watchdog is probing whether the Drug Enforcement Administration improperly awarded millions of dollars in no-bid contracts to hire the chief's associates.