He praises technology at land ports of entry. In his State of the Union address this week, President Joe Biden called on Congress to secure America’s border with…
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Treasury Sanctions Two Major Narcotics Traffickers
Under Secretary Brian Nelson delivers announcement. Last week, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed tariffs on two major drug traffickers known to be highly…
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Border Patrol Reports Smugglers Recruiting Minors
Social media used by criminal organizations to reach teen drivers. U.S. Border Patrol has revealed that Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCO) are using social media to recruit juvenile drivers…
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Bipartisan Report Shows Cost of Overdose Epidemic
$1 trillion lost annually to opioid abuse nationwide. Representative David Trone of Maryland and Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas, the chairs of the Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid…
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U.S. Navy Seizes $4 Million Worth of Heroin
The fishing vessel was intercepted on the Arabian sea. The United States Navy seized $4 million worth of heroin on the Arabian Sea this week. In a statement…
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Secretary of State Travels to South America
Secretary Blinken met with officials in Ecuador and Columbia. This week, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to South America for the first time in his position…
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CBP Confiscates Record Amounts of Smuggled Narcotics
Border agents and their canine partners successfully interdict shipments of illicit substances. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has continued to protect the American public from illegal drugs…
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Coast Guard Cutter Seizes $33 Million in Cocaine
49-day counter narcotics operation covered 10,000 miles in the Eastern Pacific. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast has returned to its homeport in Astoria, Oregon, after a 49-day…
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Coast Guard Offloads $94 Million in Cocaine
Drugs were seized from boat near Columbia. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tampa offloaded over 5,500 pounds of cocaine in Miami this past week. The drugs were seized…
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Border Patrol Dog Sniffs Out Fentanyl in Burritos
Food proves not to be a deterrent for canines. A canine with the Yuma Sector Border Patrol sniffed out packages of fentanyl hidden within breakfast burritos recently at…
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