New York News 2007

December 26, 2007	DEA's New York Division Reported in the Big Brother Big Sister Annual Report The Power to Change Perceptions
December 14, 2007	Four Members of International Khat Trafficking Ring Found Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court
December 14, 2007	United States Announces Historic Extradition of Iranian Heroin Trafficker To New York
December 10, 2007	Mexican Delegation Visits the NYFD
December 6, 2007	Violent Colombian Drug Kingpin Convicted For Importing Thousands Of Kilograms Of Cocaine Into The United States From Colombia
November 30, 2007	Curaçao-Based Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced To Almost 20 Years In Prison And $3 Million Forfeiture
November 29, 2007	DEA Takes Down Methamphetamine Lab In New York State
November 29, 2007	GSA Signs New Lease For Buffalo DEA Office
November 28, 2007	U.S. Arrests Colombian Police Officers And Airline Employees For Facilitating Shipments Of Heroin On Commercial Flights Into New York City
November 16, 2007	Two Year Investigation Leads to Arrest of 13-Year Veteran of the NY Police Department
November 14, 2007	Counterfeit Clothing Racket Nets Six Arrests
October 26, 2007	NYFD Celebrated National Hispanic Heritage Month
October 24, 2007	Leader of Bronx Home Invasion Robbery Crew Sentenced to Life in Prison
October 22, 2007	U.S. Announces Extradition of High-Ranking Member of Mexican Drug-Trafficking Organization
October 19, 2007	New York Governor Spitzer Endorses Red Ribbon Week
October 16, 2007	18 Defendants, Including 10 JFK Airport Employees, Charged in International Drug Smuggling and Distribution Schemes
October 11, 2007	Operation Grassroots Nets 16 Arrests
October 8, 2007	Three Members of International Khat Trafficking Ring Sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court
October 5, 2007	Heroin Kingpin – First Defendant Ever Extradited From Afghanistan – Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To Over 15 Years In Prison
October 2, 2007	Panamanian Delegation Visits the New York Field Division
October 2, 2007	Bronx Brothers Convicted on Federal Murder and Narcotics Charges
October 2, 2007	New York Field Division Runs/Walks in "Race For The Kids"
October 1, 2007	Leader of Violent Bronx Heroin Organization Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison on Drug and Weapons Charges
September 20, 2007	Leader of International Heroin Organization Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison
September 4, 2007	Extradited Ghanaian Drug Kingpin Sentenced to 262 Months for Smuggling Heroin into the United States
August 31, 2007	United States Military Officer Sentenced to Over 17 Years in Prison for Importing Ecstasy on United States Air Force Aircraft
August 21, 2007	Final Indicted Defendant in Co-op City Crack and Firearms Ring Pleads Guilty
July 30, 2007	Leader of Bronx Crack Cocaine Ring Pleads Guilty
July 19, 2007	Global Investigation Leads to Extradition of Dominican Drug Trafficker
July 10, 2007	Long Island Co. Pays $800k for Failing To Report Suspicious Orders To Web Pharmacies
July 10, 2007	DEA Hosted Illegal Internet Pharmaceutical Websites Symposium
July 2, 2007	Curacao-Based Cocaine Traffickers Enter Guilty Pleas in Massive Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy
June 27, 2007	Three Members of International Khat Trafficking Ring Convicted
June 26, 2007	Last of 15 Defendants in International Heroin Ring Pleads Guilty to Narcotics Trafficking and Firearms Offenses
June 18, 2007	DEA Pharmaceutical Drug Symposium
June 18, 2007	Colombian Drug Kingpin Found Guilty
June 14, 2007	Two Nigerian Drug Traffickers Convicted On Heroin Conspiracy Charges
June 8, 2007	DEA Investigation Nets International Arms Dealer With Ties To Terrorist Organizations
June 7, 2007	16 Arrests In Prescription Drug Trafficking Organization
June 6, 2007	Dentist Charged With Writing Fraudulent Prescriptions
June 5, 2007	Respect for Law Alliance honors SAC John P. Gilbride and Associate SAC Daniel Anderson
June 1, 2007	Operation Pill Crusher Nets 10 Arrests
May 29, 2007	Marijuana Trafficker Sentence
May 24, 2007	Drug Pipeline from NYC to Albany Closed Down
May 23, 2007	Fourteen Defendants On Long Island Charged With Crack Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy
May 14, 2007	Doctor Charged Drug Dealers for Writing Fraudulent Prescriptions
May 14, 2007	The Tragic Reality of Crystal Meth in the Bronx
May 11, 2007	United States Announces Arrest of Taliban-Linked Afghan Heroin Trafficker On Charges of Conspiring To Import Millions of Dollars Worth Of Heroin
May 11, 2007	Cali Cartel Front Man Pleads Guilty and Is Sentenced On Money Laundering Charges
May 4, 2007	U.S. Seizes Over $5.6 Million From Dubai-Based Money Launderer
April 26, 2007	NYFD Holds Second Annual “Bring Your Child To Work Day”
April 18, 2007	Cocaine Cowboys-Rounded Up At Last
April 12, 2007	DEA Trains Over 200 About Methamphetamine Clandestine Labs
April 9, 2007	Marijuana Grow Operation Found in Manhattan Apartment
April 5, 2007	Fugitive And Drug Kingpin - Finally Sentenced
March 30, 2007	First Arrest In The Nation For Violating The Combat Methamphetamine Act
March 28, 2007	Eleven Members Of Colombian Heroin Trafficking Organization Arrested Following Joint Investigation By U.S. And Colombia
March 28, 2007	Guatemala Extradites Drug Traffickers For The First Time In A Decade
March 23, 2007	Drug Trafficker With Ties To Terrorist Group Sentenced
March 22, 2007	Pharmacy Ring Busted
March 15, 2007	International Money Manager Sentenced To 4 Years In Prison For Laundering Narcotics Proceeds In Government Sting
March 15, 2007	Hamptons Doctor Charged In Prescription Drug Trafficking Scam
March 8, 2007	Four Arrested For Marijuana Trafficking
March 2, 2007	Trafficker Charged With Transporting At Least 200 Tons Of Cocaine Arrives In New York
February 28, 2007	U.S. Arrests Owner and Two Employees of Manhattan Pharmacy For Stealing Over $1.2 Million From the Medicaid Program
February 28, 2007	International Southwest Asian Heroin Ring Dismantled
February 22, 2007	Deputy Secretary General of China National Narcotics Control Commission Yang Fengrui Meets With DEA Special Agent in Charge John P. Gilbride
February 21, 2007	Colombian Cocaine Kingpin Sentenced To 30 Years
February 20, 2007	Brigadier General Jorge Baron-Leguizamon, Director of the Colombian National Police Antinarcotics Forces Visits the DEA's New York Field Division
February 15, 2007	Drug Impostor Nabbed
February 15, 2007	Over $18 Million In Forfeited Drug Proceeds Distributed To Federal, State And Local Law Enforcement In New York In 2006
February 7, 2007	Leader of the Pack Found Guilty
February 5, 2007	Hammels Houses Made Safe for School Kids
January 30, 2007	DEA Announces First 2007 Meth Lab Seizure in New York
January 23, 2007	DEA NY Trains 25 New Task Force Officers
January 18, 2007	Three Heroin Traffickers Extradited From Thailand
January 16, 2007	DEA: 117 Arrests Put Large International Drug Trafficking Organization Out of Business
January 4, 2007	DEA Extradites Two Corrupt Colombian Police Officers On Cocaine Conspiracy Charges