The letter’s release comes following the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) provisional overdose data report announcing 93,000 deaths in 2020 — an all-time high driven by illicit fentanyl and its analogues. Keep Reading
The exercise and its results and recommendations have gained additional importance in the context of COVID-19. Keep Reading
Project Wave Breaker will direct interdiction, enforcement, and outreach efforts to high-impact areas to disrupt the flow of fentanyl in and around the United States. Keep Reading
FTS can be used to determine if drugs have been mixed or cut with fentanyl, providing people who use drugs and communities with important information about fentanyl in the illicit drug supply so they can take steps to reduce their risk of overdose. Keep Reading
The stimulant threat, including methamphetamine and cocaine, is worsening both in volume and reach, with traffickers selling increasing amounts outside of traditional markets. Keep Reading
While much of the world focused on combating the pandemic, DEA continued to implement initiatives to combat violent drug traffickers who were intent on flooding cities and rural areas alike with illicit, deadly drugs. Keep Reading
Agency takes further steps to strengthen the REMS program for transmucosal immediate-release fentanyl (TIRF) products to help ensure that the benefits of these drugs continue to outweigh the risks. Keep Reading
"Applying alternative procedures may require burdensome and labor-intensive procedures" to screen incoming packages as the Postal Service looks to CBP "for guidance on whether it can afford remedial measures." Keep Reading
The Border Patrol canine alerted to a taxicab with a male driver and a single male passenger attempting to travel through the checkpoint. Keep Reading
The shipment was headed to an address in Pennsylvania. CBP’s Narcotic Detector Dog “Max’ alerted to the shipment. CBP officers inspected the parcel and found more than six pounds of fentanyl. Keep Reading
The drug trafficking ring imported multiple kilograms of heroin, methamphetamine, and fentanyl into the northwest Arkansas area from out of state for local distribution. Keep Reading
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa commercial facility seized more than 3,100 pounds of methamphetamine, fentanyl powder, fentanyl pills and heroin on October 9. Keep Reading
Wellton Station U.S. Border Patrol agents working at the Interstate 8 immigration checkpoint on September 11 arrested a United States citizen attempting to smuggle fentanyl through the checkpoint in a shuttle van. Keep Reading
While progress has been made to combat overdose deaths, death rates involving synthetic opioids (excluding methadone) increased by 10% from 2017 to 2018. Keep Reading
HSI Washington, D.C. marked a ten-fold increase in narcotics seizures from nearly 400 lbs. in FY 2018 to over 4,000 lbs. in FY 2019, and a two-fold increase in firearms seizures. Keep Reading
This research is the first to test the ability of IMS to distinguish fentanyl from the background clutter that might be expected at a border crossing. Keep Reading
Luis Fernandez has been sentenced to 151 months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to distribute carfentanil, fentanyl, and a fentanyl analogue over the dark web. Keep Reading
Mexican drug cartels are manufacturing mass quantities of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl, a dangerous synthetic opioid. Keep Reading
Toolkit has information about personal protective clothing and equipment, training, decontamination, and handling exposure to working dogs. Keep Reading
This fiscal year, HSI has trained more than 4,000 law enforcement on cyber investigations, including dark web and cryptocurrency investigations. Keep Reading