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DEA Banned From Random Airport Searches After Scathing Justice Department Report Uncovers Corruption
The DEA has been barred from conducting random searches of travelers' belongings at airports and transit hubs following a Justice Department investigation that exposed corrupt practices.
DOJ suspends DEA searches at airports over civil rights concerns
Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz announced the suspension after hearing concerns about in the DEA’s transportation interdiction efforts, which include conducting consensual searches. During such searches, the DEA Task Force Groups ...
Justice Department halts DEA's random searches of airport travelers after report finds 'serious concerns'
The Justice Department ordered the Drug Enforcement Administration to halt random searches of passengers at airports and other transit hubs after a watchdog raised concerns.
Justice Department Orders DEA to Halt Airport Searches Because of 'Significant Issues' With Cash Seizures
The Justice Department has ordered the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to suspend most searches of passengers at airports and other mass transit
DOJ Halts DEA From Conducting Random Airport Drug Searches
Random drug searches at airports are temporarily on hold. The Department of Justice has told the Drug Enforcement Agency to stop searching passengers at airports and other transit hubs—even though they are the prime conduit for drug trafficking—after a major discrepancy was uncovered.
DOJ halts random DEA passenger searches at transportation facilities
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has stopped random Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) passenger searches at “mass transportation facilities,” such as airports, as of Thursday after
DEA halts passenger searches after alleged civil rights violations and racial profiling
The IG found that the program “creates substantial risks that DEA Special Agents and Task Force Officers will conduct these activities improperly; impose unwarranted burdens on, and violate the legal rights of, innocent travelers.” It also found that ...
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DEA paid "tens of thousands" to airline employees for targeting innocent passengers to steal their cash - DOJ halts practice
President Nixon created the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in 1973 to persecute Blacks and antiwar activists. Over 50 ...
DEA passenger searches halted after watchdog finds signs of civil rights violations and racial profiling
The Drug Enforcement Administration has been ordered to stop searching passengers at airports — and seizing their cash — ...
Less-potent fentanyl pills may be playing a role in decrease of US overdose deaths, DEA says
The US Drug Enforcement Administration says that less fentanyl is present in the nation’s illicit pill supply and that it’s ...
DEA faces legal challenge as uncertainty clouds plan to reclassify marijuana
Pennington pointed out in his motion that the DEA approved as witnesses officials from Nebraska, which opposes ...
Coral Gables cop indicted on bribery charges linked to two convicted ex-DEA agents
The corruption case against Coral Gables police officer Edwin Pagan grew out of the prosecution of two ex-DEA agents.
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FBI, DEA knew a widower whose wife was killed near Orlando was working for drug traffickers, records show
A widower in Miami-Dade County stands accused of moving cocaine and cash while working for drug traffickers in the Orlando ...
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FBI, DEA conduct search in Troy neighborhood
Investigators from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) were ...
Lawsuit Says DEA Acting In Bad Faith Over Marijuana
By Terry Hacienda, The Fresh Toast It has been clear the DEA It has been clear Anne Milgram, the head of the D ...