May 9, 2008
Colombian Paramilitary Leader Extradited to US to Face Drug Charges
Carlos Mario Jimenez-Naranjo, a/k/a Macaco, has been extradited from Colombia to the United States to face drug trafficking charges, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher announced yesterday.
Jimenez-Naranjo faces drug-related charges in the District of Columbia and the Southern District of Florida. Jimenez-Naranjo made his initial appearance today in the District of Columbia before Judge [...]
April 26, 2008
Enforcement Strategy to Combat Growing Threat of International Organized Crime
On Wednesday, US Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey announced a new federal strategy in the fight against international organized crime that will address this growing threat to the US security and stability.
The Law Enforcement Strategy to Combat International Organized Crime was developed following an October 2007 International Organized Crime Threat Assessment (IOC Threat Assessment) [...]
March 31, 2008
Global Crime and Terrorism
The end of the Cold War meant a significant change in the nature of the foreign threats to US security. The principal worry of most Americans is no longer a devastating military offensive from abroad, but rather more insidious assaults which hit closer to home, threatening lives and property and creating a climate of fear. [...]
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Reese Witherspoon: Most Dangerous Avon Sales Rep
Respecting Accuracy in Domestic Abuse Reporting (RADAR) recently issued an alert of great importance pointing out how Avon’s sales representatives (of which Reese Witherspoon is the newest pitch-queen) are doing things tremendously damaging to women around the world.
I was shocked to see an intelligent woman like Reese Witherspoon drumming war paint as the Global Ambassador [...]
March 5, 2008
Urge your Representative to Vote NO on the Mental Health Equity Act!
March 4, 2008
House Attempts to Expand List of “Mental Disorders” Covered by Employers Urge your Representative to Vote NO on the Mental Health Equity Act!
Most Americans probably hear the phrase “more affordable health care”
roll off the lips of certain presidential candidates on a daily basis,
so why are Members of Congress trying to pass a bill [...]
March 4, 2008
‘Thou Shalt Not Bogart the Doobage’: Moses High on Drugs, Says Professor
Benny Shanon, a professor of cognitive psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, claims that Moses was high on psychedelic drugs on Mount Sinai when he heard God deliver the Ten Commandments.
Let’s see… Honor your father and mother, don’t steal, don’t kill, don’t covet your neighbor’s wife, don’t commit adultery, remember the Sabbath and keep [...]
February 13, 2008
Bronx Drug Kingpin Convicted of Running Heroin Organization
Jose Rodriguez Nieves, a/k/a “Menor,” a/k/a “Cuba,” was found guilty late Friday of charges related to his leadership of a highly lucrative drug organization responsible for distributing hundreds of kilograms of heroin in the Bronx from 1995 to January 2006.
Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge John Gilbride told reporters, “Throughout this operation the [...]
February 12, 2008
Gang Task Force Targets “Sureno 13″ Gang Member
A member of the violent street gang Sureno 13 was arrested here Saturday by Greeley, Colorado, Gang Task Force officers, with assistance from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agents.
Renato Rodarte-Bueno, 33, of Mexico, was arrested at a Greeley, Colorado, apartment about on February 2, on state criminal charges of child abuse/neglect and possessing [...]
February 8, 2008
Dozens of Gambino, Genovese and Bonanno Crime Family Members Indicted in NYC
In a dramatic blow to traditional organized crime families operating in the New York City metropolitan area, an 80 indictment charging 62 defendants associated with the Gambino, Genovese, and Bonanno organized crime families of La Cosa Nostra, the construction industry, or its supporting unions — including each member of the Gambino family administration currently at [...]
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Congressman Duncan Hunter Demands Feds Install Border Fence
by Jim Kouri. CPP
Duncan Hunter, R-Calif, author of the fencing provisions of the Secure Fence Act of 2006, has introduced new legislation in the House of Representatives to require the construction of double-layered fencing along the U.S. border with Mexico within six months, according to a memo sent to the National Association of Chiefs of [...]