Title: Joint taskforce Bust a nationwide marijuana and cigarette distribution ring
Start Date: 4/10/2013
Message: Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and several other Law enforcement Teams have completed an investigation and charged 37 members of an organized ring in a nationwide marijuana and cigarette distribution scheme. The organization allegedly conspired to manufacture and distribute more than $45 million worth of marijuana, and to illegally distribute nearly 44 million cigarettes, which resulted in more than $7 million in lost tax revenue.
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Title: U.S. Department of Transportation Reports
Start Date: 4/3/2013
Message: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) ordered Southern Transportation Inc MC# 564043 DOT# 1502096 of Tucker GA to immediately cease all transportation services, based on serious safety violations that posed an imminent hazard to public safety and for failing to ensure it's drivers complied with Federal safety regulations.
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Title: U.S. Department of Transportation Reports
Start Date: 3/27/2013
Message: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) ordered General Trucking Inc MC# 682102 DOT# 1896916 of Tucker GA to immediately cease all transportation services, based on serious safety violations that posed an imminent hazard to public safety and for failing to ensure it's drivers complied with Federal safety regulations.
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Title: U.S. Department of Transportation Reports
Start Date: 3/26/2013
Message: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) ordered Highway Star Inc MC# 508042 DOT# 1310777 of Oak Park MI to immediately cease all transportation services, based on serious safety violations that posed an imminent hazard to public safety and for failing to ensure it's drivers complied with Federal safety regulations.
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Title: US Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICE Report
Start Date: 3/13/2013
Message: Twenty-eight individuals have been charged in a 97-count indictment after allegedly stealing $1.7 million from American trucking companies in a sophisticated money-wiring scheme. The indictment follows a two-year probe by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). See the press releases below.
Press release from ICE.
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Press release from DOJ.
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Title: Joint Taskforce Busts ID Theft Ring
Start Date: 3/13/2013
Message: Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have charged 8 Los Angeles-area residents. The criminal investigation is the result of "Operation National Treasure," an eight-month investigation into a ring that allegedly used stolen identities to seek more than $19 million in tax refunds from the IRS.
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