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PlayStation serial number leads Feds to bust a massive drug ring

This could easily be termed one of the largest Fentanyl related busts in the US but this time thanks to PlayStation serial number. The federal agents captured a large heroin ring in Novi, Michigan after raiding a condominium and discovering Fentanyl in large quantity. The quantity was so much that according to DEA, it could be […]

Former US Federal Agent Pleads Guilty To $820,000 Bitcoin Laundering

Earlier today, a former United States secret service agent pleaded guilty for the theft of over $820,000 worth of digital currency, Bitcoin, during the federal investigation of an online marketplace, Silk Road, which was being used to facilitate the sale and purchase of illegal drugs as well as other illicit goods. According to the Department […]

Spying Tools Being Bought Secretly by DEA from an Italian Surveillance Firm

DEA has been a client of the controversial Italian surveillance tech firm Hacking Team since 2012 — DEA has bought spyware capable of intercepting all sorts of communication. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) firstly placed an order in August 2012 and has bought the software called Remote Control System/RCS. This software can intercept telephone conversations, social […]

DEA Making Huge Photo Database of Country’s Drivers, vehicles’ number plates

DEA Maintaining Massive database of the country’s drivers and vehicles’ number plates – Database is used by DEA to track car owners. In the recent past reports about the United States Drugs Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) huge database of the country’s every driver and number plate under the alibi of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) have already […]