The Drug Enforcement Administration has seen several cyber attacks on healthcare and drug companies that resulted in data breaches. To avoid becoming the next victim, there are measures companies can take. DEA recommends that registrants implement safe cybersecurity best practices. This includes using strong and unique passwords/passphrases, keeping software up-to-date, thinking before clicking suspicious links […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A federal grand jury in Alaska returned a superseding indictment adding new charges against the leader and a high-ranking member of a large-scale organized drug crime ring operating in Alaska. In January, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Alaska announced charges against 53 defendants allegedly connected to the drug trafficking enterprise. Conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, […]
WASHINGTON – Thursday, DEA Administrator Anne Milgram announced the release of the 2024 National Drug Threat Assessment (NDTA), DEA’s comprehensive strategic assessment of illicit drug threats and trafficking trends endangering the United States. For more than a decade, DEA’s NDTA has been a trusted resource for law enforcement agencies, policy makers, and prevention and treatment specialists […]
DEA Issues Immediate Suspension Order and Five Orders to Show Cause WASHINGTON – Tuesday, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration announced administrative actions against six DEA-registered companies which, together, failed to account for more than a million doses of opioids. Under DEA initiative “Operation Bottleneck,” DEA served an Immediate Suspension Order and five Orders to Show […]