On Tuesday, as the result of an on-going investigation addressing the trafficking and distribution of heroin in Nome by the Nome Office of the Western Alaska Alcohol and Narcotics Team (WAANT), the Alaska State Troopers’ Anchorage Airport Interdiction Team (AAIT) made contact with a Nome individual at the Anchorage International Airport. The team, made up […]
Charges Include Murder in Aid of Racketeering, Kidnapping, Assault and Firearms Anchorage, Alaska – U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced today that multiple members and associates of a white supremacist gang known as the 1488s, have been arrested and charged for their alleged roles in a racketeering enterprise involving narcotics distribution, firearms trafficking, and acts […]
An Anchorage man was sentenced to 16 years in federal prison after his conviction in July of last year on charges of two counts of attempted sex trafficking of a minor, and two counts of attempted enticement of a minor, the Department of Justice announced on Wednesday. Danny Ray Lowe, 50, was sentenced by U.S. […]
[dropcap]H[/dropcap]ONOLULU – The owner and officers of a Japanese-flagged fishing vessel were charged in federal court today with aiding and abetting the trafficking and smuggling of 962 shark fins into and out of Hawaii on November 7, 2018. According to court documents and information presented in court, the Japanese-flagged fishing vessel, M.V. Kyoshin Maru […]