PHILIPSBURG — Dominican drug lord Justo Germán “Papín” Rosario was extradited from Sint Maarten to the United States to face drug trafficking charges filed in
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Dominican Who Kept Venezuelan Women As Sex Slaves In St. Thomas ‘Dungeon’ Gets 6.5 Years
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A federal judge ordered a Dominican woman to sit in prison for six and 1/2 years and pay nearly $1 million in
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2 Men Arrested For Plotting To Move 190 Pounds of Cocaine Through St. Thomas
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Federal criminal charges have been filed against two men for conspiracy to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine, following the seizure
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Feds and VIPD Find Gun And Drugs At John F. Kennedy Terrace During Joint Operation
CHRISTIANSTED — Federal agents and local police officers seized an illegal gun and drugs during a joint operation at a Richmond housing project this weekend.
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The Price You Sometimes Pay For Human Trafficking, Drug Smuggling Is … Your Life
MIAMI — Little is known about the 40 people believed to have been aboard a boat that capsized and was found this week near Florida’s coast with
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Dominican Man Who Used WhatsApp To Try To Throw Feds Off Cocaine Trail Gets 2.75 Years
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Dominican man who tried to evade scrutiny of his illegal drug trafficking operation by using the offline app WhatsApp got nearly
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Puerto Rico Man Gets 6 Months In Prison After Bringing $316,930 By Sea To St. Thomas
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A Puerto Rican man who came to St. Thomas with more than $300,000 in cold cash stuffed into the cooler on his
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Armored Truck CEO Admits Fraud In Multimillion Dollar Dirty Gold Money Laundering Conspiracy
MIAMI — Jesus Gabriel Rodriguez, Jr., 45, former CEO of Transvalue, a South Florida company that transported gold, cash, and other valuables by armored truck,
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Colombian Who Used Fake ID To Bring Ecstasy To St. Croix Admits To Not Being A U.S. Citizen
CHRISTIANSTED — A Colombian national who brought ecstasy, ketamine and a fake ID to the St. Croix airport last December has admitted to entering the
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Venezuelan Pleads Guilty To Smuggling 108 Pounds of Cocaine Into St. Croix By Sea
CHRISTIANSTED — A Venezuelan national today admitted in federal court to smuggling 108 pounds of cocaine into the territory. Johan Garcia Suarez, 33, of Caracas,
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