Working under the cover of pre-dawn darkness, a group of Coast Guard law enforcement officers climbed atop a semi-submersible vessel in the waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean early Saturday. ...more

September 16, 2008

Working as part of a Tampa-based investigation, the Coast Guard this weekend seized a semi-submarine with 7 tons of cocaine aboard about 350 miles west of Guatemala in the eastern Pacific Ocean, officials said. ...more

September 15, 2008

Much Too Compassionate I would like to congratulate all of the responsible taxpayers, homeowners and businesses who are going to bail out reckless mortgage companies, real estate speculators and home buyers who caused the mortgage crisis. Isn't it admirable that the federal government has decided to reward deplorable financial behavior for the greater good? ...more

August 5, 2008

It's no surprise Florida leads the nation in mortgage fraud. State regulators have allowed thousands of criminals to enter the mortgage business, scarcely lifting a finger to protect homebuyers from con artists. ...more

July 22, 2008

Police acting on an informant's tip found one of Colombia's main cocaine traffickers hiding in a tractor-trailer's secret compartment - just days after police killed his twin brother, authorities said. ...more

May 3, 2008

When investigators from a Tampa-based operation seized 27 tons of cocaine from two ships, they hit one of Colombia's most powerful drug organizations, the Norte del Valle Cartel, a federal prosecutor said today. ...more

November 21, 2007

A man tied to two ships seized with 27 tons of cocaine in 2004 was arrested Sunday in Colombia and is expected to be extradited and tried in federal court in Tampa. The federal government has designated him as one of the top 30 international drug traffickers in the world and he has worked for a man on the FBI's 10-Most Wanted List. ...more

November 20, 2007