Thread by @arapaho415

@sisu_sanity @clearing_fog @StringwallApp Great find @sisu_sanity. We should all BOLO "959" cases. @braisincapital @satirehat @TeresaCCarter2 @ThomasS4217 @YDanasmithdutra
11.11.21
1/ "Acting US Attorney Ganjei Highlights EDTX’s Successes in Int'l Drug Investigations and Anti-Cartel Prosecutions"
justice.gov/usao-edtx/pr/b…

@sisu_sanity @clearing_fog @StringwallApp @braisincapital @satirehat @TeresaCCarter2 @ThomasS4217 @YDanasmithdutra 2/ Acting EDTX US Attorney Nicholas Ganjei:
"Today [Nov 11, 2021] I’d like to speak to you about the robust 👉international drug investigation, extradition👈, and prosecution practice happening in your Eastern District of Texas. Colloquially known as '959' cases...

@sisu_sanity @clearing_fog @StringwallApp @braisincapital @satirehat @TeresaCCarter2 @ThomasS4217 @YDanasmithdutra 3/ ...these investigations and prosecutions result in the identification, capture, and conviction of some of the world’s largest and most notorious drug traffickers. Through joint action with the DEA, HSI, other federal law enforcement partners...

@sisu_sanity @clearing_fog @StringwallApp @braisincapital @satirehat @TeresaCCarter2 @ThomasS4217 @YDanasmithdutra 4/ ...as well as our foreign law enforcement counterparts, EDTX can interdict bulk shipments of narcotics 👉before they reach American shores and prosecute those trafficker kingpins who believe themselves above the law simply because they reside overseas👈." (more...)

@sisu_sanity @clearing_fog @StringwallApp @braisincapital @satirehat @TeresaCCarter2 @ThomasS4217 @YDanasmithdutra 5/ Acting EDTX US Attorney Ganjei:
"[T]hese cases are, and will remain, a priority for the Eastern District."
"The international dimension of 959 cases makes them particularly worthwhile endeavors." (more...)

@sisu_sanity @clearing_fog @StringwallApp @braisincapital @satirehat @TeresaCCarter2 @ThomasS4217 @YDanasmithdutra 6/ "Title 21 United States Code (USC) Controlled Substances Act
SUBCHAPTER II — IMPORT AND EXPORT
§959. Possession, manufacture, or distribution of controlled substance"
"(d) Acts committed outside territorial jurisdiction of United States; venue...
deadiversion.usdoj.gov/21cfr/21usc/95…

@sisu_sanity @clearing_fog @StringwallApp @braisincapital @satirehat @TeresaCCarter2 @ThomasS4217 @YDanasmithdutra 7/ ...This section is intended to reach acts of manufacture or distribution committed outside the territorial jurisdiction of the United States. Any person who violates this section shall be tried in the United States district court at the point of entry where...

@sisu_sanity @clearing_fog @StringwallApp @braisincapital @satirehat @TeresaCCarter2 @ThomasS4217 @YDanasmithdutra 8/ ... such person enters the United States, or in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia."
And this⤵️ from Mar 10, 2015 is interesting, considering Mogilevich was removed from FBI most wanted list in Dec 2015: (more...)

https://twitter.com/sisu_sanity/status/1419029119917084674

@sisu_sanity @clearing_fog @StringwallApp @braisincapital @satirehat @TeresaCCarter2 @ThomasS4217 @YDanasmithdutra 9/ Link to article from screenshot in previous tweet: (more...)

https://twitter.com/sisu_sanity/status/1419026882704576515

@sisu_sanity @clearing_fog @StringwallApp @braisincapital @satirehat @TeresaCCarter2 @ThomasS4217 @YDanasmithdutra 10/ "The FBI said Thursday [Dec 13, 2015] that Myloh Jaqory Mason, who is believed to have robbed at least two banks this fall, thrusting guns in tellers' faces and warning the clerks that they would die unless they opened the vault...
inquirer.com/philly/news/20…

@sisu_sanity @clearing_fog @StringwallApp @braisincapital @satirehat @TeresaCCarter2 @ThomasS4217 @YDanasmithdutra 11/ ...is now on its top 10 list. Mason replaces Semion Mogilevich🤨, a reputed Russian organized crime figure who had been on the list since October 2009 for his alleged involvement in a $150 million stock-manipulation scheme.
The FBI said Mogilevich remains at large...

@sisu_sanity @clearing_fog @StringwallApp @braisincapital @satirehat @TeresaCCarter2 @ThomasS4217 @YDanasmithdutra 12/ ...but no longer meets its criteria for its most-sought list. The criteria include the need for publicity to aid in apprehension and a continued danger to the community.
Because the publicity the fugitive got during his time on the list didn't lead to his capture...

@sisu_sanity @clearing_fog @StringwallApp @braisincapital @satirehat @TeresaCCarter2 @ThomasS4217 @YDanasmithdutra 13/ ...he no longer fits that requirement, the agency said, noting he is believed to be living in a country where the United States doesn't have an extradition treaty.
Since Mogilevich was added to the list, 'the extensive national and international publicity afforded him...

@sisu_sanity @clearing_fog @StringwallApp @braisincapital @satirehat @TeresaCCarter2 @ThomasS4217 @YDanasmithdutra 14/ ...has not generated information which would assist in his apprehension,' the FBI said.
There's also no evidence has engaged in additional illegal activity, according to the agency." /end