Drug Enforcement Administration

A Bulgarian border policeman stands near a barbed wire wall on the border with Turkey in July 2014. Experts believe that about two-thirds of the heroin that enters Europe comes through Bulgaria, and that a third of that moves on to the United States.

World News

Bulgaria Steps Up Efforts Against Drug Trafficking Across Its Borders

8:58am June 24, 2015

by Ari Shapiro

Bulgaria has long been a drug trafficking hub. As recently as the 1990s, the government looked the other way. Now a European Union member, it's working to stop the flow of Afghan heroin into Europe.

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National

Justice Dept. Criticizes Punishments For Agents Linked To Student's Detention

6:54pm May 05, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

In 2012, Daniel Chong spent more than four days in a cell without food and water because agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration forgot about him. The agents were suspended for up to seven days.

National

Justice Department Moves To Further Rein In Racial Profiling

9:45am December 08, 2014

by Carrie Johnson

New guidelines being unveiled today will broaden rules for the FBI, ATF, DEA and other federal agencies, that will ban — or nearly ban — profiling by race, gender, religion or sexual orientation.

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3 Afghan Army Officers, Who Had Gone Missing, Detained At Canadian Border

2:53pm September 22, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The men are described as senior Afghan army officers who were vetted before being allowed to participate in training exercises. They are not considered a threat, officials say.