Mar 19th, 2010 · Provisions to establish a federal commission to review insurance rates, beef up antitrust enforcement against delays in generic drugs and some state-specific Medicare and Medicaid deals are gone from health overhaul.
Mar 19th, 2010 · Western nations have long criticized Afghanistan's failure to curtail opium production, a main source of income for the Taliban. But counterterrorism officials say the problem is far more complex than just drug money, including diverted charity payments and "protection money" from convoys seeking to resupply U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
Mar 18th, 2010 · Wachovia Bank has agreed to pay $160 million to settle a federal investigation into laundering of South American drug money. The deal, announced by the U.S. Attorney in Miami, said the bank had laundered the money since at least 2003 using Mexican exchange houses.
Mar 17th, 2010 · Banking giant Wachovia Corp. will pay $160 million to settle a federal investigation into laundering of illegal drug profits through Mexican exchange houses in the largest case of its kind ever brought against a U.S. bank, prosecutors said.
Mar 17th, 2010 · A Harvard economist estimates how much revenue each state would raise by legalizing and taxing illicit drugs.
Mar 17th, 2010 · The thieves cut a hole in the roof of the pharmaceutical giant's warehouse in Enfield, Mass., during a rainstorm. They rappelled inside and then swiped enough antidepressants and other prescription drugs to fill a tractor-trailer. One experts said: "This one will enter the folklore."
Mar 17th, 2010 · The opium trade in Afghanistan is a key source of income for the Taliban. The group uses the money to carry out suicide bombings and other attacks. But a team of Afghan police commandos is working around the clock to cut off this dangerous funding source.
Mar 16th, 2010 · Even though Lil Wayne was serving time Wednesday in New York City's Rikers Island correctional facility for illegal gun possession, that didn't stop him from getting in trouble with the criminal justice system in Arizona. A warrant was issued for his arrest in Arizona because he failed to make an appearance in a case related to drug and weapons charges in that state.