"With even a fraction of what he was supposed to have stolen he could have disappeared"

Robert L. Vesco, the fugitive financier who spent most of his life eluding American justice, might even have managed to die on the sly. via HendersonvilleNews.com

An Afghani tribal chief facing heroin smuggling charges in New York tried to improve his lot after his arrest by giving investigators information about the whereabouts of the supreme leader of the Taliban, the ... via AMNY

"That's common parlance in the industry meaning that a defendant is changing his plea from not guilty to guilty"

Former Hamilton County Sheriff Billy Long, who was arrested in February on federal extortion, money laundering, drug and gun charges, is expected Monday to modify his not guilty plea. via Chattanooga Times Free Press

"Fentora has attributes that make it particularly attractive to abusers"

By MATTHEW PERRONE The Associated Press Friday, May 2, 2008; 12:30 PM WASHINGTON -- Government regulators on Friday said encouraging wider use of a powerful painkiller made by Cephalon Inc. via The Washington Post

"This blow strikes at the heart of drug trafficking because these twins had the most important organization after Don Diego and Varela"

Police acting on an informant's tip captured one of Colombia's main cocaine traffickers hiding in a tractor-trailer's secret compartment - just days after killing his twin brother. via The South Mississippi Sun Herald