Attorney General reveals new team to target illegal online opioid sales
Jeff Sessions
Jan. 30 (UPI) â To help federal law enforcement disrupt illegal online opioid sales and fight online drug trafficking   Attorney General Jeff Sessions  announced a new resource  the Joint Criminal Opioid Darknet Enforcement  or J-CODE  team.
During a speech Monday in Pittsburgh  Pa.   Sessions  said the J-CODE team will help officials continue to shut down online marketplaces that drug traffickers use to ultimately help reduce addiction and overdoses across the nation.
âCriminals think that they are safe on the darknet  but they are in for a rude awakening â  Sessions  said. âWe have already infiltrated their networks and we are determined to bring them to justice.â
As part of the healthcare fraud crackdown   Sessions  announced in November the availability of $12 million in grants  a field office and special coordinators to help law enforcement combat the crisis. His office also disclosed last summer the arrests of 120 healthcare providers accused of opioid abuse. Sessions called it the single largest roundup of opioid-related crimes by healthcare providers in the nationâs history.
 Sessions  told attendees Monday that in 2016  an estimated 64 000 Americans died of drug overdoses.
âThatâs more than the population of Lancaster  Pennsylvania dead in one year. And in 2017 it appears that the death toll was even higher â  Sessions  said. âFor Americans under the age of 50  drug overdoses are now the leading cause of death. Millions of Americans are living with the daily struggle of an addiction.â
 Sessions  said the recent surge of violent crimes is directly linked to the drug  with a recent study revealing nearly a quarter of the increase in homicides is drug-related.
Jan. 30 (UPI) â To help federal law enforcement disrupt illegal online opioid sales and fight online drug trafficking    [TGT] announced a new resource  the Joint Criminal Opioid Darknet Enforcement  or J-CODE  team.
During a speech Monday in Pittsburgh  Pa.    [TGT] said the J-CODE team will help officials continue to shut down online marketplaces that drug traffickers use to ultimately help reduce addiction and overdoses across the nation.
âCriminals think that they are safe on the darknet  but they are in for a rude awakening â   [TGT] said. âWe have already infiltrated their networks and we are determined to bring them to justice.â
As part of the healthcare fraud crackdown    [TGT] announced in November the availability of $12 million in grants  a field office and special coordinators to help law enforcement combat the crisis. His office also disclosed last summer the arrests of 120 healthcare providers accused of opioid abuse. Sessions called it the single largest roundup of opioid-related crimes by healthcare providers in the nationâs history.
  [TGT] told attendees Monday that in 2016  an estimated 64 000 Americans died of drug overdoses.
âThatâs more than the population of Lancaster  Pennsylvania dead in one year. And in 2017 it appears that the death toll was even higher â   [TGT] said. âFor Americans under the age of 50  drug overdoses are now the leading cause of death. Millions of Americans are living with the daily struggle of an addiction.â
  [TGT] said the recent surge of violent crimes is directly linked to the drug  with a recent study revealing nearly a quarter of the increase in homicides is drug-related.