Mass. Probe Leads to 19 Arrests, Cripples Cartel
An investigation on three continents that started in Boston nearly five years ago has led to drug trafficking and money laundering charges against 20 people and has crippled a major Colombian drug cartel, federal authorities announced Thursday.
U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz announced the charges alongside investigators from Italy and Colombia. She predicted the charges — and the seizure of many millions of dollars in drug proceeds — will seriously disrupt the activities of La Oficina de Envigado, a successor to Colombia’s defunct Medellin cartel that has tentacles in Europe, the Caribbean and Latin America.