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September 8, 2025

US upends its role as the high-seas drug police with a military strike on Venezuelan boat
By Konstantin Toropin and Joshua Goodman


Under the maritime drug enforcement law, 127 new prosecutions were brought in the first nine months of the current fiscal year, according to Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, which collects Justice Department data. That compares to 131 for all of 2024. Since each case involves multiple defendants, the actual number of foreigners detained at sea is likely much higher.


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