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News Release [print-friendly page]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: DEA Public Affairs
Number: 202-307-7977
October 13, 2005

Powerful Detroit Drug Ringleader Collared
Detroit-area Crook Captured After 15 Years of Elusion

OCT 13--(Detroit, MI) – Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge (SAC), Robert L. Corso, today announced the arrest of Anthony Michael Clark, the ringleader of a powerful, Detroit based, drug trafficking organization (DTO), which has operated in the Detroit area for more than 15 years. Clark has eluded arrest by from law enforcement hiding behind his lieutenants and using multiple cell phones to coordinate his illegitimate business. Clark has been known as the most powerful and violent narcotics trafficker in Detroit since the era of Young Boys Incorporated (YBI) and Best Friends in late 1980's and early 1990's. Clark has been able to maintain his organization through the use of intimidation and violence and is thought to be associated with numerous murders.

“For 15 years, Michael Clark has hid in the shadows desperately trying to further his marijuana trade through cold-blooded acts of murder. With his arrest communities face a brighter day free from the terror caused by his drug trafficking organization,” said SAC Corso.

Clark’s reach extends over U.S. borders. Over the past year, intelligence gathered by DEA’s Detroit and New York Divisions revealed that the Clark DTO has been directly involved with supplying Mexican cocaine and marijuana to drug organizations in the U.S.

In January 2005, DEA was able to infiltrate the Clark DTO when a confidential source’s involvement in the case provided investigators with probable cause needed to seize one of Clark’s cellular telephones. DEA also identified two Arizona marijuana sources of supply and members of their organization. Further information led DEA to uncover a connection between Clark and a significant Arizona marijuana source of supply, indicating that a large amount of marijuana was being transported from Arizona to Detroit.

Just last month, DEA Special Agents indicted 15 defendants related to this case on drug charges and seized approximately 1,156 pounds of marijuana discovered inside a tractor-trailer.

As part of this investigation, the DEA has seized more than 1300 pounds of marijuana, over 100 kilograms of cocaine, and approximately $2 million dollars in cash and other assets.

This investigation would not have been possible without the combined effort of the Detroit Federal Bureau of Investigations Violent Crime Task Force and the United States Marshal’s Service.

http://mensnewsdaily.com/blog/kouri/2005/10/invasion-usa-capturing-seafaring.html

Jim Kouri is Vice President of the
National Association of Chiefs of Police

Friday, October 14, 2005

"Invasion USA: Capturing Seafaring Illegal Aliens"
by Jim Kouri, CPP

ARTICLE SNIPPT: "The United States Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has supported a migrant operations program for the US government for many years. Currently, the migrant operations program at the USNB is a joint effort of the Department of State and the Department of Homeland Security. The Department of Defense serves as a host to the Migrant Operations Center (MOC) by providing infrastructure and resource support.
The MOC is not connected in any way with the DOD’s detention mission also located at USNB.

Most migrants who eventually arrive at USNB are interdicted at sea in the Caribbean region by the US Coast Guard. On rare occasions, migrants arrive at USNB directly, either by land or sea. Interdicted migrants are not brought to the United States, in order to discourage illegal and dangerous voyages by sea and to encourage future migrants to pursue safe and legal migration options."