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Federal Tipoffs Involving Florida Newsletter for Wednesday May 22, 2024 ( 4 items )  

Fla. U.S. Attorney: Dark Web Drug Vendor and Clandestine Lab Manufacturer Sentenced to Prison for Trafficking in Methamphetamine and Fentanyl
MIAMI, Florida, May 22 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, issued the following news release: On May 17, an Orange County, California, resident, Tenzin Orgil, 24, was sentenced to 168 months in federal prison for participating in a drug trafficking enterprise that included the sale of methamphetamine and fentanyl on the dark web, as well as the manufacture of ecstasy (also known as MDMA) and methamphetamine in clandestine laboratories. Orgil pleaded gui  more

NOAA: Tracking Study Seeks Secrets of Some of the Sacramento's Most Successful Salmon
MIAMI, Florida, May 22 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Southwest Fisheries Science Center issued the following feature story: * * * Spring-run Chinook salmon from Butte Creek grow faster and survive better. * * * Researchers are tracking one of the most successful populations of young Chinook salmon on the Sacramento River downstream to the ocean--and you can, too. The researchers want to unravel the details behind the relative success of spring-run Chinook  more

USCENTCOM conducts weeklong hackathon
MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Florida, May 20 -- The U.S. Central Command issued the following news release: TAMPA, Fla. - The United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) concluded a weeklong hackathon featuring 20 expert hackers in partnership with Defense Digital Service, 513th Military Intelligence Brigade, 18th Airborne Corps, and the Defense Information Systems Agency. The event, known as Desert Architect, was designed to tackle critical data and software challenges associated with countering one  more

USTDA Supports Subsea Cable Capacity in Bangladesh
ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 22 -- The U.S. Trade and Development Agency issued the following news release on May 21, 2024: Today, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency awarded a feasibility study grant to Bangladeshi telecommunications company CdNet Communications Limited. (CdNet) to expand reliable internet connectivity across Bangladesh through the development of the Bangladesh International Submarine Cable (Bagha-1). The subsea cable will increase capacity and improve internet quality in both u  more