{"id":67413,"date":"2026-02-26T10:53:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T10:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/senator-calls-for-dea-to-provide-info-on-incredibly-disturbing-epstein-drug-investigation\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T10:53:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T10:53:05","slug":"senator-calls-for-dea-to-provide-info-on-incredibly-disturbing-epstein-drug-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/senator-calls-for-dea-to-provide-info-on-incredibly-disturbing-epstein-drug-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator calls for DEA to provide info on &#8220;incredibly disturbing&#8221; Epstein drug investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A leading Senate Democrat is calling on the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to provide information on a long-running \u2014 and long secret \u2014 investigation into possible drug trafficking and suspicious financial transactions involving Jeffrey Epstein and 14 alleged co-conspirators. <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jeffrey-epstein-files-dea-document-drug-trafficking-investigation\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">CBS News first reported<\/a><\/span> Monday on the existence of the case, based on a heavily redacted 69-page DEA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/epstein\/files\/DataSet%209\/EFTA00173953.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">memo<\/a> found in the Epstein files.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In addition to sex trafficking, it appears that Epstein and his associates were under investigation by the DEA for other major crimes, including illicit drug trafficking and money laundering,&#8221; Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, says in a letter to DEA Administrator Terrance C. Cole.<\/p>\n<p>The DEA memo, marked &#8220;sensitive but unclassified,&#8221; was among more than 3 million pages of <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/epstein-files-released-doj-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">documents recently released<\/a><\/span> by the Justice Department.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The memo, from 2015, refers to a DEA Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces probe nicknamed &#8220;Chain Reaction.&#8221; It noted that the case was opened in 2010 in New York and was &#8220;judicial pending,&#8221; indicating that the investigation remained active at the time the memo was drafted 5 years later.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The co-conspirators, it said, were being investigated for &#8220;illegitimate wire transfers which are tied to illicit drug and\/or prostitution activities occurring in the U.S. Virgin Islands and New York City,&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fact that Epstein was under investigation by the DOJ&#8217;s OCDETF task force suggests that there was ample evidence indicating that Epstein was engaged in heavy drug trafficking and prostitution as part of cross-border criminal conspiracy,&#8221; Wyden writes. &#8220;This is incredibly disturbing and raises serious questions as to how this investigation by the DEA was handled.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Other than Epstein&#8217;s, the names of those targeted in the investigation are blacked out in the version released by the Justice Department. Many details about the investigation are also redacted.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/23\/26f98860-05ee-4b1a-9d13-1c215feaaacd\/thumbnail\/620x375\/62ba8d323695813dc3865d989eebba00\/epstein-dea-doc.jpg#\" alt=\"epstein-dea-doc.jpg \" height=\"375\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/23\/26f98860-05ee-4b1a-9d13-1c215feaaacd\/thumbnail\/620x375\/62ba8d323695813dc3865d989eebba00\/epstein-dea-doc.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/23\/26f98860-05ee-4b1a-9d13-1c215feaaacd\/thumbnail\/1240x750\/1d36801c74e5dca1c17bf7b0a316c095\/epstein-dea-doc.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Jeffrey Epstein, at right, and the cover page of a 2015 Drug Enforcement Administration memo listing him as one of 15 people targeted in an investigation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Document released by Department of Justice<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wyden expresses concern that the &#8220;excessive redactions \u2026 go well beyond the intent of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which allows for redactions to protect the identity of victims, not members of a criminal sex trafficking organization.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He also questions why no charges were brought against Epstein or the others for drug trafficking or financial crimes, and whether &#8220;DEA and DOJ during the first Trump Administration moved to terminate this investigation in order to protect pedophiles.&#8221;\t<\/p>\n<p>DEA did not respond to CBS News&#8217; request for comment. \t\t<\/p>\n<p>Wyden&#8217;s letter asks the DEA to turn over a full, unredacted copy of the memo by March 13 for his <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jeffrey-epstein-files-trump-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">committee&#8217;s investigation<\/a><\/span>. 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