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Thursday, May 02, 2013  Three Syracuse markets were searched Thursday morning in connection with an investigation in to New York food stamp fraud and trafficking violations. Four individuals were arrested for falsifying business records and misuse of food stamps.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  A massive drug trafficking bust ends in numerous arrests including 11 people from Syracuse and three from Watertown.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  A former Syracuse Common Council candidate and three others have admitted their role in a drug trafficking ring.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  A Liverpool man admits his role as ringleader of a prostitution enterprise.

Tuesday, December 11, 2012  A Syracuse woman pleaded guilty to being part of a gang that terrorized part of the city.

Wednesday, December 05, 2012  Authorities arrested 39 people in breaking up a drug trafficking operation that sent millions of dollars of cocaine from the New York City metro area north to upstate communities including Cortland and Syracuse.

Friday, November 30, 2012  State police and child welfare officials are set to talk about this week's arrests of nine people in an investigation of a central New York child sex trafficking ring.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012  State police arrested nine people involved in a sex trafficking ring Wednesday.

Tuesday, October 02, 2012  The so-called Skaneateles drug mansion is auctioned off for $1,550,000. The winner of the auction owns a construction company and says he plans to finish the house and sell it.

Wednesday, September 05, 2012  A million-dollar Finger Lakes mansion authorities say was built with the proceeds from drug trafficking is going to be auctioned off next month.

Tuesday, August 28, 2012  A suburban Rochester businessman has been sentenced to three years' probation, fined $4,000 and ordered to pay twice that in restitution for selling counterfeit merchandise at his North Country stores.

Friday, August 17, 2012  A federal grand jury has indicted three people from central and northern New York on charges of marijuana trafficking.

Thursday, August 16, 2012  Law enforcement officials have scheduled a news conference to discuss details of what they're calling a major drug trafficking investigation in the Southern Tier.

Friday, July 27, 2012  Federal prosecutors say more than a dozen people have been indicted in connection with a large-scale cocaine distribution ring operating in Central New York.

Wednesday, July 04, 2012  Organizers of the Freedom Walk say 34 children are forced into prostitution every hour in the United States.