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46 U.S.C. § 70501

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Congress finds and declares that (1) trafficking in controlled substances aboard vessels is a serious international problem, is universally condemned, and presents a specific threat to the security and societal well-being of the United States and (2) operating or embarking in a submersible vessel or semi-submersible vessel without nationality and on an international voyage is a serious international problem, facilitates transnational crime, including drug trafficking, and terrorism, and presents a specific threat to the safety of maritime navigation and the security of the United States.

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Cited in 82 cases (25 in the last 5 years), 2007–2026 · leading case: United States v. Valderrama Carvajal, 924 F. Supp. 2d 219 (D.D.C. 2013).
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United States v. Valderrama Carvajal, 924 F. Supp. 2d 219 (D.D.C. 2013). · cites it 6× “In 2006, the MDLEA was moved to its present location at 46 U.S.C. § 70501 et seq. without any amendment relevant to this case.”
United States v. Javier Ballestas, 795 F.3d 138 (D.C. Cir. 2015). · cites it 2× “The government sought indictment of Ballestas and six co-conspirators for violating the MDLEA, 46 U.S.C. §§ 70501 et seq. The MDLEA provides that an “individual may not knowingly or intentionally manufacture or distribute, or possess with intent to manufacture or distribute, a…”
United States v. Balde, 943 F.3d 73 (2d Cir. 2019). “Prado addressed the requirement for a conviction under the Maritime 35 Drug Law Enforcement Act (“MDLEA”), 46 U.S.C. §§ 70501 et seq., that the prohibited controlled substance offense occur aboard a vessel “subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.”
United States v. De La Cruz, 998 F.3d 508 (1st Cir. 2021). · cites it 3× “), or the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act [( 46 U.S.C. §§ 70501 et seq.)]." Pub. L. No.”
United States v. Henry Vazquez Valois, 915 F.3d 717 (11th Cir. 2019). “See 46 U.S.C. §§ 70501 - 70508. Broadly speaking, they raise five issues on appeal.”
United States v. Matos-Luchi, 627 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 2010). · cites it 2× “This appeal by several defendants convicted of drug trafficking—Epifanio Matos-Luchi, Manolo Soto-Perez, and Ramon Carrasco-Carrasco—requires the interpretation of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act ("MDLEA"), 46 U.S.C. § 70501 et seq. (2006), which inter alia delineates…”
United States v. Cardales-Luna, 632 F.3d 731 (1st Cir. 2011). · cites it 2× “at 1229-30 (citing 46 U.S.C. § 70501 ), it is difficult to surmise how the conduct in this case was either directed at or constitutes a threat to, specific or otherwise, the security or societal well-being of the United States considering that the Osiris II was not headed to U.”
United States v. Sarmiento-Palacios, 885 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 2018). · cites it 2× “See 46 U.S.C. §§ 70501 et seq.; 18 U.S.C. § 2 .”
United States v. Mosquera-Murillo, 153 F. Supp. 3d 130 (D.D.C. 2015). · cites it 2× “As previously noted, “[recognizing that ‘trafficking in controlled substances aboard vessels is a serious international problem, is universally condemned, and presents a specific threat to the security and societal well-being of the United States,’ Congress enacted the MDLEA to…”
United States v. Otmar Sing Gonzalez, 972 F.3d 1264 (11th Cir. 2020). · cites it 2× “” See 46 U.S.C. § 70501 . The law mentions only that “trafficking in controlled substances aboard vessels is a serious international problem” and that 20 Case: 17-12038 Date Filed: 08/26/2020 Page: 21 of 28 it “presents a specific threat to the security and societal well-being…”
United States v. Wuilson Estuardo Lemus Castillo, 899 F.3d 1208 (11th Cir. 2018). “" 46 U.S.C. § 70501 . In the light of these international concerns, Congress is entitled to mete out hefty sentences to maritime drug runners.”
United States v. Angulo-Hernández, 565 F.3d 2 (1st Cir. 2009). · cites it 2× “Responding to the "serious international problem" of maritime drug smuggling, 46 U.S.C. § 70501 , Congress enacted the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act ("MDLEA") in 1980.”
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