Drug Trafficking

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The experienced Los Angeles drug trafficking defense attorneys and organized crime attorneys at the Law Offices of Lawrence Wolf have over 30 years of experience successfully defending clients accused of a variety of serious crimes, including mob related crimes. Our California drug crime defense lawyers may be able to have your charges dropped or your sentence reduced or altered. If you have been charged with drug trafficking in Southern California, please contact an experienced Los Angeles drug trafficking defense lawyer at the Law Offices of Lawrence Wolf.

Drug trafficking is the transportation of illegal drugs from one physical location to another by means of land, air, or sea. Drugs are trafficked domestically and internationally; therefore many narcotics which are bought and sold in the U.S. originated from growers or manufacturers in other countries, including Mexico, South America, Canada, and Europe.

Each year, millions of Americans are arrested for drug related offenses, including drug trafficking. Thousands of kilograms of narcotics are seized as a result of these arrests, and many people receive jail and prison sentences for committing non-violent drug crimes. If you have been arrested for the trafficking of heroin, cocaine, marijuana, MDMA, LSD, methamphetamine, or any other narcotic drug you are facing serious criminal charges and should contact a Los Angeles mob crime defense attorney at the Law Offices of Lawrence Wolf.

Since 1990, the Los Angeles High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (LA-HIDTA), which consists of Los Angeles County and surrounding counties, have been patrolled and monitored by law enforcement agents to combat the high quantity of illegal narcotics which are being “trafficked” on a daily basis. Federal, State, and local agencies are involved in putting an end to drug trafficking in these areas of Southern California and across the country. Police involved in LA-HIDTA have arrested many suspects and seized money, drugs, weapons, and vehicles.

The penalties for drug trafficking in California are dependant upon the narcotic being trafficked, the amount of the narcotic, and the alleged drug trafficker’s criminal history. For example, if a person is arrested for trafficking a minimum of 500gms of cocaine and it is their first offense, he or she will be facing at least five years in prison; if it is the defendant’s second offense he or she will be facing a prison term of at least ten years. If violence is involved in the drug crime, the sentence will be increased.