MEDIA ADVISORY | July 10 Briefing with Kevin Scully, Regional Director, Drug Enforcement Administration and Andrew Lelling, U.S. Attorney, District of Massachusetts
EVENT:
Please join on Wednesday, July 10, 2019, for a telephonic press briefing with Kevin Scully, Regional Director of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and Andrew Lelling, U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. Mr. Scully and Mr. Lelling will discuss the Narcotics Rewards Program (NRP), a U.S. initiative that provides significant payments for information on drug traffickers. The speakers will brief on the recent NRP designation of Slovenian drug traffickers Mihael Karner, Lenka Karner, and Matevz Karner. People coming forward with information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of one of these designated narcotics traffickers are eligible for a reward of up to $5,000,000. Following a brief introduction, the speakers will take questions from participating journalists.
DETAILS:
Date: Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Time: 16:00 CEST (Brussels) |10:00 EDT (Washington, DC) | 14:00 GMT (BST-1)
Language: English
Ground rules: ON THE RECORD
Dial info: To be provided upon RSVP
RSVP: RSVP by clicking: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/telephonic-press-briefing-on-narcotics-rewards-program-tickets-64297089325
LOGISTICS:
- Callers should dial in to the conference call 10 minutes early.
- The operator will ask for your name, press affiliation, and location.
- The speakers will give brief opening remarks, and then the moderator will open the floor to questions.
- Participants will be instructed to push the “*” and “1” buttons on their phones to enter the question queue. You may also submit questions in advance via email to TheBrusselsHub@state.gov.
- If you experience technical difficulties during the call, you may email TheBrusselsHub@state.gov to alert the moderator to any issues.