A deadly no-knock raid in Houston last month exemplifies the deadly consequences of no-knock raids and the use of confidential informants — particularly when they’re the figments of a police officer’s ...

Confidential informants have long been the grease that helps the criminal justice system keep churning. They make up the ...

When it comes to the war on drugs, you could say the police are addicted to confidential informants. That’s the conclusion of a new Boston Globe Spotlight investigation into the pervasive and shadowy ...

A report found the New Bedford Police Department relies on criminally active confidential informants for drug busts. The city commissioned the report following a Boston Globe series that investigated ...