![New Strike Force Bakken to Battle Organized Crime in Montana – North Dakota [YouTube]](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2015/06/Michael-Cotter.jpg?w=980&q=75)
New Strike Force Bakken to Battle Organized Crime in Montana – North Dakota [YouTube]
State and federal officials are beefing up crime fighting efforts in the Bakken oil patch of Montana and North Dakota.
Bakken Oil Patch
Montana Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana man has been sentenced to more than 22 years in prison on drug and weapons charges after pleading guilty to trafficking methamphetamine in the Bakken oil patch.
![Montana Attorney General Focuses Extra Law Enforcement on the Bakken [AUDIO]](http://townsquare.media/site/119/files/2014/07/Tim-Fox-AG.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Montana Attorney General Focuses Extra Law Enforcement on the Bakken [AUDIO]
After the White House singled out the Bakken oil patch as part of its national criminal drug control policy this week, Montana Attorney General Tim Fox pointed out what is already being done in the area.