HSI, US State Department return stolen artifacts to Mali

HOUSTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), in conjunction with the U.S. Department of State, repatriated a trove of stolen artifacts to the Republic of Mali Nov.…

ICE HSI seizes record-setting illegal drug shipment at San Diego land port of entry

SAN DIEGO – Federal agents at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry seized a commercial truck carrying more than 17,000 pounds of illegal drugs. The discovery is one of the largest drug seizures…

Former University of Michigan professor pled guilty to child exploitation following HSI Detroit investigation

DETRIOT – A former University of Michigan professor pled guilty Nov. 16 to charges of transporting a minor across state lines with the intent to engage in sexual activity announced Homeland Security…

HSI Nogales human smuggling case leads to guilty plea to transporting and harboring over 100 people

TUCSON, Ariz. – A local area woman pleaded guilty in federal court in connection with her role as the coordinator of a human smuggling operation in Avondale, Ariz., following a probe by…

HSI investigation leads to arrests for ivory and rhinoceros horn trafficking

WASHINGTON – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) continues to make the interdiction of wildlife trafficking a global priority by protecting wildlife from poachers and the transnational criminal…

HSI attends EUROJUST Genocide Network meeting in The Hague

WASHINGTON – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)-led Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center (HRVWCC) represented the U.S. Nov. 9 and 10 at The Hague, Netherlands, for…

North Dakota woman sentenced following ICE HSI investigation for string of violent robberies

FARGO, N.D. – An eastern North Dakota woman was sentenced Monday to 45 months in federal prison for her role in a string of robberies committed under the guise of offering commercial…

CBP & HSI at JFK Warning the Public About Counterfeits Ahead of Black Friday

JAMAICA, N.Y. — On November 18, 2021, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in New York hosted a joint media event highlighting counterfeit goods. Just in time…

Military veterans train with HSI to become ‘HEROs’ in battle against child predators

WASHINGTON – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) today announced that twenty-three military veterans have graduated from the eleventh class of the HERO Corps internship program. The program…

HSI investigation results in multiple federal drug and firearm convictions including contributing to an overdose death

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Following a four-day jury trial in federal court, a Sevierville man was convicted of multiple drug charges involving the distribution and possession of heroin, fentanyl and acetyl fentanyl as…

HSI and local law enforcement investigation leads to lengthy federal prison sentence for child exploitation

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. – An Elizabethton man will serve 210 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to distribution of child [censored]ography. The case was investigated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland…

10 individuals face criminal charges for human smuggling incident resulting in multiple deaths, following HSI investigation

DEL RIO, Texas – On Nov. 4, special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigation (HSI) Del Rio office arrested a woman from Austin, Texas the tenth and…

HSI, federal, local partner investigation leads to firearms, narcotics charges for Mexican national at Minneapolis airport

ST. PAUL, Minn. – A federal criminal complaint has been filed against a Mexican national after authorities at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport found firearms and methamphetamine in his luggage. This case is…

HSI San Antonio warns the public about spoofing phone calls

SAN ANTONIO — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) officials are warning the public that imposters posing as HSI special agents are contacting people and claiming there is…

HSI contributes to multiagency Task Force to pursue transnational gang leader

WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Acting Homeland Security Investigations Director, Steve Francis, joined Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, John J. Durham, Director…

ICE HSI supports extensive international operation targeting Darknet opioid traffickers

WASHINGTON – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), joined the Department of Justice Joint Criminal Opioid and Darknet Enforcement (JCODE) team and Europol announcing the results of Operation…

ICE HSI investigation leads to guilty plea of Chicago Tech Executive illegally exporting computer equipment to Pakistan

CHICAGO— A Chicago technology executive pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge and admitted illegally exporting computer equipment from the United States to a nuclear research agency of the Pakistani government.…

Repeat sex offender sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity following HSI probe

LOS ANGELES – A San Gabriel Valley man whose conviction on a previous sex offense ended his career in education was sentenced today to 120 months in federal prison for attempting to…

HSI Tucson seeks help identifying potential victims of 2 locked up alleged sex traffickers

TUCSON, Ariz. — Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying additional sex trafficking victims who have been forced to…

HSI, law enforcement partner, investigation leads to arrest of Minneapolis fugitive accused of child sex trafficking

MINNEAPOLIS – A Minnesota man was arrested Wednesday evening in Atlanta following a nationwide federal law enforcement request for public assistance, and a reward of $5,000 for information leading to his arrest.…

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