Human smuggling, forced labor among allegations in south Georgia federal indictment

Photo courtesy of U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Georgia David H. Estes, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, speaks during a news conference Nov. 22, 2021, to announce…

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…

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Federal Inmate Sentenced To 12 Months’ Imprisonment For Smuggling Suboxone Into Prison

WILLIAMSPORT – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Tyrone Wayne Meachem, age 40, was sentenced on November 17, 2021, to 12 months’ imprisonment by United…

Multiple Human Smuggling Cases Stopped by RGV Border Patrol Agents

EDINBURG, Texas –Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents continue to disrupt human smuggling as smugglers attempt to transport migrants further into the United States. On Nov. 10, at approximately 7:00…

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Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents intercept tractor trailer human smuggling scheme

LAREDO, Texas – Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents intercepted a tractor trailer human smuggling scheme at the I-35 immigration checkpoint north of Laredo. The incident occurred during the late morning of Nov.…

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Angel Dominguez Ramirez Jr. Admits to Leading Vast Drug-Smuggling, Money Laundering Empire

NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – November 10, 2021 SAN DIEGO – Angel Dominguez Ramirez Jr. of Tamaulipas, Mexico, pleaded guilty in federal court today to drug and money laundering charges, admitting that he…

Defendant Sentenced to 45 Months for Smuggling Event that Resulted in Death

Assistant U. S. Attorney Amanda T. Muskat (619) 546-6495 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – November 9, 2021 SAN DIEGO – Leobardo Soto-Toledo, a foot guide who led a group of 14 undocumented migrants…

Staten Island Businessman Operating in Bucks County Sentenced to One Year in Prison for Tobacco Smuggling

PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Ramzi Al Najar, 43, of Staten Island, NY, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison, three years of…

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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…

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Readout of Justice Department Leadership Meeting on Human Smuggling and Trafficking Networks

On Nov 3, Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite Jr. of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division convened a meeting on efforts to combat human smuggling and trafficking networks as part of the…

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25 Individuals Charged in Rocky Mount Cigarette Smuggling and Money Laundering Operation

RALEIGH – G. Norman Acker III, Acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced today that on October 20, 2021, a federal grand jury sitting in the Eastern District…

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Ten Defendants Indicted for Human Smuggling Operation

DEL RIO – Federal agents arrested the tenth and final defendant charged in an 11-count indictment involving human smuggling. The following are charged with one count of conspiracy to transport undocumented noncitizens: …

Current And Former Metropolitan Correctional Center Employees And Inmates Indicted For Bribery, Contraband Smuggling, Narcotics Distribution, And Obstruction Of Justice Offenses

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), Ryan…

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Agents Intercept Tractor Trailer Smuggling Scheme

SIERRA BLANCA, Texas – United States Border Patrol Canine Detection teams conducting traffic operations at the Interstate 10 Immigration Checkpoint interdicted a tractor-trailer smuggling scheme. On October 23, 2021, Border Patrol Canine…

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Rio Grande Valley Checkpoint Agents Foil Smuggling Attempts

EDINBURG, Texas –Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol (RGV) agents foil checkpoint smuggling attempts. In the early morning hours of Oct. 25, a U-Haul box truck approached the primary inspection lane at…

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Captain of Vessel is Sentenced to Federal Prison for Smuggling $287,660 in U.S. Currency into St. Thomas Following High-Speed Chase and Apprehension Near Savana Island

Our nation-wide commitment to reducing gun crime in America. – click here – Public Service Announcement from the US Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of the Virgin Islands The Elder Justice Program stems from the…

Eagle Pass Man Sentenced in Fatal Human Smuggling Attempt

DEL RIO – An Eagle Pass man was sentenced to 360 months in prison today for transporting undocumented noncitizens that resulted in five deaths. According to court documents, Jorge Luis Monsivais Jr.,…

Two Correctional Officers Plead Guilty to a Racketeering Conspiracy, Admit to Smuggling Contraband Into Maryland’s Federal Pretrial Detention Facility in Exchange for Bribes

Baltimore, Maryland – Two Correctional Officers, Darren Parker, age 45, of Baltimore, and Talaia Youngblood, age 35, of Randallstown, Maryland, have pleaded guilty to their roles in a racketeering conspiracy at the…

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Four Non-Citizens from the Dominican Republic Face Charges for Smuggling 43 Haitians into Mona Island, Puerto Rico

Border Patrol warns of the dangers and consequences of irregular migration AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico –Four men from the Dominican Republic appeared this week before the US District Court in San Juan facing…

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Man heading to jail after smuggling tons of cocaine using submarine

Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicole Bredariol (619) 546-8419 and Assistant U.S. Attorney Joshua Mellor (619) 546-9733 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – October 15, 2021 SAN DIEGO – Jose Rosario Segura Balentierra, a Colombian…

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Human smuggling, forced labor among allegations in south Georgia federal indictment

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

Federal Inmate Sentenced To 12 Months’ Imprisonment For Smuggling Suboxone Into Prison

Multiple Human Smuggling Cases Stopped by RGV Border Patrol Agents

Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents intercept tractor trailer human smuggling scheme

Angel Dominguez Ramirez Jr. Admits to Leading Vast Drug-Smuggling, Money Laundering Empire

Defendant Sentenced to 45 Months for Smuggling Event that Resulted in Death

Staten Island Businessman Operating in Bucks County Sentenced to One Year in Prison for Tobacco Smuggling

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

Readout of Justice Department Leadership Meeting on Human Smuggling and Trafficking Networks

25 Individuals Charged in Rocky Mount Cigarette Smuggling and Money Laundering Operation

Ten Defendants Indicted for Human Smuggling Operation

Current And Former Metropolitan Correctional Center Employees And Inmates Indicted For Bribery, Contraband Smuggling, Narcotics Distribution, And Obstruction Of Justice Offenses

Agents Intercept Tractor Trailer Smuggling Scheme

Rio Grande Valley Checkpoint Agents Foil Smuggling Attempts

Captain of Vessel is Sentenced to Federal Prison for Smuggling $287,660 in U.S. Currency into St. Thomas Following High-Speed Chase and Apprehension Near Savana Island

Eagle Pass Man Sentenced in Fatal Human Smuggling Attempt

Two Correctional Officers Plead Guilty to a Racketeering Conspiracy, Admit to Smuggling Contraband Into Maryland’s Federal Pretrial Detention Facility in Exchange for Bribes

Four Non-Citizens from the Dominican Republic Face Charges for Smuggling 43 Haitians into Mona Island, Puerto Rico

Man heading to jail after smuggling tons of cocaine using submarine

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