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Last Updated: | Press Releases

Two MS-13 Gang Associates Plead Guilty in Connection With New York Murder of 17-Year-Old

NEW YORK — Following a multiagency investigation, two MS-13 gang associates have pleaded guilty in connection with the April 23, 2018, murder of 17-year-old Andy Peralta in Kissena Park in Flushing, Queens.

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South American Nationals Arrested for Armed Robbery After HSI Investigation

LOS ANGELES — Two South American nationals, allegedly part of a "crime tourism" group, were charged Aug. 13 in a federal complaint for the armed robbery of a $1 million watch.

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18 MS-13 Members, Associates Sentenced for 10 Murders, 7 Attempted Murders, Kidnapping, Drug Trafficking, Firearms Offenses

NASHVILLE — A multiyear, joint investigation has led to the last of 18 defendants involving MS-13 gang members being sentenced.

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Treasury Targets an HSI San Diego Investigation of Transnational Criminal Organization Responsible for Smuggling Migrants Into US

SAN DIEGO — The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned the Abdul Karim Conteh human smuggling organization, a transnational criminal organization based in Tijuana, Mexico.

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HSI, US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security Sign New MOU to Expand Partnership

WASHINGTON — HSI and BIS announced an expanded partnership to increase collaboration by leveraging additional authorities under the Export Control Reform Act to investigate violations of U.S. export control laws.

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Joint Statement from Australia and the United States on the Inaugural Meeting of the Joint Council on Combatting Online Child Sexual Exploitation

Today, on the United Nations’ World Day for the Prevention of and Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Violence, the United States and Australian governments have reaffirmed their commitment to combatting child exploitation and abuse in our communities, online and internationally.

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Next Phase of DHS Campaign to Stop Fentanyl Will Focus on Interdiction and Supply Chain Disruption

Following the success of Operations Blue Lotus and Four Horsemen, which stopped nearly 10,000 pounds of fentanyl during their two-month run and led to 284 arrests in those two months, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the next phase of its surge campaign to target and prevent fentanyl from entering the United States. The next two Operations, “Artemis” and “Rolling Wave,” will consist of multidisciplined interagency jump teams at strategic locations with an enhanced focus on disrupting the supply chain used in the development and movement of fentanyl.

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Operation Blue Lotus Stops Over 4,000 Pounds of Fentanyl in First Month

DHS issued an update on Operation Blue Lotus as part of the Biden Administration’s significant and historic actions to disrupt the trafficking of synthetic drugs, representing a major contribution to a government-wide effort to save lives and pursue justice and accountability.

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DHS Announces Operation to Target Criminal Smuggling Organizations

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced a new counter-network targeting operation focused on transnational criminal organizations affiliated with the smuggling of migrants.

Last Updated: | Testimony

Written testimony of ICE for a House Financial Services Subcommittee on Terrorism and Illicit Finance hearing titled “The Exploitation of Cultural Property: Examining Illicit Activity in the Antiquities and Art Trade”

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations International Operations Assistant Director Raymond Villanueva addresses the efforts of ICE to protect cultural property, religious items, art, and antiquities, and to mitigate their illicit trafficking both into and outside of the United States.