DHS

On June 14, 2024, at approximately 5:30 a.m., Border Patrol personnel monitoring remote cameras notified Border Patrol agents, via radio, of a group of possible undocumented noncitizens located approximately 3.15 miles east of the Rio Grande River and 17.5 miles northwest of the Eagle Pass Bridge Port of Entry in Eagle Pass, Texas.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is taking steps to strengthen cybersecurity across the nation’s transportation systems, but additional actions are required to address vulnerabilities effectively, particularly in the face of ransomware attacks according to a new GAO report.

A former New York man and dual citizen of the United States and Albania was arrested in New York, on Friday, for criminal charges related to his alleged involvement in attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) and distributing instructional information regarding the making of explosives.

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) offloaded more than 29,000 pounds of cocaine, with an estimated value of $335.8 million, Tuesday in San Diego.  

A joint investigation resulted in charges for Hubei Aoks Bio-Tech Co. Ltd., a chemical company based in Wuhan, China, its director and three senior employees in U.S. federal court Nov. 7, for allegedly selling fentanyl precursor chemicals and xylazine — known as “tranq” — globally.

Stanislav Romanyuk, 39, a citizen of Ukraine last residing in Estonia, was sentenced Nov. 13 to 33 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a scheme to violate U.S. export laws and regulations by attempting to smuggle a dual-use export-controlled item to Russia following a counterproliferation investigation led by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Father and son owners of two Woburn restaurants, Taste of Brazil—Tudo Na Brasa and The Dog House Bar and Grill, pleaded guilty Nov. 14 to conspiring to smuggle migrants into the United States from Brazil following an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

A 28-year-old man has been indicted for attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani and FBI Special Agent in Charge Douglas A. Williams Jr.