Kurdish-Led Forces Bust ISIS Human Smuggling Ring in North Syria
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Keeping America Safe: 2019 Homeland Security Today Awards Honorees
Each year, Homeland Security Today honors shining stars in the community who are making their own unique, invaluable contributions to advance the mission of keeping America safer from myriad threats. Keep Reading
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Meeting of the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
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Members of Organized Crime Group Arrested for Document Fraud and Illegal Immigration
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Human Trafficker Arrested as Part of U.S. and Brazilian Takedown of Significant Alien Smugglers
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Police Hunt Brothers Believed to be Connected to 39 Bodies Found in Truck Container
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Arrests for Mass Human Trafficking Operation in Ukraine
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Indonesia and Malaysia Take on Human Trafficking Networks
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